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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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Air Date	Title	Synopsis
04.07.1937	admiral peary discovers the pole	+ The Dupont, Cavalcade pays tribute to another gallant American pioneer, a man whose stubborn tenac...
03.31.1937	the mcguffy readers	+ The Cavalcade of America salutes one of the foremost American educators William Holmes McGuffy cre...
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....
03.17.1937	james fennimore cooper
03.10.1937	stephen girard	+ In the long line of noble and distinguished men and women in the Cavalcade of America there is one...
03.03.1937	national parks pioneers	+ Each year increasing thousands of eager Americans travel by rail automobile and aeroplanes to the ...
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...
02.17.1937	ounce of prevention	+ Cavalcade of America presented by Dupont brings you a story telling how a courageous clergyman Cot...
02.10.1937	the man who couldnt grow old	+ The Cavalcade of America brings you the story of Peter Cooper, industrialist, philanthropist and e...
02.03.1937	minute men of the air	+ Interwoven with the amateur radio operators of America Hams as they call themselves is the history...
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...
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...
01.13.1937	father of plastics	+ John Wesley Hyatt founded two great industries; he was the father of plastics and also of roller b...
01.06.1937	winning prestige for the americans	+ Prior to the American Revolution English players held a monopoly of theatrical entertainment in Am...
12.30.1936	yankee independence	+ The facts of the story of the Charter Oak are clouded in legend. New England was colonized by who ...
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...
12.09.1936	the story of christmas seals	+This is the story of a devoted Red Cross worker Miss Emily Bissell and her idea for Christmas seals...
12.02.1936	the seeing eye	+ The Seeing Eye is a school in Morris Town New Jersey where German Shepherd dogs are educated as gu...
11.25.1936	songs of sentiment	+ Songs of sentiment have long reflected true American characteristics love of home and family, of o...
11.11.1936	transcontinental journeys	+ The Cavalcade of America presented by Dupont brings you two stories in this episode about two jour...
10.28.1936	edward macdowell	+ This story told in music and drama on The Cavalcade of America presented by Dupont is the story of...
10.21.1936	john winthrop	+ The Cavalcade of America sponsored by Dupont relates the story of the country’s first chemist th...
10.14.1936	sentinels of the deep	+ Cavalcade of America takes us to sea for a story of lighthouses and life ship manned by courageous...
10.07.1936	helping hand	+ The Cavalcade of America presented by Dupont brings you two vivid stories showing that willingness...
09.30.1936	showmanship	+ "Showmanship". Sponsored by: DuPont. The first program of the Fall-Winter season. The story of P...

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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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