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You Are There Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 1953 - 1953
Episode 1
The Landing of the Hindenberg (May 5, 1937)
Sun, Feb 1, 1953
The German airship LZ 129 Hindenburg catches fire while attempting to dock in Lakehurst, New Jersey, killing 36 people in the process.
Episode 2
The Capture of Jesse James
Sun, Feb 8, 195330 mins
On April 3, 1882, Jesse James is killed by Robert Ford, a member of his own gang.
Episode 3
The Boston Tea Party (December 16, 1773)
Sun, Feb 15, 1953
The Sons of Liberty destroy a shipment of tea sent by the East India Company in defiance of the Tea Act, setting the stage for the American Revolutionary War.
Episode 4
The Capture of John Dillinger (January 25, 1934)
Sun, Feb 22, 195330 mins
Public Enemy Number One John Dillinger is captured by the Indiana state police after a bank robbery in Chicago.
Episode 5
The Final Hours of Joan of Arc (May 30, 1431)
Sun, Mar 1, 1953
Joan of Arc prepares for her imminent execution.
Episode 6
The Assassination of Julius Caesar (March 15, 44 B.C.)
Sun, Mar 8, 1953
The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but they have both sorely underestimated Mark Antony.
Episode 7
The Hamilton-Burr Duel (July 11, 1804)
Sun, Mar 15, 195330 mins
Alexander Hamilton is killed in a duel with US Vice President Aaron Burr.
Episode 8
The Discovery of Anesthesia (October 16, 1846)
Sun, Mar 22, 1953
The Boston dentist William Thomas Green Morton publicly demonstrates the use of anesthesia for the first time.
Episode 9
The Witch Trial at Salem, Massachusetts (August 1692)
Sun, Mar 29, 1953
In Salem, Massachusetts, accused witches are sentenced to death.
Episode 10
The Conquest of Mexico (1519)
Sun, Apr 5, 195330 mins
Hernán Cortés and his conquistadors land in Mexico.
Episode 11
The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
Sun, Apr 12, 1953
On February 24, 1868, US President Andrew Johnson is impeached by the House of Representatives for removing Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton from office.
Episode 12
The Ordeal of Galileo
Sun, Apr 19, 195330 mins
Galileo Galilei is tried by the Inquisition and forced to recant his assertion that the Earth orbits the sun.
Episode 13
The Signing of the Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776)
Sun, Apr 26, 195330 mins
The task of drafting a declaration of independence that will express the prevailing sentiment of a politically diversified population faces the Continental Congress.
Episode 14
The Death of Socrates (399 B.C.)
Sun, May 3, 1953
After Socrates is found guilty of corrupting his students, he is forced to commit suicide by ingesting the poison hemlock.
Episode 15
The Rise of Adolph Hitler (September 9, 1938)
Sun, May 10, 195330 mins
Adolf Hitler consolidates his power in Germany.
Episode 16
The Conquest of Yellow Fever
Sun, May 17, 195330 mins
Dr. Walter Reed's research indicates that mosquitoes are carriers of yellow fever.
Episode 17
The Defense of the Alamo
Sun, May 24, 195330 mins
On February 23, 1836, the arrival of General Antonio López de Santa Anna's Army surprised the Texians and Tejanos and as the defenders saw it, the Alamo was the key to the defense of Texas.
Episode 18
The Dreyfus Case
Sun, May 31, 1953
The French artillery officer Captain Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully convicted of communicating French military secrets to the German Embassy in Paris, initiating a political scandal that rocks the Third Republic.
Episode 19
The Signing of the Magna Carta
Sun, Jun 7, 195330 mins
On June 15, 1215, King John of England is forced by rebellious barons to sign the Magna Carta..
Episode 20
The Escape of Rudolf Hess
Sun, Jun 14, 1953
Rudolf Hess escapes from Germany on May 10, 1941 and parachuted to safety in Scotland. He is convicted of war crimes at the Nuremberg Trials and imprisoned in Spandau Prison in West Berlin.
Episode 21
The Treason of Benedict Arnold
Sun, Jun 21, 195330 mins
In 1780, Benedict Arnold was accused of the treasonous act of giving the plans of West Point, one of America's strongest forts to the British.
Episode 22
The Burning of the Alamo
Sun, Jun 28, 195330 mins
On March 6, 1836, Mexican troops attack and burn the Alamo Mission at San Antonio, Texas.