"Cavalcade of America" documented historical events using stories of individual courage, initiative and achievement, often with feel-good dramatizations of the human spirit's triumph against all odds.
Aired: Sep 13, 1955The Nancy Merki story tells of how she prevailed over polio to become an Olym...
Aired: Sep 27, 1955Late nineteenth century Texas ranger, J. L. Armstrong, captures John Wesley H...
Aired: Oct 4, 1955Biographical story of Ralph Bunche, first African American appointed as Ambas...
Aired: Oct 18, 1955A Civil Air Patrol pilot in California risks his life to fly doctors and emer...
Aired: Oct 25, 1955General Francis Marion must hold back the British Army and at the same time f...
Aired: Oct 31, 1955A Polish seaman seeks US citizenship.
Aired: Nov 14, 1955Accurate account of early friendship between Alcoholics Anonymous Co-Founders...
Aired: Nov 28, 1955In Paris Benjamin Franklin must negotiate a treaty.
Aired: Dec 12, 1955A med student stricken with polio battles his way through medical school and ...
Aired: Dec 19, 1955A docudrama about life in a German prison camp. In 1944, when GIs pool their ...
Aired: Dec 26, 1955Two postal inspectors expose the civilian supervisor of a prison mail room as...
12. The Boy Who Walked to America
Aired: Jan 2, 1956A Korean youngster dreams of becoming an American citizen.
Aired: Jan 16, 1956An actress, whose boyfriend is killed in Korea, suffers a breakdown and is se...
Aired: Jan 23, 1956The true story of a Union City, N.J., policeman who comes to the rescue of an...
15. The Secret Life of Joe Swedie
Aired: Feb 6, 1956The story of Joe Swedie, a child-therapist who helps bedridden children in ho...
Aired: Feb 20, 1956Kotaro Suto, a Japanese immigrant, goes to work for Carl Fisher, father of Mi...
Aired: Mar 5, 1956A couple who are both blind and deaf have a baby. They take the baby home and...
Aired: Mar 19, 1956A California high school athlete with an incurable disease is determined to s...
19. The Doll Who Found a Mother
Aired: Apr 2, 1956A judge introduces the parents of an unhappy child to a toy loan library.
Aired: Apr 16, 1956Junior High Coach Ralph Kerchum takes troubled teen Jackie Jensen under his w...
Aired: May 1, 1956In a primitive country in southeastern Asia, the American consul nervously aw...
Aired: May 8, 1956Mountain man is liked by the forest ranger but not so much by the townsmen. S...
Aired: May 22, 1956A quick-thinking reporter becomes an important factor in the rescue of hundre...
Aired: May 29, 1956A young boy accidentally kills a playmate.
Aired: Jun 5, 1956Just after D-Day, the Americans are hemmed in by German forces and hedgerow-c...
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