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 | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.21.1936 | john winthrop |
+ The Cavalcade of America sponsored by Dupont relates the story of the country’s first chemist th... | |
| 10.28.1936 | edward macdowell |
+ This story told in music and drama on The Cavalcade of America presented by Dupont is the story of... | |
| 11.11.1936 | transcontinental journeys |
+ The Cavalcade of America presented by Dupont brings you two stories in this episode about two jour... | |
| 11.25.1936 | songs of sentiment |
+ Songs of sentiment have long reflected true American characteristics love of home and family, of o... | |
| 12.02.1936 | the seeing eye |
+ The Seeing Eye is a school in Morris Town New Jersey where German Shepherd dogs are educated as gu... | |
| 12.09.1936 | the story of christmas seals |
+This is the story of a devoted Red Cross worker Miss Emily Bissell and her idea for Christmas seals... | |
| 12.23.1936 | tribute to ernestine schumann heink |
+ The Cavalcade of America pays tribute to one of the most beloved women of all time, Madame Ernesti... | |
| 12.30.1936 | yankee independence |
+ The facts of the story of the Charter Oak are clouded in legend. New England was colonized by who ... | |
| 01.06.1937 | winning prestige for the americans |
+ Prior to the American Revolution English players held a monopoly of theatrical entertainment in Am... | |
| 01.13.1937 | father of plastics |
+ John Wesley Hyatt founded two great industries; he was the father of plastics and also of roller b... | |
| 01.20.1937 | songs of the sea |
+ In this episode Dupont bring a story of songs of the sea and of the men who sang them in the golde... | |
| 01.27.1937 | pioneer woman physician elizabeth blackwell |
+ This is the story of Elizabeth Blackwell who became the pioneer woman physician of her time and wh... | |
| 02.03.1937 | minute men of the air |
+ Interwoven with the amateur radio operators of America Hams as they call themselves is the history... | |
| 02.10.1937 | the man who couldnt grow old |
+ The Cavalcade of America brings you the story of Peter Cooper, industrialist, philanthropist and e... | |
| 02.17.1937 | ounce of prevention |
+ Cavalcade of America presented by Dupont brings you a story telling how a courageous clergyman Cot... | |
| 02.24.1937 | winning recognition for the americans |
+ Lillian Norton was born on May 12th, 1859 in the little village of Farmington, Maine. Her exceptio... | |
| 03.03.1937 | national parks pioneers |
+ Each year increasing thousands of eager Americans travel by rail automobile and aeroplanes to the ... | |
| 03.10.1937 | stephen girard |
+ In the long line of noble and distinguished men and women in the Cavalcade of America there is one... | |
| 03.17.1937 | james fennimore cooper | ||
| 03.24.1937 | the house of glass |
+ Henry William Segal was born in Germany in 1729 and came to Pennsylvania when he was 21 years old.... | |
| 03.31.1937 | the mcguffy readers |
+ The Cavalcade of America salutes one of the foremost American educators William Holmes McGuffy cre... | |
| 04.07.1937 | admiral peary discovers the pole |
+ The Dupont, Cavalcade pays tribute to another gallant American pioneer, a man whose stubborn tenac... | |
| 04.14.1937 | songs of the gay nineties |
+ Dupont presents songs of that colourful period in American history the “gay” 90’s. (1890’s... | |
| 04.21.1937 | the golden touch |
+ Among America’s well known men are many who came from Europe to try their fortunes and make thei... | |
| 04.28.1937 | george washington farmer |
+ On the 30th April 1789 George Washington was inaugurated as the first president of the United Stat... |
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