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Aired 1935 – 1953

The Cavalcade of America featured events from American history, usually dramatizing the positive aspects of the nation’s past. Additionally, the show attempted to end criticism of its sponsor, the Du Pont Company. The corporation was viewed in a negative light because of profits made from producing gunpowder during World War I. Throughout the years, actors and actresses from Broadway and Hollywood were featured. Click here to read more about Cavalcade Of America, The

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Please enjoy these 747 old time radio episodes:

Air Date	Title	Synopsis
01.29.1952	the night there was no president	+ "The Night There Was No President". The story of the strange conditions under which Theodore Roo...
01.22.1952	as if a door were opening	+ "As If A Door Were Opening". The story of the Marquis de Lafayette, his commission in the Contin...
01.15.1952	the port of missing men	+ "A Port Of Missing Men". The story of Janet Lord, known as "Mother Roper," and her work for the ...
01.08.1952	a prisoner named brown	+ "A Prisoner Named Brown". Tom Osborne goes to prison in an effort to reform the penal system.
01.01.1952	sixteen sticks in a bundle	+ "Sixteen Sticks In A Bundle". A poor colored family, only one generation up from slavery, puts f...
12.25.1951	the day they gave babies away	+ WABC, New York aircheck. "The Humanitarian Urge". Sponsored by: DuPont. Part one: "The Marry Elle...
12.18.1951	the du pont chorus	+ WABC, New York aircheck. "Defiance Of Nature". Sponsored by: DuPont. Part one: "Erie Canal." Part...
12.11.1951	the giant who stepped over the mountain	+ WABC, New York aircheck. "The Will To Explore". Sponsored by: DuPont. Part one: "The Lewis and Cl...
12.04.1951	the sitting duck	+ WABC, New York aircheck. "Heroism In Medical Science". Sponsored by: DuPont. Part one: "Long and ...
11.27.1951	incident at lancaster	+ WABC, New York aircheck. "Willingness To Share". Sponsored by: DuPont. Part one: "The Boston Port...
11.20.1951	the path of praise	+ Red net. "The Farmer Takes A Wife". A story of romance along the Erie Canal.
11.13.1951	a new commandment	+ Red net. "Doctor Franklin Goes To Court". The adventures of Ben Franklin in the salons of France,...
11.06.1951	seven hundred boiled shirts	+ Red net. "Wild Bill Hickok: The Last Of Two Gun Justice". How Jim Hickok came to be called "Wild ...
10.30.1951	navy blue	+ Red net. "The Red Death". The story of how Dr. Joseph Goldberger discovered the cause and cure of...
10.23.1951	loyal lady	+ Red net. "Ann Rutledge and Lincoln". The story of the president's first great love affair. The sc...
10.16.1951	the ship the nazis had to get	+ Red net. "The Pathfinder Of The Seas". The story of Matthew Fontaine Maury, who invented a new wa...
10.09.1951	the fields are green	+ Red net. "Valley Forge". The story of the lowest point in the Revolutionary War, and of General W...
10.02.1951	sequel at seventy	+ "Sequel At Seventy". The story of the discovery of Aureomycin, a wonder drug, by Dr. Benjamin M....
09.25.1951	listen my children	+ Red net. "Lifetide". The story of Dr. Norman Bethune, who invented the mobile blood bank and star...
09.18.1951	girl on a mission	+ Red net. "Hymn From The Night". The first show of the tenth season. The story of Julia Ward Howe ...
09.11.1951	no one is alone	+ Red net. "The Doctor Gets The Answer". A look at how the Army is treating "Battle Fatigue" in tod...
09.04.1951	towards a new world	+ Red net. "What Makes A Hero?". The story of Corporal James Slayton, and how he won the Congressi...
07.03.1951	sound the great bell	+ Red net. "My Friend McNair". Sponsored by: DuPont. A combat story, with echoes of the Liberty Bell...
06.26.1951	they shall have music	+ "They Shall Have Music". The story of Theodore Thomas, the German conductor who helped to introd...
06.19.1951	chinese daughter	+ "Chinese Daughter". The well-written autobiography of Jade Snow Wong, the fifth daughter of a Ch...

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That was my favorite show.

Carol

This anthology program was sponsored by DuPont on radio by CBS and NBC from 1935 to 1953, television from 1952 to 1957. The series pioneered the use of anthology drama for company radio advertising. Cavalcade of America documented historical events using stories of individual courage, initiative and achievement, often with feel-good dramatizations of the human spirit's triumph against all odds. This was consistent with DuPont's overall conservative philosophy and legacy as an American company dating back to 1802. The company's motto, "Maker of better things for better living through chemistry," was read at the beginning of each program, and the dramas emphasized humanitarian progress, particularly improvements in the lives of women, often through technological innovation.

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