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Wide Wide World Season 2 Episodes

  • 1955-1958
  • 3 Seasons
  • NBC
  • Documentary
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Using 40 cameras and 12 mobile vans, this live Sunday afternoon program broadcast events in North America, the Caribbean and Europe. The show alternated with other programs during its run. Among it's many segments were live broadcasts from Havana, Cuba, Bimini, London and the first live shots of the Grand Canyon in Arizona. The show was first introduced on Monday, June 27, 1955 as part of "Producers' Showcase", and continued on Monday evenings thru the summer of 1955. Regular Sunday broadcasts did not begin until the fall of 1955.. On the Sunday, October 1955 premiere the topic was 'A Sunday in Autumn'.

Season 2 Episode Guide

Season 2

20 Episodes 1956 - 1957

Episode 1

Song of America

Sun, Sep 16, 1956

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Episode 2

The Hollywood Story

Sun, Sep 30, 1956

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Episode 3

The American Dream

Sun, Oct 14, 1956

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Episode 4

So Goes the Nation

Sun, Oct 28, 1956

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Episode 5

The Florida Story

Sun, Nov 11, 1956

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Episode 6

An American Sunday - A Visit with Three Faiths

Sun, Nov 25, 1956

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Episode 7

The American Campus

Sun, Dec 9, 1956

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Episode 8

The Joyous Time - Christmas Through the Eyes of Our Children

Sun, Dec 23, 1956

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Episode 9

A Woman's Story

Sun, Jan 6, 1957

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Episode 10

American Riches

Sun, Jan 20, 1957

Ike's boyhood in Abilene, KS; Duke Ellington; world's largest copper mine in UT; progressive school in RI; Joseph Pulitzer III; Agricultural Experiment Station in CA; Thomas Hart Benton.

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Episode 11

Texas, U.S.A.

Sun, Feb 3, 1957

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Episode 12

The Creative Spirit

Sun, Feb 17, 1957

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Episode 13

A Man's Story

Sun, Mar 3, 1957

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Episode 14

Flight

Sun, Mar 17, 1957

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Episode 15

Spring Jubilee

Sun, Mar 31, 1957

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Episode 16

American Waters

Sun, Apr 14, 1957

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Episode 17

Land of Promise

Sun, Apr 28, 1957

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Episode 18

Armed Forces Week

Sun, May 12, 1957

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Episode 19

The American Indian - Between Two Worlds

Sun, May 26, 1957

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Episode 20

Summertime

Sun, Jun 9, 1957

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