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Cavalcade of America

Season 1 Episode 17: Slater's Dream

5 SeasonsMay 13, 1953NR1h8.2

English law in 1790 forbade taking written information on the cotton spinning machine from the country. Samuel Slater, however, memorized the plans and went to America to try to build a machine from memory.

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Poor Richard

1. Poor Richard

Aired: Sep 30, 1952

A dramatization of how Benjamin Franklin delayed a conference between Lord Ho...

Episode 2 All's Well with Lydia

2. All's Well with Lydia

Aired: Oct 14, 1952

The Revolutionary War story of Lydia Darragh, American patriot and Philadelph...

Episode 4 A Romance to Remember

4. A Romance to Remember

Aired: Nov 11, 1952

Young Nathaniel Hawthorne is prodded to greater literary efforts by an ambiti...

Episode 5 What God Hath Wrought

5. What God Hath Wrought

Aired: Nov 25, 1952

The story of how Samuel Morse, after many hardships, gained recognition for t...

Episode 6 No Greater Love

6. No Greater Love

Aired: Dec 9, 1952

Nurse Clara Louis Maas volunteers to be bitten by a dreaded mosquito so that ...

Episode 7 In This Crisis

7. In This Crisis

Aired: Dec 23, 1952

John Honeyman, American patriot, pretends to be a Tory in order to gain infor...

Episode 8 The Arrow and the Bow

8. The Arrow and the Bow

Aired: Jan 6, 1953

The career of Andrew Johnson, who, starting as a tailor, became the 17th Pres...

Episode 9 What Might Have Been

9. What Might Have Been

Aired: Jan 20, 1953

The story of Jefferson Davis, future president of the Confederacy, and Sarah ...

Episode 11 A Matter of Honor

11. A Matter of Honor

Aired: Feb 17, 1953

A historical drama portraying the misunderstanding between Sam Houston and hi...

Episode 15 The Gingerbread Man

15. The Gingerbread Man

Aired: Apr 14, 1953

A comedy-drama about an elderly German baker who persuades 123 Hessian soldie...

Episode 16 Night Strike

16. Night Strike

Aired: Apr 29, 1953

John Paul Jones undertakes the first hostile invasion of England since 1066 a...

Episode 17 Slater's Dream

17. Slater's Dream

Aired: May 13, 1953

English law in 1790 forbade taking written information on the cotton spinning...

Episode 18 The Pirate's Choice

18. The Pirate's Choice

Aired: May 27, 1953

Dramatizes the events which led to the decision of the pirate Jean Lafitte to...

Episode 19 John Yankee

19. John Yankee

Aired: Jun 10, 1953

Dramatizes John Adams' difficult and unpopular decision to defend eight Engli...

Episode 20 The Tenderfoot

20. The Tenderfoot

Aired: Jun 24, 1953

In 1866, Teddy Roosevelt goes west to begin anew after great personal tragedi...

Info about Cavalcade of America

Current Status: Ended

Network: ABC

Genres:Drama