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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
02.23.1942	arrowsmith	+ Red net. "Arrowsmith". A dramatization from the famous novel, about a doctor's devotion to scienc...
05.07.1945	artist to the wounded	+ Red net. "Artist To The Wounded". A commercial artist volunteers to draw portraits of wounded sol...
01.15.1941	as a man thinketh	+ Red net. "As A Man Thinketh". The story of Thomas Cooper, the man who tested the Sedition Act of ...
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...
08.27.1945	assignment for the professor	+ "Cargo Over Burma". A portrait of a day with a crew of combat cargo flyers, which is not nearly ...
05.08.1944	autobiography of an angel	+ Cavalcade of America brings you a story of a young American who is fighting this war in the frontl...
11.18.1952	away all boarding parties	+ "Away All Boarding Parties". A good war story about an attempt to capture a Nazi sub and her se...
07.15.1936	band music in america pt1	+ "The Development Of Band Music In America" "The Small Bands". Sponsored by: DuPont. Program #1 of...
07.22.1936	band music in america pt2	+ "From The Gay Nineties On". Sponsored by: DuPont. Program #2 of a summer series. "The Development...
07.29.1936	band music in america pt3	+ "American Bands Travel". Sponsored by: DuPont. Program #3 of a summer series. "The Development Of...
08.05.1936	band music in america pt4	+ "Bands Today". Sponsored by: DuPont. Program #4 of a summer series. "The Development Of Band Musi...
12.16.1952	barbed wire christmas	+ "Barbed Wire Christmas". Four thousand American P. O. W.s in a German concentration camp are det...
04.24.1939	baseball	+ This story was written to celebrate the 100th birthday in the spring of 1939 of our national sport...
06.22.1942	battle of the ovens	+ Red net. "The Battle Of The Ovens". The story of Christopher Ludwig, the elderly baker who helped...
04.02.1940	benedict arnold	+ Blue Network. "The Story Of Benedict Arnold" ("Benedict Arnold"). An account of General Arnold's ...
05.18.1938	benjamin franklin
03.05.1945	bernadine i love you	+ Red net. "Bernadine, I Love You". A big, stupid-but-lovable G. I. needs the help of the Red Cross...
11.29.1948	betrayal	+ "The Betrayal". The love story of Peggy Shippen and Benedict Arnold, and how they betrayed their...
01.04.1943	between them both	+ Red net. "Between Them Both". A girl on the homefront has the war brought home to her suddenly wh...
12.10.1945	big boy blue	+ "Big Boy Blue". The touching story of poet Eugene Field. The broadcast originates from Hollywood...
09.29.1947	big boy	+ "Big Boy". The biography of Babe Ruth, "The Sultan Of Swat." The program opening is slightly upc...
12.30.1952	billy the kid	+ NBC net, KDKA, Pittsburgh aircheck. "Rain Fakers". 8:00 P.M. A meteorologist is determined to show...
03.12.1941	black rust	+ Red net. "Black Rust". The story of Mark Carleton's around the world search for a variety of whea...
01.12.1938	blazing trails for science	+ Robert Hare was born in Pennsylvania in 1781. He was one of the first great electro-chemists and h...
01.20.1953	bless this house	+ "Bless This House". A well told story about the White House and the many presidents who have liv...

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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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