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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
02.04.1946	children of ol man river	+ "Children Of Ol' Man River". A biograp of the life of Billy Bryant on a Mississippi showboat at...
05.25.1938	child welfare in america	+ The Dupont Cavalcade brings you a story of the growth of childcare in the United States of America...
12.13.1943	check your heart at home	+ Red net. "Check Your Heart At Home". A story based on the book, "They Sent Me To Iceland," by Jan...
06.14.1948	chautauqua fable	+ "Chautauqua Fable". A 1910 visit to Chautauqua, Nedw York, to hear William Jennings Bryan. A wel...
03.30.1938	charlotte cushman	+ Cavalcade brings you the story of Charlotte Cushman, America’s first great actress. Through her ...
03.15.1943	case for the fbi	+ Red net. "A Case For The F. B. I.". The F.B.I. takes to the air to capture a kidnapper. A messag...
09.03.1945	cargo over burma	+ "Sawdust Underground". The story of two G. I.'s who escape from Nazi occupied France by hiding a...
02.02.1942	captains of the clouds	+ Red net. "Captains Of The Clouds". A good story about an old-time Canadian barnstorming bush pilo...
03.16.1938	captain robert gray	+ This is the story of Captain Robert Gray, American navigator whose discovery of the Columbia River...
10.27.1941	captain paul	+ Red net. "Captain Paul". A biography of the great American naval hero, John Paul Jones...a surpri...
11.01.1943	burma surgeon	+ Red net. "Burma Surgeon". The story of Dr. Gordon S. Seagrave, a doctor in the Burmese jungles d...
01.03.1944	bullseye for sammy	+ Red net. "Bullseye For Sammy". A sailor with a bad attitude goes AWOL, but is given a second chan...
01.15.1936	building and architecture	+ In the ranks of the American Cavalcade marks the direct lineal descendants of the great builders o...
01.20.1947	builder of the soo	+ Charles Harvey is a man who more than any other in the nineteenth century changed the face of Amer...
01.07.1946	build me straight
10.25.1948	bryants station	+ "Bryant's Station". Mrs. Prudence Potter battles the Wyandotte Indians in the wilderness of youn...
03.25.1952	breakfast at nancys	+ "Breakfast At Nancy's". Nancy Hart's Revolutionary War activities are dramatized. This is the st...
07.12.1948	break the news	+ "Break The News". The history of the Associated Press, told on its one hundredth anniversary. Th...
03.28.1949	boy wanted	+ "Boy Wanted". A well-done, heartwarming story about an unwanted little boy and his problem adopt...
07.17.1944	boomerang
10.06.1941	bolivar the liberator	+ Red net. "Bolivar, The Liberator". The story of the liberator of Venezuela and hero in other part...
10.11.1943	bob hope reports	+ Red net. "Bob Hope Reports". Bob recreates his first tour of the front in June, 1943. The program...
01.20.1953	bless this house	+ "Bless This House". A well told story about the White House and the many presidents who have liv...
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...
03.12.1941	black rust	+ Red net. "Black Rust". The story of Mark Carleton's around the world search for a variety of whea...

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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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