Cavalcade of America — 1947
44 episodes broadcast in 1947.
Charles Harvey, engineer of New York's first elevated railway.
A boy's chance at a cure through the promise of modern medicine.
Josiah White, the ironmaster whose grand failure built an industry.
A centennial tribute recalling the early triumphs of Thomas Edison.
Gustave Marsh's determined effort to build a trail up Mount Whitney.
Abigail Adams, the first First Lady to live in the White House.
George Pullman and the invention of the railroad sleeping car.
The discovery of the Rh factor and its surprising meaning in blood.
Luther Burbank, the horticultural wizard with green fingers.
William Seward, the rival who became Lincoln's loyal Secretary of State.
Lawman Wyatt Earp cleans up a rowdy Kansas cattle town.
Richard Loper, the Stonington shipbuilder and sea captain.
Amadeo Obici, the immigrant who founded Planters Peanuts.
Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse brings smallpox vaccination to America, backed by Jefferson.
Ann Robertson, a pioneer settler and teacher in the Cumberland Valley.
A detective stalks a suspected triple murderer.
Immigrant Joseph Pulitzer and the making of modern journalism.
Young lawyer Abraham Lincoln defends an innocent boy by moonlight.
How a kindly circus clown helped a future congressman find his footing.
M. Carey Thomas, the crusading president of Bryn Mawr College.
Scientist Alice Evans and her lonely fight against undulant fever.
Lieutenant Rowan carries his famous message through the Cuban jungle.
Fannie Farmer, who brought science to the American kitchen.
John Quincy Adams's second act as a fighting congressman.
Belva Lockwood, the suffragist who ran for president.
The life of baseball's Sultan of Swat, Babe Ruth.
Judge Jim West and the fight for a juvenile justice system.
Eliphalet Remington and the forging of an American gunmaking dynasty.
Millard Fillmore's unexpected rise to the presidency.
The early, restless life of naval hero John Paul Jones.
Suffragist leader Carrie Chapman Catt carries on the cause.
Dr. Bailey Ashford conquers the hookworm plague of Puerto Rico.
Fielding Hurry Up Yost, the legendary Michigan football coach.
A charming, humorous look at America's pilgrim spirit.
John Wesley Powell's daring first voyage down the Colorado River.
Astronomer Maria Mitchell and her discovery in the night sky.
An orphaned boy fights to keep his five younger siblings together.
A Christmas concert by the DuPont Chorus from Wilmington.
Pocahontas, who saved the life of Captain John Smith.
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