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24 Episodes 1955 - 1956
Episode 1
Sun, Oct 9, 195530 mins
The program has only one segment: "The Birth of Modern Times" (a live program tracing the revival of the arts, literature, music and learning during the Renaissance period).
Episode 2
Sun, Oct 16, 1955
The program has two segments: (1) "The Jazz World" (Leonard Bernstein discusses jazz and conducts a jazz number), and (2) "Famous America Boyhoods" (William Saroyan recreates scenes of his boyhood).
Episode 3
Sun, Oct 23, 1955
The program has five segments: (1) "The Adams House" (a follow-up to the series of Adams Family biographies), (2) "Television Magic" (featuring new television techniques), (3) "Bow Bells" (showing of a 1954 film in which a Cockney looks at life in the East End of London), (4) "Survival in the Bush" (showing of a 1954 film about survival in the wilds of Canada), and (5) "Animals in Motion" (short feature on animal locomotion).
Episode 4
Sun, Oct 30, 1955
The program has two segments: (1) "Advice to Bathers" (feature on swimming with Esther Williams and the Yale swimming team), and (2) "Courtship" (Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy act out various courtship scenes in the theatre).
Episode 5
Sun, Nov 6, 1955
The program has three segments: (1) "Toby and the Tall Corn" (repeat showing of play broadcast in Season 3), (2) "Antonio and His Spanish Ballet Company" (Spanish ballet dancing), and (3) "Excursion House" (looking at the housing boom in America).
Episode 6
Sun, Nov 13, 1955
The program has three segments: "American Boyhoods: Captain John M. Ellicott" (Captain Ellicott remembers events during his boyhood), (2) (comic monologue), and (3) (scenes from Gilbert and Sullivan's "Pirates of Penzance").
Episode 7
Sun, Nov 20, 1955
The program has only one segment: "She Stoops to Conquer" (adaptation of Oliver Goldsmith's comedy of manners).
Episode 8
Sun, Dec 4, 1955
The program has three segments: (1) "The Art of Conducting" (talk and demonstration by Leonard Bernstein), (2) "American Boyhood" (Rev. Dr. Harry Fosdick reminisces on events from his boyhood), and (3) "The Harlem Globetrotters" (basketball demonstration by the Harlem Globetrotters).
Episode 9
Sun, Dec 11, 1955
The program has four segments: (1) "The Royal Game" (adaptation of play), (2) "Jack Be Normal" (play), (3) "The Old Woman" (animated rendition of folk song), and (4) "Mother, I Would Marry" (animated rendition of folk song).
Episode 10
Sun, Dec 18, 1955
By chance, Jokanaan's incarceration coincides with a visit from Salome, Herodias' daughter from her earlier marriage. Attracted to the charismatic prophet, Salome is outraged when Jokanaan spurns her. Small wonder, then, that Salome agrees to perform the celebrated "Dance of the Seven Veils" for her uncle Herod if he will grant her one little request: The head of Jokanaan, served on a platter.
Episode 11
Sun, Dec 25, 195573 mins
The program has two segments: (1) "Messiah" (Leonard Bernstein conducts Handel's oratorio), and (2) "Carols and Chorales" (festive carols and choral music).
Episode 12
Sun, Jan 1, 1956
The program has two segments: "The Best Year in the History of the Whole World" (humorous Saroyan play), and (2) (Japanese dancing and drama with the Azuma Kabuki dancers).
Episode 13
Sun, Jan 8, 195630 mins
The program has only one segment: "Dear Brutus" (adaptation of play by J.M. Barrie).
Episode 14
Sun, Jan 15, 1956
The program has three segments: (1) "The Great Forgery" (the story of how four Americans swindled the Bank of England of $100,000 through forged letters of credit), (2) "The Great Adventure 1" (showing of Part 1 of a 1953 Swedish film about nature and wildlife), and (3) (short tribute to Benjamin Franklin).
Episode 15
Sun, Jan 22, 1956
The program has four segments: (1) "The Yugoslav National Folk Ballet" (a Macedonian troupe perform Yugoslav folk dancing), (2) "The Great Adventure 2" (showing of Part 2 of a 1953 Swedish film about nature and wildlife), (3) "Other Channels" (a look at advertising on foreign television channels), and (4) "Skiing, Anyone?" (feature on skis and skiing).
Episode 16
Sun, Jan 29, 1956
The program has two segments: (1) "Minds over Manners" (three dramatic sketches showing changes in American manners and customs of 100 years ago, 50 years ago and the present day), and (2) "Sugar Ray Robinson Visits Stillman's Gym" (a championship boxer gives a demonstration).
Episode 17
Sun, Feb 5, 1956
The program has two segments: (1) "One Nation" (the first of a three-part series examining the United States constitution), and (2) "Songs by Frances Archer and Beverly Gile" (performance of English folk songs).
Episode 18
Sun, Feb 12, 1956
The program has only one segment: "Mr. Lincoln" (repeat showing of a feature film from Season 3 on the young Abraham Lincoln, made from previous Omnibus episodes).
Episode 19
Sun, Feb 19, 1956
The program has only one segment: "One Nation Indivisible" (the second of a three-part series examining the United States constitution).
Episode 20
Sun, Feb 26, 1956
The program has three segments: (1) "The Art of Ballet" (dancers show the evolution of ballet), (2) "The Boyhood of William Shakespeare" (sketch on the Bard's childhood), and (3) (program of music on the portable organ).
Episode 21
Sun, Mar 4, 195630 mins
The program has two segments: (1) "With Liberty and Justice for All" (the third of a three-part series examining the United States constitution), and (2) "James Thurber, Man and Boy" (interview with the celebrated author and humorist).
Episode 22
Sun, Mar 11, 1956
The program has three segments: (1) "The Better Half" (adaptation of Noel Coward play), (2) "The Museum That Jack Built" (exploration of the ideal science museum), and (3) "Something about the Sky" (visual essay on the sky and clouds).
Episode 23
Sun, Mar 25, 1956
The program has only one segment: "Harvard University Remote" (discussion of the role played by the modern university and college in American life).
Episode 24
Sun, Apr 1, 1956
The program has two segments: (1) "The Court Martial of Billy Mitchell" (re-enactment of the 1925 trial of the U.S. Air Force hero), and (2) "How the F-100 Got Its Tail" (featuring the work of test pilots on the supersonic jet fighter aircraft).