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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
04.26.1943	soldiers in high boots	+ Red net. "Soldiers In High Boots". Sponsored by: DuPont. A story of the paratroopers who are chose...
05.03.1943	soldiers in greasepaint	+ Red net. "Soldiers In Greasepaint". The story of the first U. S. O. Camp Show tour of the battlef...
07.12.1943	soldier of the cloth	+ Red net. "Soldier Of The Cloth". The story of an Army chaplain at Guadalcanal. Soldier of the Clo...
09.07.1942	soldier of a free press	+ Red net. "Soldier Of A Free Press". The story of Richard Harding Davis, America's first war corre...
03.27.1944	so sorry no mercy	+ Red net. "So Sorry, No Mercy". The story of Royal Arch Gunnison, broadcaster for the Mutual radio...
11.24.1941	so red the rose	+ Red net. "So Red The Rose". A ficticious Civil War romance set in rural Mississippi. + So Red the...
06.21.1948	skylark song	+ "Skylark Song". The story of Grace Moore, from a church choir to The Metropolitan Opera.
06.28.1943	sky nursemaid	+ Red net. "Sky Nursemaid". The story of the newly formed Air Evacuation Transport Service. The pr...
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...
10.03.1950	six men of wood	+ "Six Men Of Wood". The story of a family during the Depression that goes into the furniture busi...
11.30.1942	sister kenny	+ Red net. "Sister Kenny". The story of the Australian nurse who developed a method of treating Pol...
11.14.1950	sir galahad in manhattan	+ "Sir Galahad In Manhattan". The story of Dr. J. Marion Sims, who founded the first women's hospi...
11.08.1949	signal to the world	+ "Signal To The World". The story of Robert Townsend, who was torn between personal grief and pat...
03.19.1945	sign here please	+ Red net. "Sign Here, Please". The story of the adventures of the crew of an LST through several i...
09.30.1936	showmanship	+ "Showmanship". Sponsored by: DuPont. The first program of the Fall-Winter season. The story of P...
05.28.1940	show boat	+ Blue Network. "Show Boat". The classic musical of the old South. A well-done condensation. The fi...
08.09.1943	shortcut to tokyo	+ Red net. "Short Cut To Tokyo". Sponsored by: DuPont. A well-done sound portrait of the fight again...
01.19.1948	sheriff teddy	+ "Sheriff Teddy". A drama of the life of Theodore Roosevelt in the Dakota Badlands. A bully good ...
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 ...
10.02.1951	sequel at seventy	+ "Sequel At Seventy". The story of the discovery of Aureomycin, a wonder drug, by Dr. Benjamin M....
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...
04.29.1936	self reliance	+ The stories you will, hear transport you from the year 1738 to 1936 and this wide gap of the years...
01.17.1949	secret operation	+ "Secret Operation". The mysterious operation performed by Dr. John Erdmann on President Grover C...
04.06.1938	search for iron	+ The Dupont Cavalcade salutes a woman of spirit and courage, Hepsabeth Merrick the matriarch of the...
07.19.1943	schoolhouse at the front	+ Red net. "The Schoolhouse At The Front". The story of the Special Training Units that teach illi...

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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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