You Are There Season 4 Episodes

Episode 1

The Triumph of Louis Braille (May 25, 1847)

Sun, Sep 11, 1955

Louis Braille develops a system for the blind to read and write, bringing them out of the shadows of society.

Episode 2

The Last Day of an English Queen (Lady Jane Grey, executed February 12, 1554)

Sun, Sep 18, 195530 mins

July 19, 1553. Walter Cronkite and his news staff report the events of the day, just nine days after Lady Jane Grey was placed on the throne, when the short-lived Queen was removed and placed in prison. They report from the Tower of London, in Jane Grey's chamber; Mary Tudor's castle at Framlingham; and the Tower's council room.

Episode 3

The Boston Massacre (March 5, 1770)

Sun, Oct 2, 195530 mins

Royal Governor Hutchison forbids the British troops by firing on the angry colonists despite the harassment they receive thereby changing the course of history.

Episode 4

The Rescue of the American Prisoners from Santo Tomas (February 3, 1945)

Sun, Oct 9, 195530 mins

Episode 5

Moscow Today

Sun, Oct 16, 1955

Episode 6

The Secret Message That Plunged America Into World War I (March 1, 1917)

Sun, Oct 23, 1955

A dramatization of America's entry into World War I.

Episode 7

Grant and Lee at Appomattox (April 8, 1865) (II) (restaged)

Sun, Oct 30, 1955

Surrounded by Union forces, General Lee surrenders to General Grant at a farmhouse in Appomattox, Virginia.

Episode 8

The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (October 26, 1881)

Sun, Nov 6, 1955

The Earp brothers, marshals of Tombstone, Arizona, clashed with a powerful cowboy group that came to town armed and intent on wiping out the forces of the law and order.

Episode 9

The Hoax of Cardiff Giant (February 2, 1870)

Sun, Nov 13, 1955

Reporters are stationed at the home of poet and physician Oliver Wendell Holmes; the Cardiff N.Y. farm of William Newell, where the alleged human fossil was discovered; and at the library of Cornell University's president, Andrew D. White. Holmes and a reporter named Bud Wilson sense that the Cardiff giant is not authentic.

Episode 10

Bannister Wins the Mile Run

Sun, Nov 20, 1955

The world waits to see whether Roger Bannister or John Landy will be the victor in the mile race run in Vancouver, British Columbia. Films of the actual event are shown in addition to commentary by Walter Cronkite and his news staff.

Episode 11

Eli Whitney Invents the Cotton Gin (May 27, 1793)

Sun, Nov 27, 1955

The events surrounding Eli Whitney's unveiling of a working model of his revolutionary gin. The story follows Whitney to Washington, where he had great difficulty patenting his machine.

Episode 12

Spindletop - The First Great Texas Oil Strike (January 10, 1901)

Sun, Dec 4, 195530 mins

January 10, 1901. Walter Cronkite and his newsmen cover the events of the day when the valiant efforts of Pattilo Higgins and his partner Anthony Lucas finally succeeded as drilling on Spindletop Hill produced a gusher, a stream of oil over 100 feet high. The Spindletop oilfield marked the birth of the modern petroleum industry.

Episode 13

The Chicago Fire (October 8-9, 1871)

Sun, Dec 11, 1955

"You Are There" news rendition of the Great Chicago fire of 1871 with Walter Croncite as news anchorman and on the spot interviews with fire victims and city officials and workers as the city burns.

Episode 14

Pierre and Marie Curie Discover Radium (January 12, 1902)

Sun, Dec 18, 1955

The Atomic Age is born as Pierre and Marie Curie discover radium in their laboratory.

Episode 15

Washington Crosses the Delaware (December 25, 1776)

Sun, Dec 25, 1955

As snow and sleet threaten to freeze the Delaware River, General Washington attempts a crossing to surprise Hessian troops at Trenton, N.J.

Episode 16

Benedict Arnold's Plot Against West Point (September 23, 1780)

Sun, Jan 1, 195630 mins

Benedict Arnold, hero of the Battle of Saratoga and Commander of the West Point fort, meets secretly at Belmont, on the Hudson River, with a courier from the British warship "Vulture" on September 23, 1780.

Episode 17

The Heroism of Clara Barton (September 17, 1862)

Sun, Jan 8, 195630 mins

At the battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862, later labeled as "the bloodiest day of the Civil War," we witness the heroism of Clara Barton, who defies the danger of battle to administer first aid to the men.

Episode 18

V-J Day (September 2, 1945)

Sun, Jan 15, 1956

From the White House press room in Washington, D.C., to the battleship Missouri for an interview with Adm. William "Bull" Halsey, to various cities around the world, we see the reactions to the news that World War 2 is finally over.

Episode 19

Dr. Pinel Unchains the Insane (May 24, 1793)

Sun, Feb 12, 1956

A French doctor courageously followed his convictions about treatment of the insane. He is intent on proving his point by releasing two of the most violent inmates.

Episode 20

The Great Comstock Silver Strike (October 29, 1873)

Sun, Feb 26, 1956

Walter Cronkite hosts a TV recreation of the Great Comstock Silver Strike using many well known western TV character actors.

Episode 21

When Stanley Finds Livingstone (November 10, 1871)

Sun, Mar 11, 1956

We follow Henry M. Stanley, correspondent for the New York Herald, on his search for Dr. David Livingstone, a Scotch-Presbyterian missionary who has been missing in Africa for three years.

Episode 22

Berlin Airlift

Sun, Mar 25, 1956

From Berlin's Templehof Airport, fog and stormy weather are a serious threat to the plan to transport goods through the air corridor over Russian-held Germany.

Episode 23

The Lost Battalion of World War I (May 31-June 1, 1918)

Sun, Apr 1, 1956

A battalion of American soldiers, surrounded by German forces for four days, valiantly repels the enemy until help arrives.

Episode 24

The Recovery of the Mona Lisa (December 10, 1913)

Sun, Apr 8, 1956

Vincenzio Perugia gives himself up on December 10, 1913 and confesses that he stole the five-million dollar painting "for love and for Italy."

Episode 25

William Jennings Bryan's Presidential Nomination (July 8, 1896)

Sun, Apr 15, 195630 mins

Episode 26

The Return of Halley's Comet (May 10, 1910)

Sun, Apr 29, 195630 mins

Episode 27

Benjamin Franklin's Kite Experiment (June 15, 1752)

Sun, May 13, 195630 mins

Episode 28

The Doolittle Raiders Take Off for Tokyo (April 18, 1942)

Sun, May 20, 1956

Lt. Col. James H. Doolittle launched an air attack on Japan from the aircraft carrier Hornet, one of the most daring operations, and the raid generated strategic benefits that far outweighed its limited goals.

Episode 29

The Vote That Defeated Andrew Jackson for President

Sun, May 27, 1956

On February 9, 1825, Walter Cronkite and his news staff cover the House of Representatives election for the President of the United States. Since neither Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, William Crawford, nor Henry Clay had gotten the 131 votes needed for an outright victory in the 1824 Presidential election, as mandated by the Constitution, for the first time in the history of the United States, the 12th Amendment of the Constitution would dictate that the election be decided by the House of Representatives, with every state delegation, whether large or small, having one vote.

Episode 30

Cyprus Today

Sun, Jun 3, 1956

Walter Cronkite turns from the past to the present for 30 minutes of film covering the current explosive situation on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, with Cypriots' allegiances divided between Greece, Turkey, and Britain.