Dec. 24, 1951, midnight 0.0
S1E1 - Amahl and the Night Visitors
Broadcast live from New York, Gian Carlo Menotti's Christmas story was the first opera commissioned for television, and was repeated in several subsequent telecasts.
Jan. 6, 1952, midnight 0.0
S1E2 - Doctor Serocold
A Hollywood press agent is assigned to promote a starlet with whom he was once in love.
Jan. 13, 1952, midnight 0.0
S1E3 - Love Story
Adaptation of the novel by Helen Ashton.
Jan. 20, 1952, midnight 0.0
S1E4 - The Big Build-Up
Dramatization of the love affair between Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning.
Jan. 27, 1952, midnight 0.0
S1E5 - The Story of Roger Williams
In 1631 Roger Williams landed in Boston. He had come to America to find freedom of belief and worship; instead, he found the church here still connected to the church in England and just as oppressive. He refused to join the church in Boston because it still held communion
with the Church of England, from which he had just fled. He thought it his duty to renounce
all connection with any church that would stain its hands in the blood of the Lord's people.
Feb. 3, 1952, midnight 0.0
S1E6 - Florence Nightingale
Biography of Florence Nightingale: her determination to build hospitals and train nurses for the sick and disabled during the Crimean War, her correspondence with the Minister of War, and the letter of appreciation she received from Queen Victoria.
Feb. 10, 1952, midnight 0.0
S1E7 - Woman with a Sword
Story of Anna Ella Carroll, prominent member of a Maryland family who served as unofficial but close advisor and special representative to President Lincoln.
Feb. 17, 1952, midnight 0.0
S1E8 - The Plot to Kidnap General Washington
Irish-American tailor Hercules Mulligan's contribution to the American Revolution.
Feb. 24, 1952, midnight 0.0
S1E9 - Mistress of the White House
The story of Dolley Madison.
March 2, 1952, midnight 0.0
S1E10 - Prelude
The meeting of George Sand and Frederic Chopin.
March 9, 1952, midnight 0.0
S1E11 - Juliette Low and the Girl Scouts
The founding of the Girl Scouts, presented on the occasion of their 40th anniversary.
March 16, 1952, midnight 0.0
S1E12 - Constitution Island
A salute to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on its 150th anniversary, focusing on Anna Warner's historic gift of Contitution Island to the institution; set in 1907.
March 23, 1952, midnight 0.0
S1E13 - Harriet Quimby
The story of America's first woman aviator.
March 30, 1952, midnight 0.0
S1E14 - The Vision of Father Flanagan
The story of Reverend Edward Joseph Flanagan who, as a young priest from Ireland, founded Boys Town, Nebraska, where outcast boys could find the love and care denied them in their own homes.
April 6, 1952, midnight 0.0
S1E15 - Ordeal by White House
Little-known incidents in the life of Grover Cleveland.
April 20, 1952, midnight 0.0
S1E16 - Anne Bradstreet, Puritan Poetess
Story of America's first woman author.
April 27, 1952, midnight 0.0
S1E17 - Miracle in May
Dr. Edward Jenner discovers the smallpox vaccination.
May 4, 1952, midnight 0.0
S1E18 - The Face of Spain
The life of Francisco Goya; set in Spain, 1786.
May 11, 1952, midnight 0.0
S1E19 - A Woman for the Ages
The story of Abigail Adams, wife of President John Adams.
May 18, 1952, midnight 0.0
S1E20 - Reign of Terror
Eliza Monroe, in Paris as the wife of the U.S. Foreign Minister toFrance, obtains Madame Lafayette's release from prison and sentence of death by guillotine.
May 25, 1952, midnight 0.0
S1E21 - The Magnificent Failure
A biography of Louisa May Alcott, ending with her writing of ""Little Women"" in 1860.
June 1, 1952, midnight 0.0
S1E22 - The King's Author
Biography of Ben Jonson, covering the writing of Eastward ho; set in London, 1606.
June 8, 1952, midnight 0.0
S1E23 - Nefretiti, Queen of Egypt
Biography of Nefretiti, illustrating her life with the Pharoah and her influence on Egyptian history and culture.
June 15, 1952, midnight 0.0
S1E24 - Mr. and Mrs. Freedom
The story of Anna and John Peter Zenger and their fight for freedom of the press.
June 22, 1952, midnight 0.0
S1E25 - Forgotten Children
A dramatization honouring American educator Martha Berry, founder of Mt. Berry, a Georgia home for mountain people.
June 29, 1952, midnight 0.0
S1E26 - Our Sister Emily
The story of the Bronte sisters.
July 6, 1952, midnight 0.0
S1E27 - The Legend of Josiah Blow
An infantryman in the American Revolution lights a firecracker and gets blown into another generation.
July 13, 1952, midnight 0.0
S1E28 - The Real Glory
Story of a town in U.S. taken over by corrupt men due to the neglect of the citizenry.
July 20, 1952, midnight 0.0
S1E29 - Salvage
An aging man thinks his usefulness to society is at an end.
July 27, 1952, midnight 0.0
S1E30 - 21-Plus
Story of the importance of one vote in an election.
Aug. 3, 1952, midnight 0.0
S1E31 - The Carlson Legend
A young state senator runs into a moral problem while conducting a cleanup campaign.
Aug. 10, 1952, midnight 0.0
Aug. 17, 1952, midnight 0.0
S1E33 - I Lift Up My Lamp
A young Czech girl in the U.S. is faced with the choice of returning to her family behind the Iron Curtain or remaining free in the U.S.
Aug. 24, 1952, midnight 0.0
S1E34 - Crabapple Saint
Story of Johnny Appleseed, the wanderer who planted trees as he traveled.
Aug. 31, 1952, midnight 0.0
S1E35 - Refresher Course
Story of a wealthy middle-aged married couple who retrace their honeymoon, and in so doing, regain their love for each other.
