Episode 3. The Boston Tea Party (December 16, 1773)
1953-02-15
The Sons of Liberty destroy a shipment of tea sent by the East India Company in defiance of the Tea Act, setting the stage for the American Revolutionary War.
Episode 4. The Capture of John Dillinger
1953-02-22
No synopsis
Episode 5. The Final Hours of Joan of Arc
1953-03-01
No synopsis
Episode 6. The Assassination of Julius Caesar (March 15, 44 B.C.)
1953-03-08
The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but they have both sorely underestimated Mark Antony.
Episode 7. The Hamilton-Burr Duel at Weehawken Heights
1953-03-15
No synopsis
Episode 8. The Discovery of Anesthesia
1953-03-22
No synopsis
Episode 9. The Witch Trial at Salem, Massachusetts
1953-03-29
No synopsis
Episode 10. The Conquest of Mexico
1953-04-05
No synopsis
Episode 11. The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
1953-04-12
No synopsis
Episode 12. The Ordeal of Galileo
1953-04-19
No synopsis
Episode 13. The Signing of the Declaration of Independence
1953-04-26
No synopsis
Episode 14. The Death of Socrates (399 B.C.)
No synopsis
Episode 15. The Rise of Adolph Hitler
1953-05-10
No synopsis
Episode 16. The Conquest of Yellow
1953-05-17
No synopsis
Episode 17. The Defense of the Alamo
1953-05-24
No synopsis
Episode 18. The Dreyfus Case
1953-05-31
No synopsis
Episode 19. The Signing of the Magna Carta
1953-06-07
No synopsis
Episode 20. The Escape of Rudolf Hess
1953-06-14
No synopsis
Episode 21. The Treason of Benedict Arnold
1953-06-21
No synopsis
Episode 22. The Burning of the Alamo
1953-06-28
No synopsis
Season 2
43 episodes · 1953
Episode 1. The Fate of Nathan Hale
1953-08-30
No synopsis
Episode 2. The Capture of John Wilkes Booth
1953-09-06
No synopsis
Episode 3. The Louisiana Purchase
1953-09-13
No synopsis
Episode 4. The First Moscow Purge Trial
1953-09-20
No synopsis
Episode 5. The Birth of the National Anthem
1953-09-27
No synopsis
Episode 6. The Secret of Sigmund Freud
1953-10-04
No synopsis
Episode 7. Christopher Coluimbus Sets Foot on San Salvador
1953-10-11
No synopsis
Episode 8. The Death of Cleopatra
1953-10-18
No synopsis
Episode 9. The Triumph of Simon Bolivar
1953-10-25
No synopsis
Episode 10. Grant and Lee at Appomattox
1953-11-01
No synopsis
Episode 11. The Abdication of Napoleon
1953-11-08
No synopsis
Episode 12. The Recognition of Michelangelo
1953-11-15
No synopsis
Episode 13. The Sailing of the Mayflower
1953-11-22
No synopsis
Episode 14. The Gettysburg Address
1953-11-29
No synopsis
Episode 15. The Attack on Pearl Harbor
1953-12-06
No synopsis
Episode 16. The Vindication of Savonarola
1953-12-13
No synopsis
Episode 17. The Fall of Troy
1953-12-20
No synopsis
Episode 18. The Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown
1953-12-27
No synopsis
Episode 19. Mallory's Tragedy on Mount Everest
1954-01-03
No synopsis
Episode 20. The Trial of Charles the First
1954-01-10
The trial and subsequent execution of King Charles the First.
Episode 21. The Resolve of Patrick Henry
1954-01-17
No synopsis
Episode 22. The Sacrifice of Mahatma Gandhi
1954-01-24
No synopsis
Episode 23. The Last Moment of Marie Antoinete
1954-01-31
No synopsis
Episode 24. The Ordeal of Tom Paine
1954-02-07
No synopsis
Episode 25. The Hanging of Captain Kidd
1954-02-14
No synopsis
Episode 26. The First Command Performance of Romeo and Juliet
1954-02-21
No synopsis
Episode 27. The Trial of Peter Zenger
1954-03-07
No synopsis
Episode 28. The Rescue of the Statue of Liberty
1954-03-14
No synopsis
Episode 29. Burgoyne's Surrender at Saratoga
1954-03-21
No synopsis
Episode 30. The Conspiracy of Catherine the Great
1954-03-28
No synopsis
Episode 31. The Opening of King Tut's Tomb
1954-04-04
No synopsis
Episode 32. Paul Revere's Ride
1954-04-11
No synopsis
Episode 33. The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots
1954-04-18
No synopsis
Episode 34. The Surrender of Corregidor
1954-04-25
No synopsis
Episode 35. The Death of Rasputin
1954-05-02
No synopsis
Episode 36. The Court Martial of Mata Hari
1954-05-09
No synopsis
Episode 37. The Scopes Trial
1954-05-16
No synopsis
Episode 38. The Great Moment of Haile Selassie
1954-05-23
No synopsis
Episode 39. The Rise of Genghis Khan
1954-05-30
No synopsis
Episode 40. The Decision of Robert E. Lee
1954-06-06
No synopsis
Episode 41. The Fall of Parnell
1954-06-13
No synopsis
Episode 42. The Crisis of Anne Boleyn
1954-06-20
No synopsis
Episode 43. The Vote That Made Jefferson President
1954-06-27
No synopsis
Season 3
43 episodes · 1954
Episode 1. The Treason of Arron Burr
1954-08-29
No synopsis
Episode 2. The Emergence of Jazz
1954-09-05
No synopsis
Episode 3. The Oklahoma Land Rush (April 22, 1889)
No synopsis
Episode 4. William Pitt's Last Speech to Parliament
1954-09-19
No synopsis
Episode 5. The Return of Ulysses
1954-09-26
No synopsis
Episode 6. Sutter Discovers Gold
1954-10-03
No synopsis
Episode 7. The Great Adventure of Marco Polo
1954-10-10
No synopsis
Episode 8. Edison's Miracle of Light
1954-10-17
No synopsis
Episode 9. The Burning of Rome
1954-10-24
No synopsis
Episode 10. The Nomination of Abrahan Lincoln
1954-10-31
No synopsis
Episode 11. The Surrender of Wake Island
1954-11-07
No synopsis
Episode 12. Lord Nelson at Trafalgar
1954-11-14
No synopsis
Episode 13. The Trial of Belle Starr
1954-11-21
No synopsis
Episode 14. The Plot Against Solomon
1954-11-28
No synopsis
Episode 15. The Battle of Gibraltar
1954-12-05
No synopsis
Episode 16. The Cabinet Crisis Over Peggy Eaton
1954-12-12
No synopsis
Episode 17. La Fitte and Jackson at New Orleans
1954-12-19
No synopsis
Episode 18. The Passage of the Bill of Rights
1954-12-26
No synopsis
Episode 19. The Torment of Beethoven
1955-01-02
No synopsis
Episode 20. The Death of Stonewall Jackson
1955-01-09
No synopsis
Episode 21. The First Flight of the Wright Brothers
1955-01-16
No synopsis
Episode 22. The Trial of Susan B. Anthony
1955-01-23
No synopsis
Episode 23. The Tragedy of John Milton
1955-01-30
No synopsis
Episode 24. The Signing of the Declaration of Independence
1955-02-06
No synopsis
Episode 25. The Tragic Hour of Dr. Semmelweis
1955-02-13
No synopsis
Episode 26. The Liberation of Paris
1955-02-20
No synopsis
Episode 27. Washington's Farewell to His Officers
1955-02-27
No synopsis
Episode 28. D-Day
1955-03-06
No synopsis
Episode 29. The Hatfield-McCoy Feud
1955-03-20
No synopsis
Episode 30. The Triumph of Alexander the Great
1955-03-27
No synopsis
Episode 31. Completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad
1955-04-03
No synopsis
Episode 32. P.T. Barnum Presents Jenny Lind
1955-04-10
No synopsis
Episode 33. The Emancipation Proclamation (January 1, 1863)
1955-04-17
Walter Cronkite and his news staff stand by as President Lincoln tries to decide whether or not he should sign the bill that will free all slaves in the southern territories. The fate of the Union cause may rest upon Lincoln's decision.
Episode 34. The Third Annual Nazi Party Congress at Nuremberg
1955-04-24
No synopsis
Episode 35. Lou Gehrig's Greatest Day
1955-05-01
No synopsis
Episode 36. The Final Performance of Sarah Bernhardt
1955-05-08
No synopsis
Episode 37. Dewey's Victory at Manila
1955-05-15
No synopsis
Episode 38. The Sinking of the Titanic
1955-05-22
No synopsis
Episode 39. The Assassination of Julius Caesar (March 15, 44 B.C.)
1955-05-29
The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but they have both sorely underestimated Mark Antony.
Episode 40. The First Major Use of Penicillin
1955-06-05
No synopsis
Episode 41. The Birth of Modern Boxing
1955-06-12
No synopsis
Episode 42. Napoleon's Return From Elba
1955-06-19
No synopsis
Episode 43. Boston Tea Party (Restaged) (December 16, 1773)
December 16, 1773. There's tea, tea everywhere, but not a drop to drink as angry Bostonians dump the loads of tea into the harbor to protest the British taxes. Walter Cronkite and his news staff interview participants and bystanders at…
Season 4
32 episodes · 1955
Episode 1. The Triumph of Louis Braille (May 25, 1847)
1955-09-11
Louis Braille develops a system for the blind to read and write, bringing them out of the shadows of society.
Episode 2. The Last Day of an English Queen
1955-09-18
No synopsis
Episode 3. The Boston Massacre
1955-10-02
No synopsis
Episode 4. The Rescue of the American Prisoners from Santo Tomas
1955-10-09
No synopsis
Episode 5. Moscow Today
1955-10-16
No synopsis
Episode 6. The Secret Message That Plunged America Into World War I (March 1, 1917)
1955-10-23
A dramatization of America's entry into World War I.
Episode 7. Grant and Lee at Appomattox
1955-10-30
No synopsis
Episode 8. The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1955-11-06
No synopsis
Episode 9. The Hoax of Cardiff Giant (February 2, 1870)
1955-11-13
Reporters are stationed at the home of poet and physician Oliver Wendell Holmes; the Cardiff N.Y. farm of William Newell, where the alleged human fossil was discovered; and at the library of Cornell University's president, Andrew D.…
Episode 10. Bannister Wins the Mile Run
1955-11-20
No synopsis
Episode 11. Eli Whitney Invents the Cotton Gin
1955-11-27
No synopsis
Episode 12. Spindletop: The First Great Texas Oil Strike
1955-12-04
No synopsis
Episode 13. The Chicago Fire
1955-12-11
No synopsis
Episode 14. Pierre and Marie Curie Discover Radium
1955-12-18
No synopsis
Episode 15. Washington Crosses the Delaware (December 25, 1776)
1955-12-25
As snow and sleet threaten to freeze the Delaware River, General Washington attempts a crossing to surprise Hessian troops at Trenton, N.J.
Episode 16. Benedict Arnold's Plot Against West Point
1956-01-01
No synopsis
Episode 17. The Heroism of Clara Barton
1956-01-08
At the battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862, later labeled as "the bloodiest day of the Civil War," we witness the heroism of Clara Barton, who defies the danger of battle to administer first aid to the men.
Episode 18. V-J Day
1956-01-15
No synopsis
Episode 19. Dr. Pinel Unchains the Insane
1956-02-12
No synopsis
Episode 20. The Great Comstock Silver Strike (October 29, 1873)
1956-02-26
Walter Cronkite hosts a TV recreation of the Great Comstock Silver Strike using many well known western TV character actors.
Episode 21. When Stanley Finds Livingstone
1956-03-11
No synopsis
Episode 22. Berlin Airlift
1956-03-25
No synopsis
Episode 23. The Lost Battalion of World War I
1956-04-01
No synopsis
Episode 24. The Recovery of the Mona Lisa
1956-04-08
No synopsis
Episode 25. WIlliam Jennings Bryan's Presidential Nomination
1956-04-15
No synopsis
Episode 26. The Return of Halley's Comet
1956-04-29
No synopsis
Episode 27. Benjamin Franklin's Kite Experiment
1956-05-13
No synopsis
Episode 28. The Doolittle Raiders Take Off for Tokyo
1956-05-20
No synopsis
Episode 29. The Vote That Defeated Andrew Jackson for President
1956-05-27
No synopsis
Episode 30. Cyprus Today
1956-06-01
No synopsis
Episode 31. Does Not exist
No synopsis
Episode 32. Does not exist
No synopsis
Season 5
13 episodes · 1956
Episode 1. The Fall of Fort Sumter
1956-09-02
No synopsis
Episode 2. The Great Diamond Fraud
1956-09-09
No synopsis
Episode 3. Decatur's Raid at Tripoli
1956-09-23
No synopsis
Episode 4. The Scuttling of the Graf Spee
1956-09-30
No synopsis
Episode 5. Mr. Christian Seizes the Bounty
1956-10-07
No synopsis
Episode 6. Hitler Invades Poland
1956-10-14
No synopsis
Episode 7. Daniel Webster's Sacrifice to Save the Union
1956-10-21
No synopsis
Episode 8. The End of the Dalton Gang
1957-05-12
No synopsis
Episode 9. The Overthrow of the Tweed Ring
1957-05-26
No synopsis
Episode 10. The Attempt to Assassinate Theodore Roosevelt
