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December 24, 1951

Season 1

01. Amahl and the Night Visitors

Broadcast live from New York, Gian Carlo Menotti's Christmas story was the first opera commissioned for television, and was repeated in several subsequent telecasts.

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December 24, 1951

02. Doctor Serocold

A Hollywood press agent is assigned to promote a starlet with whom he was once in love.

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January 6, 1952

03. Love Story

Adaptation of the novel by Helen Ashton.

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January 13, 1952

04. The Big Build-Up

Dramatization of the love affair between Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning.

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January 20, 1952

05. The Story of Roger Williams

In 1631 Roger Williams landed in Boston. He had come to America to find freedom of belief and worship; instead, he found the church here still connected to the church in England and just as oppressive. He refused to join the church in Boston because it still held communion

with the Church of England, from which he had just fled. He thought it his duty to renounce

all connection with any church that would stain its hands in the blood of the Lord's people.

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January 27, 1952

06. Florence Nightingale

Biography of Florence Nightingale: her determination to build hospitals and train nurses for the sick and disabled during the Crimean War, her correspondence with the Minister of War, and the letter of appreciation she received from Queen Victoria.

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February 3, 1952

07. Woman with a Sword

Story of Anna Ella Carroll, prominent member of a Maryland family who served as unofficial but close advisor and special representative to President Lincoln.

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February 10, 1952

08. The Plot to Kidnap General Washington

Irish-American tailor Hercules Mulligan's contribution to the American Revolution.

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February 17, 1952

09. Mistress of the White House

The story of Dolley Madison.

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February 24, 1952

10. Prelude

The meeting of George Sand and Frederic Chopin.

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March 2, 1952

11. Juliette Low and the Girl Scouts

The founding of the Girl Scouts, presented on the occasion of their 40th anniversary.

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March 9, 1952

12. Constitution Island

A salute to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on its 150th anniversary, focusing on Anna Warner's historic gift of Contitution Island to the institution; set in 1907.

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March 16, 1952

13. Harriet Quimby

The story of America's first woman aviator.

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March 23, 1952

14. The Vision of Father Flanagan

The story of Reverend Edward Joseph Flanagan who, as a young priest from Ireland, founded Boys Town, Nebraska, where outcast boys could find the love and care denied them in their own homes.

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March 30, 1952

15. Ordeal by White House

Little-known incidents in the life of Grover Cleveland.

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April 6, 1952

16. Anne Bradstreet, Puritan Poetess

Story of America's first woman author.

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April 20, 1952

17. Miracle in May

Dr. Edward Jenner discovers the smallpox vaccination.

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April 27, 1952

18. The Face of Spain

The life of Francisco Goya; set in Spain, 1786.

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May 4, 1952

19. A Woman for the Ages

The story of Abigail Adams, wife of President John Adams.

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May 11, 1952

20. Reign of Terror

Eliza Monroe, in Paris as the wife of the U.S. Foreign Minister toFrance, obtains Madame Lafayette's release from prison and sentence of death by guillotine.

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May 18, 1952

21. The Magnificent Failure

A biography of Louisa May Alcott, ending with her writing of ""Little Women"" in 1860.

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May 25, 1952

22. The King's Author

Biography of Ben Jonson, covering the writing of Eastward ho; set in London, 1606.

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June 1, 1952

23. Nefretiti, Queen of Egypt

Biography of Nefretiti, illustrating her life with the Pharoah and her influence on Egyptian history and culture.

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June 8, 1952

24. Mr. and Mrs. Freedom

The story of Anna and John Peter Zenger and their fight for freedom of the press.

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June 15, 1952

25. Forgotten Children

A dramatization honouring American educator Martha Berry, founder of Mt. Berry, a Georgia home for mountain people.

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June 22, 1952

26. Our Sister Emily

The story of the Bronte sisters.

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June 29, 1952

27. The Legend of Josiah Blow

An infantryman in the American Revolution lights a firecracker and gets blown into another generation.

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July 6, 1952

28. The Real Glory

Story of a town in U.S. taken over by corrupt men due to the neglect of the citizenry.

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July 13, 1952

29. Salvage

An aging man thinks his usefulness to society is at an end.

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July 20, 1952

30. 21-Plus

Story of the importance of one vote in an election.

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July 27, 1952

31. The Carlson Legend

A young state senator runs into a moral problem while conducting a cleanup campaign.

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August 3, 1952

32. The Last Command

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2h 0min
August 10, 1952

33. I Lift Up My Lamp

A young Czech girl in the U.S. is faced with the choice of returning to her family behind the Iron Curtain or remaining free in the U.S.

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August 17, 1952

34. Crabapple Saint

Story of Johnny Appleseed, the wanderer who planted trees as he traveled.

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August 24, 1952

35. Refresher Course

Story of a wealthy middle-aged married couple who retrace their honeymoon, and in so doing, regain their love for each other.

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August 31, 1952