You Are There Season 2 Episodes

Episode 1

The Fate of Nathan Hale (September 22, 1776)

Sun, Aug 30, 1953

The final tragic moments in the life of the 21-year-old martyr who went to his death on the gallows in Manhattan on September 22, 1776, for espionage against the Crown.

Episode 2

The Capture of John Wilkes Booth (April 26, 1865)

Sun, Sep 6, 195330 mins

This episode takes place on April 26, 1865 on the day that John Wilkes Booth was captured, hiding in by a barn in Virginia, after assassinating President Lincoln.

Episode 3

The Louisiana Purchase

Sun, Sep 13, 1953

President Thomas Jefferson purchases the port of New Orleans from Napoleon on April 12, 1803.

Episode 4

The First Moscow Purge Trials (August 24, 1936)

Sun, Sep 20, 1953

Andrei Vishinsky's brilliant prosecution of 16 conspirators catapults him to a powerful position under Stalin.

Episode 5

The Birth of the National Anthem

Sun, Sep 27, 1953

A Georgetown attorney, Francis Scott Key, spends the night aboard a British man-of-war on a prisoner of war exchange mission and watches the bombardment of Fort McHenry.

Episode 6

The Secret of Sigmund Freud

Sun, Oct 4, 195330 mins

Vienna, January 2, 1900. Shortly after the publication of Sigmund Freud's controversial new book, "The Importance of Dreams."

Episode 7

Columbus Sets Foot on San Salvador

Sun, Oct 11, 195330 mins

Christopher Columbus makes the most audacious voyage in history.

Episode 8

The Death of Cleopatra (30 B.C.)

Sun, Oct 18, 1953

Episode 9

The Triumph of Simon Bolivar

Sun, Oct 25, 1953

Episode 10

Grant and Lee at Appomattox (April 9, 1865)

Sun, Nov 1, 1953

Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox on April 9, 1865.

Episode 11

The Abdication of Napoleon

Sun, Nov 8, 1953

April 6, 1814. French emperor Napoleon I relinquishes his power following his military defeat in the French campaign against the Russian empire.

Episode 12

The Recognition of Michelangelo

Sun, Nov 15, 195330 mins

January, 1504, becomes a milestone in the history of art, as the young Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni is accepted by his peers as a colleague.

Episode 13

The Sailing of the Mayflower

Sun, Nov 22, 1953

The anxious Pilgrims milling about Southampton Harbor await the decision of the King. Many would-be Pilgrims are confined to the jails of England, refusing to denounce their creed, an action that would free many of them.

Episode 14

The Gettysburg Address

Sun, Nov 29, 195330 mins

Episode 15

Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941)

Sun, Dec 6, 195330 mins

Episode 16

The Vindication of Savonarola

Sun, Dec 13, 1953

February 7, 1497. One of the first book-burnings in history, from the public square in Florence, the palace of the Borgias in Rome, and the convent of San Marco where the monk, Girolamo Savonarola, labeled the books as "vanities."

Episode 17

The Fall of Troy

Sun, Dec 20, 1953

After 10 years of battle, sudden peace assures some of the Trojans, misled on their interpretations of the giant wooden horse left outside the city walls, by the Greeks who have apparently wearied and gone home.

Episode 18

The Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown

Sun, Dec 27, 1953

Episode 19

Mallory's Tragedy on Mount Everest

Sun, Jan 3, 1954

George Mallory and Andrew Irvine made their final attempt to summit Mount Everest and were not heard from again.

Episode 20

The Trial of Charles the First

Sun, Jan 10, 1954

The trial and subsequent execution of King Charles the First.

Episode 21

The Resolve of Patrick Henry (March 23, 1775)

Sun, Jan 17, 195430 mins

Patrick Henry's oratory sways a Virginia provincial convention from possible reconciliation with England to planning to fight for her freedom.

Episode 22

The Sacrifice of Mahatma Gandhi

Sun, Jan 24, 1954

One of history's foremost examples of the effectiveness of passive resistance, as a thin little man in a white loincloth breaks the back of India's 5000 year old caste system by fasting.

Episode 23

The Last Moments of Marie Antoninete

Sun, Jan 31, 195430 mins

Episode 24

The Ordeal of Tom Paine

Sun, Feb 7, 195430 mins

Episode 25

The Hanging of Captain Kidd (May 23, 1701)

Sun, Feb 14, 195430 mins

Walter Cronkite and other newsmen report from Newgate prison, the office of the East India Company, a pirate refuge in the West Indies, and execution dock on Wapping on the River Thames in East London.

Episode 26

The First Command Performance of Romeo and Juliet (1597)

Sun, Feb 21, 195430 mins

It's December 26, 1597 and Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is selected by Queen Elizabeth I to be performed at Court in Greenwich.

Episode 27

The Trial of Peter Zenger

Sun, Mar 7, 1954

Attorney Andrew Hamilton establishes truth as a defense in a case of libel as publisher John Peter Zengel is tried for attacking the administration and policies of the governor.

Episode 28

The Rescue of the Statue of Liberty

Sun, Mar 14, 1954

April 1, 1878. The completion of the statue appears doomed when political opposition and lack of funds plague sculptor Frédéric Bartholdi.

Episode 29

Burgoyne's Surrender at Saratoga (October 17, 1777)

Sun, Mar 21, 195430 mins

Commanding officers of the British and the American forces reveal their attitudes toward revolution in the story behind the surrender of British General John Burgoyne.

Episode 30

The Conspiracy of Catherine the Great (1762)

Sun, Mar 28, 1954

June 28, 1762. Walter Cronkite shows reactions of the political factions involved in the overthrow of Catherine's husband, Peter III, emperor of Russia.

Episode 31

The Opening of King Tut's Tomb

Sun, Apr 4, 1954

February 17, 1923. Walter Cronkite covers the events surrounding the entrance into Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings by English financial backer Lord Carnarvon's archaeological party, led by Egyptologist Howard Carter.

Episode 32

Paul Revere's Ride (April 18, 1775)

Sun, Apr 11, 1954

Sent by Dr. Warren across the Charles River in Charlestown, silversmith Paul Revere races to warn the colonists of the movements of the British troops in the Revolutionary war.

Episode 33

The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots (February 8, 1587)

Sun, Apr 18, 1954

Episode 34

The Surrender of Corregidor (May 6, 1942)

Sun, Apr 25, 1954

Episode 35

The Death of Rasputin

Sun, May 2, 1954

Episode 36

The Court Martial of Mata Hari (July 24, 1917)

Sun, May 9, 1954

When the Kaiser decides that Mata Hari is of no further use to Germany, he has her condemned to a secret trial on July 24, 1917, on a trumped-up charge.

Episode 37

The Scopes Trial

Sun, May 16, 1954

In July, 1925, teacher John Scopes is brought to trial in Dayton, Tennessee, for teaching Darvin's Theory of Evolution to the children of religious townsfolk. Attorney Clarence Darrow defends Scopes and his ideas.

Episode 38

The Great Moment of Haile Selassie

Sun, May 23, 1954

Before the afternoon session of the League of Nations at Geneva, Switzerland, the Ethiopian emperor delivers his famous speech against the Italian aggression in his land. The scenes in which he appears are actual film clips from the historic day.

Episode 39

The Rise of Genghis Khan (1203)

Sun, May 30, 1954

Episode 40

The Decision of Robert E. Lee

Sun, Jun 6, 1954

The course of the Civil War was altered on April 18, 1861, when the famed general resolved to lead the Confederate armies, rather than the forces of the North.

Episode 41

The Fall of Parnell (December 6, 1890)

Sun, Jun 13, 1954

Charles Stewart Parnell, leader of the Irish Nationalist Party, agitated for Irish home rule as a member of the British Parliament. His arguments won acclaim until his fall in 1890, when he was named as a co-respondent in a divorce suit.

Episode 42

The Crisis of Anne Boleyn (May 16, 1536)

Sun, Jun 20, 195430 mins

Henry VIII has lost interest in his wife, Anne, and wants Jane Seymour. He offers Anne a chance to save her life if she admits to adultery and leaves England with their daughter Elizabeth, but Anne wants her child to be heir to the throne.

Episode 43

The Vote That Made Jefferson President

Sun, Jun 27, 1954

It is the 36th ballot in the House of Representatives, and it seems as if the forces of Alexander Hamilton and the Federalists will give Thomas Jefferson the nine votes that will make him President and Aaron Burr the Vice President.