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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
11.21.1950	the stepping stones	+ "The Stepping Stones". The story of the brave band of Pilgrims who signed America's first charte...
10.23.1935	the spirit of competition	+ "The Spirit Of Competition". Sponsored by: DuPont. Part one: "The Oklahoma Land Run." Part two: "...
12.04.1951	the sitting duck	+ WABC, New York aircheck. "Heroism In Medical Science". Sponsored by: DuPont. Part one: "Long and ...
06.12.1951	the silent service
02.03.1953	the short straw	+ "The Short Straw". The story of Anne Bernatitus, a Navy nurse on Corregidor during the attack by...
10.16.1951	the ship the nazis had to get	+ Red net. "The Pathfinder Of The Seas". The story of Matthew Fontaine Maury, who invented a new wa...
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...
03.10.1953	the secret road	+ "The Secret Road". Two spies for General Washington save the French fleet through their daring s...
01.31.1944	the sailor takes a wife	+ Red net. "The Sailor Takes a Wife". A city editor makes a "grandstand play" to impress his girl a...
10.14.1952	the saga of jerry obrien	+ "The Saga Of Jerry O'Brien". The story of the first off-shore skirmish of the Revolutionary War,...
11.28.1950	the rose and the thorns	+ "The Rose and The Thorns". The story of the romance of Winnie Davis, daughter of the president o...
02.05.1945	the road to berlin	+ Red net. "The Road To Berlin". Sponsored by: DuPont. 8:00 P.M. A program in honor of the fourth an...
03.17.1953	the river finds a master	+ "The River Finds A Master". The story of th invention of Henry Shreve, the man who made river na...
06.06.1949	the return of the lodger	+ "The Return Of The Lodger". Jacob Riis gets help from Theodore Roosevelt for a small reform for ...
04.03.1951	the reluctant pioneer	+ "The Reluctant Pioneer". The story of the invention of the typewriter, and the development of t...
06.13.1950	the redemption of lottie moon	+ "The Redemption Of Lottie Moon". The story of the rise and fall of a beautiful spy for the Confe...
08.25.1947	the red stockings
10.30.1940	the red death	+ Red net. "The Red Death". The story of how Dr. Joseph Goldberger discovered the cause and cure of...
03.12.1940	the raven wins texas	+ Blue Network. "Sam Houston" ("The Raven Wins Texas"). The story of the fall of Santa Ana, taken f...
05.01.1951	the raft	+ "The Raft". The story of Eddie Rickenbacker's ordeal with seven others on a life raft, adrift fo...
01.24.1949	the queens handmaid	+ "The Queen's Handmaid". As part of a plan to rescue Marie Antoinette from the guillotine, her fo...
06.17.1952	the quality of courage	+ "Quality Of Courage". The exciting story of David Bushnell and his invention of the submarine du...
02.21.1944	the purple heart comes to free meadows	+ Red net. "The Purple Heart Comes To Free Meadows". A G. I. returns to his New England home, reluc...
09.20.1948	the proud way	+ "The Proud Way". The story of Varina Howell, who fell in love with Jefferson Davis and married t...
08.31.1942	the prophet without honor	+ Red net. "Prophet Without Honor". The story of the neglected genius of Homer Lea, who among his ...

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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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