Season 4

E1. The Triumph of Louis Braille (May 25, 1847)

Sep 11, 1955 · 45m

Louis Braille develops a system for the blind to read and write, bringing them out of the shadows of society.

E2. The Last Day of an English Queen

Sep 18, 1955 · 45m

E3. The Boston Massacre

Oct 2, 1955 · 45m

E4. The Rescue of the American Prisoners from Santo Tomas

Oct 9, 1955 · 45m

E5. Moscow Today

Oct 16, 1955 · 45m

E6. The Secret Message That Plunged America Into World War I (March 1, 1917)

Oct 23, 1955 · 45m

A dramatization of America's entry into World War I.

E7. Grant and Lee at Appomattox

Oct 30, 1955 · 45m

E8. The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Nov 6, 1955 · 45m

E9. The Hoax of Cardiff Giant (February 2, 1870)

Nov 13, 1955 · 45m

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. White. Holmes and a reporter named Bud Wilson sense that the Cardiff giant is not authentic.

E10. Bannister Wins the Mile Run

Nov 20, 1955 · 45m

E11. Eli Whitney Invents the Cotton Gin

Nov 27, 1955 · 45m

E12. Spindletop: The First Great Texas Oil Strike

Dec 4, 1955 · 45m

E13. The Chicago Fire

Dec 11, 1955 · 45m

E14. Pierre and Marie Curie Discover Radium

Dec 18, 1955 · 45m

E15. Washington Crosses the Delaware (December 25, 1776)

Dec 25, 1955 · 45m

As snow and sleet threaten to freeze the Delaware River, General Washington attempts a crossing to surprise Hessian troops at Trenton, N.J.

E16. Benedict Arnold's Plot Against West Point

Jan 1, 1956 · 45m

E17. The Heroism of Clara Barton

Jan 8, 1956 · 45m

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.

E18. V-J Day

Jan 15, 1956 · 45m

E19. Dr. Pinel Unchains the Insane

Feb 12, 1956 · 45m

E20. The Great Comstock Silver Strike

Feb 26, 1956 · 45m

E21. When Stanley Finds Livingstone

Mar 11, 1956 · 45m

E22. Berlin Airlift

Mar 25, 1956 · 45m

E23. The Lost Battalion of World War I

Apr 1, 1956 · 45m

E24. The Recovery of the Mona Lisa

Apr 8, 1956 · 45m

E25. WIlliam Jennings Bryan's Presidential Nomination

Apr 15, 1956 · 45m

E26. The Return of Halley's Comet

Apr 29, 1956 · 45m

E27. Benjamin Franklin's Kite Experiment

May 13, 1956 · 45m

E28. The Doolittle Raiders Take Off for Tokyo

May 20, 1956 · 45m

E29. The Vote That Defeated Andrew Jackson for President

May 27, 1956 · 45m

E30. Cyprus Today

Jun 1, 1956 · 45m