Cavalcade of America

Episode 1

Monument to a Young Man

Tue, Sep 18, 1956 30 mins

The factual story of the efforts of a Los Angeles police detective, school principal, and star athlete to help a juvenile delinquent.

Episode 2

A Bed of Roses

Tue, Sep 25, 1956 30 mins

An engaged girl disagrees with her parents about the kind of wedding ceremony she should have. She wants an elaborate church wedding; her parents insist on a simple home ceremony.

Episode 3

The People and General Glancy

Tue, Oct 9, 1956 30 mins

The story of how Gwinnett County, GA got its first hospital.

Episode 4

Wild April

Tue, Oct 16, 1956 30 mins

A portrayal of events in the later life of John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed, showing his influence on the pioneers who lived in a small community in the Ohio River Valley.

Episode 5

The Hobo Kid

Tue, Oct 23, 1956 30 mins

The story of the daughter of migratory farm workers. Her parents don't believe in "schooling", so Billie has to fight stubbornly to get her education.

Episode 6

Date with a Stranger

Tue, Oct 30, 1956 30 mins

Man and woman meet in Philadelphia and share a love for early American History. Everything is going well until one day when the man doesn't show up for their date.

Episode 7

Innocent Bystander

Tue, Nov 13, 1956 30 mins

Innocent bystander is hit in the head with a rock. Being a newspaper reporter, he decides to investigate why he was hit in the head and uncovers a whole series of innocent bystanders.

Episode 8

Woman's Work

Tue, Nov 20, 1956 30 mins

Old man Link Morley believes women should wait on men like a menial servant. Determined to show his son how its done, he orders around his son's new bride, Rowena, like a housemaid. But once the new couple is paying for their keep, Rowena makes a stand.

Episode 9

Return of a Bombardier

Tue, Nov 27, 1956 30 mins

During his imprisonment in a Japanese POW camp, an American flier finds that religion gives him the strength he needs to withstand hardship. He vows to return to Japan to preach the word of God if he is ever released.

Episode 10

Pursuit of a Princess

Tue, Dec 4, 1956 30 mins

Two onetime friends are rivals in the unusual pursuit of collecting nineteenth century hand carved cigar store Indians. The rarest and most desirable were made by a long-dead Connecticut craftsman, whose aged daughter is found to be oblivious to her father's legacy, and is using his leftover works as firewood. The pair compete for her last remaining statue.

Episode 11

Once a Hero

Tue, Dec 11, 1956 30 mins

Harvey Kendall is a former rodeo star who is now a cattle inspector. When current rodeo star Cal Bennett comes to town, both Harvey and his son Tim begin to yearn for Harvey's former stardom.

Episode 12

The Blessed Midnight

Tue, Dec 18, 1956 25 mins

When a boy steals a cake for his beloved aunt on Christmas Eve, his young friend tries to set things straight.

Episode 13

Three Young Kings

Tue, Dec 25, 1956 28 mins

Three young boys are given the responsibility of carrying Christmas gifts to the mission church in the costumes of the Three Wise Men. When they ride through the poorest section of the village, the boys decide to give the presents to the ragged children instead, causing a crisis in conscience in the community.

Episode 14

The Two Worlds of Nicolo

Tue, Jan 1, 1957 30 mins

A teenage Italian boy comes to this country to attend high school as an exchange student. He is thrilled and happy with everything about his visit, until he learns his family in Italy is in trouble.

Episode 15

The House of Empty Rooms

Tue, Jan 8, 1957 30 mins

Aging woman's son and DIL abandon her and move to Florida, leaving her alone in a large house. A TV preacher gives her the idea of helping people using the things in her house.

Episode 16

Leap to Heaven

Tue, Jan 15, 1957 30 mins

Story of Christian Minister and pole vaulting champion Bob Richards.

Episode 17

Dowry for Ilona

Tue, Jan 22, 1957 30 mins

Family rivalry over size of wedding dowery for new bride.

Episode 18

The Man from St. Paul

Tue, Jan 29, 1957 30 mins

Principal John Norton befriends a youngster who is accused of robbery, and obtains a parole for the boy. He even gets him a job as cashier in the school lunchroom. When money is stolen from the lunchroom, the boy becomes the number-one suspect, and Norton again comes to his assistance.

Episode 19

Are Trees People?

Tue, Feb 5, 1957 30 mins

Widow living with daughter in the suburbs longs for her old life in the city. On one of her frequent visits to the old neighborhood, she finds 3 orphan boys living in her old flat. She wants to adopt them, but CPS won't allow it.

Episode 20

Decision for a Hero

Tue, Feb 12, 1957 30 mins

A scrawny, bespectacled college student exerts himself too much and he dies. Another student, the school's star athlete, is advised the boy's grieving mother has been led to believe, by his letters home, the boy was his best friend, though they never met.

Episode 21

The Frightened Witness

Tue, Feb 19, 1957 30 mins

Leaving his shop,a butcher witnesses a car run down a man on the street, but before he can give the police a description, he's threatened by a gangster.The victim was a crime investigator, and the "accident" was a hit. The butcher and his family is stalked and terrorized by the crooks from then on.

Episode 22

The Man Who Asked No Favors

Tue, Mar 5, 1957 30 mins

A drought-stricken small town rejects its new preacher because he refuses to pray for rain.

Episode 23

Dan Marshall's Brat

Tue, Mar 19, 1957 30 mins

Young Trudy Marshall is an 11-year old who dreams of ending the feud between her parents and maternal grandfather. When she saves the life of an elderly Mexican bandit, the Calaveras Kid, he decides to help her.

Episode 24

The Widow Was Willing

Tue, Mar 26, 1957 30 mins

Widow is determined to catch herself a struggling author.

Episode 25

The Last Signer

Tue, Apr 2, 1957 30 mins

Working man and recent immigrant Jake Bartosh defaces the Declaration of Independence by signing his own name to it. Why did he do this and how will he be punished?

Episode 26

Episode #5.26

Tue, Apr 9, 1957

Episode 27

Shark of the Mountain

Tue, Apr 23, 1957 30 mins

When young Brian Beck sees a man murdered, he tells his best friend, Noah. But the old man thinks it's another of Brian's tall tales and ignores him. When the killer gets closer, Brian decides to go after the criminal himself.

Episode 28

Chicago 2-1-2

Tue, Apr 30, 1957 25 mins

A Chicago fire investigator attempts to apprehend the arsonist who has set a series of blazes in run-down buildings near the river. He suspects that the perpetrator might be part of the throng of on-lookers that gawk at the firefighters battling the blazes. When a deaf woman is seriously injured in one of the torched buildings, the inspector redoubles his efforts to arrest the firebug before one of his blazes results in death.