Wide Wide World Season 1 Episodes

Episode 1

Premiere

Mon, Jun 27, 1955

Program is a special presentation in the 'Producer's Showcase' series, every fourth Monday. The pickup sequence will be New York, Chicago, Des Moines, Denver, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, San Diego and back to New York thru a "slow switch" in slightly more than four minutes to show what Americans are doing at that hour, then to Stratford, to Mount Hood, Oregon; Washington, D. C. and Tijuana, Mexico. Premiere episode features a 20 -minute segment of "Julius Caesar," at the Shakespearean Festival at Stratford, Ontario, Canada, and a fiesta review from Tijuana, Mexico.

Episode 2

Wide Wide West

Sun, Oct 30, 1955

Episode 3

A Sunday Afternoon with Youth

Sun, Nov 13, 1955

Episode 4

America's Heritage

Sun, Nov 27, 1955

Episode 5

American Rhapsody

Sun, Dec 4, 1955

Episode 6

Preparations for Christmas

Sun, Dec 18, 1955

Dave Garroway hosts this video tour as we see how people prepare for Christmas in the U.S., as well as Canada, Cuba and Mexico. In Washington, D.C., "The Pageant of Peace" is opened as President Eisenhower flips the switch on for the lighting of the Christmas tree near the White House. In Havana, Cuba, Christmas decorations at the Tropicana nightclub are seen, where a floor show is in progress. In Juarez, Mexico, cameras follow the Christmas procession known as the Posado. In Quebec, Canada, at the resort hotel, The Chateau Frontenac, in the cultural center of French Canada, choirboys gather to sing Christmas hymns. Cameras also witness preparations for the hostelry's great Christmas dinner. In Mount Washington, New Hampshire, the weather station atop the mountain forecasts the Yuletide weather. At the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City, the choir sings, and in Marietta, South Carolina, there's a turkey shoot going on, and the Ritchie family sings "The Cherry Tree Carol" and "The 12 Days of Christmas."

Episode 7

New Year's Day

Sun, Jan 1, 1956

Episode 8

Portrait of an American Winter

Sun, Jan 22, 1956

Episode 9

Two Ways to Winter

Sun, Jan 29, 1956

Episode 10

The World of Celebrations

Sun, Feb 12, 1956

Episode 11

America at Play While S.A.C. Stands Guard

Sun, Feb 19, 1956

Episode 12

Birth of an American

Sun, Mar 4, 1956

Episode 13

The Land of Plenty

Sun, Mar 25, 1956

Episode 14

Awakening of Spring

Sun, Apr 1, 1956

Episode 15

In Pursuit of Happiness

Sun, Apr 15, 1956

Entertainment of all types are featured with remotes from Silver Springs, FL (glass bottom boats; an underwater cave; a band playing under water), New York City (the cast of the upcoming musical "Shangri-La" is seen rehearsing), Salt Lake City, UT (Children's Dance Theatre), Phoenix, AZ (Superstition Mountain; cowboy songs, games on horseback), Seattle, WA (Symphony Orchestra famous for family concerts), St. Louis, MO (High school bands on parade; Wagner's "Parisfal" in English), Hermosa Beach, CA (modern jazz) and a visit to a veteran's hospital where stars perform. The show concludes with an appearance by NBC President Robert W. Sarnoff who presses a button to inaugurate the "world's first completely-colorized television station" WNBQ (now WMAQ) in Chicago, IL.

Episode 16

Sunday Driver

Sun, Apr 29, 1956

Episode 17

Power for Peace

Sun, May 13, 1956