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Omnibus Season 7 Episodes

15 Episodes 1958 - 1959

Episode 1

Capital Punishment

Sun, Oct 26, 1958

The program has only one segment: "Capital Punishment" (an examination of the case for capital punishment).

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Episode 2

The Submariners

Sun, Nov 9, 1958

The program has only one segment: "The Submariners" (Esther Williams joins a Connecticut naval submarine base and presents a feature on submarines and the life and training of submariners and Navy divers).

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Episode 3

The So-Called Human Race

Sun, Nov 23, 1958

The program has only one segment: "The So-Called Human Race" (play in three acts).

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Episode 4

The Empty Chair

Sun, Dec 7, 1958

After the French Revolution, a tyrant ropes off a velvet chair in his palace and decrees that no one must ever sit in it, under penalty of death. Ultimately he is goaded by his subjects into sitting in the chair himself.

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Episode 5

Dancing: A Man's Game

Sun, Dec 21, 1958

Assisted by the top names in sport, Gene Kelly dances on television for the first time as he demonstrates the rhythm and coordination required of great athletes. He also traces the history of modern American dance, and sets out to prove that dancing is, not the property of women but that, rightfully, it's "a man's game."

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Episode 6

Prince Orestes

Sun, Jan 4, 1959

The program has only one segment: "Prince Orestes" (production of a Greek tragedy adapted from an Aeschylus trilogy about Orestes, who killed his mother and her lover in revenge for her murdering his father).

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Episode 7

Malice in Wonderland

Sun, Jan 18, 1959

The program has only one segment: "Malice in Wonderland" (three-part drama satirizing Hollywood).

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Episode 8

Abraham Lincoln - The Early Years

Sun, Feb 1, 1959

The program has only one segment: "Abraham Lincoln - The Early Years" (repeat showing from Season 3 of a feature film on the young Abraham Lincoln made from previous Omnibus episodes).

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Episode 9

The Medium

Sun, Feb 15, 1959

The program has only one segment: "The Medium" (performance of Menotti's opera).

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Episode 10

Ah Sweet Mystery of Mrs. Murphy

Sun, Mar 1, 1959

The program has two segments: (1) "Ah Sweet Mystery of Mrs. Murphy" (play by William Saroyan), and (2) "Visual Perception" (looking at how the eyes perceive images and optical illusions).

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Episode 11

Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway

Sun, Mar 15, 1959

The program has only one segment: "Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway" (performance of the musical by George M. Cohan).

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Episode 12

Power Among Men

Sun, Mar 29, 1959

The program has only one segment: "Power among Men" (showing of excerpts from a 1959 U.S. film about man's creative and destructive capabilities).

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Episode 13

The Strange Ordeal of the Normandier

Sun, Apr 12, 1959

The program has only one segment: "The Strange Ordeal of the Normandier" (the tragic story of an English tramp steamer struck by disaster in 1918 when its crew succumbed to blackwater fever, leaving the ship helpless and adrift in the Atlantic).

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Episode 14

Professor Tim

Sun, Apr 26, 1959

The program has only one segment: "Professor Tim" (showing of a 1957 British-Irish comedy film performed by the Abbey Players of Dublin).

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Episode 15

H.M.S. Pinafore (II)

Sun, May 10, 1959

The program has only one segment: "H.M.S. Pinafore" (performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera).

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