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Cavalcade of America

Season 5 (27 Episodes)

5 Seasons1956NR1h 00m8.2

"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.

Season 5 Episodes:

Episode 2 A Bed of Roses

2. A Bed of Roses

Aired: Sep 25, 1956

An engaged girl disagrees with her parents about the kind of wedding ceremony...

Episode 4 Wild April

4. Wild April

Aired: Oct 16, 1955

A portrayal of events in the later life of John Chapman, better known as John...

Episode 5 The Hobo Kid

5. The Hobo Kid

Aired: Oct 23, 1956

The story of the daughter of migratory farm workers. Her parents don't believ...

Episode 6 Date with a Stranger

6. Date with a Stranger

Aired: Oct 29, 1956

Man and woman meet in Philadelphia and share a love for early American Histor...

Episode 7 Innocent Bystander

7. Innocent Bystander

Aired: Nov 12, 1956

Innocent bystander is hit in the head with a rock. Being a newspaper reporter...

Episode 8 Woman's Work

8. Woman's Work

Aired: Nov 19, 1956

Old man Link Morley believes women should wait on men like menial servants. B...

Episode 11 Once a Hero

11. Once a Hero

Aired: Dec 10, 1956

Harvey Kendall is a former rodeo star who is now a cattle inspector. When cur...

Episode 12 The Blessed Midnight

12. The Blessed Midnight

Aired: Dec 17, 1956

When a boy steals a cake for his beloved aunt on Christmas Eve, his young fri...

Episode 13 Three Young Kings

13. Three Young Kings

Aired: Dec 24, 1956

Three young boys are given the responsibility of carrying Christmas gifts to ...

Episode 16 Leap to Heaven

16. Leap to Heaven

Aired: Jan 14, 1957

Story of Christian Minister and pole vaulting champion Bob Richards.

Episode 17 Dowry for Ilona

17. Dowry for Ilona

Aired: Jan 21, 1957

Family rivalry over size of wedding dowery for new bride.

Episode 19 Are Trees People?

19. Are Trees People?

Aired: Feb 4, 1957

Widow living with daughter in the suburbs longs for her old life in the city....

Episode 20 Decision for a Hero

20. Decision for a Hero

Aired: Feb 11, 1957

A scrawny, bespectacled college student exerts himself too much and he dies. ...

Episode 23 Dan Marshall's Brat

23. Dan Marshall's Brat

Aired: Mar 18, 1957

Young Trudy Marshall is an 11-year old who dreams of ending the feud between ...

Episode 25 The Last Signer

25. The Last Signer

Aired: Apr 1, 1957

Working man and recent immigrant Jake Bartosh defaces the Declaration of Inde...

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Info about Cavalcade of America

Current Status: Ended

Network: ABC

Genres:Drama