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Season 4

1955 · 32 episodes

Episodes

1. 1

   1. The Triumph of Louis Braille (May 25, 1847)

   11 Sept 1955

   Louis Braille develops a system for the blind to read and write, bringing them out of the shadows of society.

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   2. The Last Day of an English Queen

   18 Sept 1955

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   3. The Boston Massacre

   2 Oct 1955

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   4. The Rescue of the American Prisoners from Santo Tomas

   9 Oct 1955

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   5. Moscow Today

   16 Oct 1955

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   6. The Secret Message That Plunged America Into World War I (March 1, 1917)

   23 Oct 1955

   A dramatization of America's entry into World War I.

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   7. Grant and Lee at Appomattox

   30 Oct 1955

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   8. The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

   6 Nov 1955

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   9. The Hoax of Cardiff Giant (February 2, 1870)

   13 Nov 1955

   Reporters are stationed at the home of poet and physician Oliver Wendell Holmes; the Cardiff N.Y. farm of William Newell, where the alleged human fossil was discovered; and at the library of Cornell University's president, Andrew D. White. Holmes and a reporter named Bud Wilson sense that the Cardiff giant is not authentic.

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    10. Bannister Wins the Mile Run

    20 Nov 1955

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    11. Eli Whitney Invents the Cotton Gin

    27 Nov 1955

12. 12

    12. Spindletop: The First Great Texas Oil Strike

    4 Dec 1955

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    13. The Chicago Fire

    11 Dec 1955

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    14. Pierre and Marie Curie Discover Radium

    18 Dec 1955

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    15. Washington Crosses the Delaware (December 25, 1776)

    25 Dec 1955

    As snow and sleet threaten to freeze the Delaware River, General Washington attempts a crossing to surprise Hessian troops at Trenton, N.J.

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    16. Benedict Arnold's Plot Against West Point

    1 Jan 1956

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    17. The Heroism of Clara Barton

    8 Jan 1956

    At the battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862, later labeled as "the bloodiest day of the Civil War," we witness the heroism of Clara Barton, who defies the danger of battle to administer first aid to the men.

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    18. V-J Day

    15 Jan 1956

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    19. Dr. Pinel Unchains the Insane

    12 Feb 1956

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    20. The Great Comstock Silver Strike (October 29, 1873)

    26 Feb 1956

    Walter Cronkite hosts a TV recreation of the Great Comstock Silver Strike using many well known western TV character actors.

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    21. When Stanley Finds Livingstone

    11 Mar 1956

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    22. Berlin Airlift

    25 Mar 1956

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    23. The Lost Battalion of World War I

    1 Apr 1956

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    24. The Recovery of the Mona Lisa

    8 Apr 1956

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    25. WIlliam Jennings Bryan's Presidential Nomination

    15 Apr 1956

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    26. The Return of Halley's Comet

    29 Apr 1956

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    27. Benjamin Franklin's Kite Experiment

    13 May 1956

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    28. The Doolittle Raiders Take Off for Tokyo

    20 May 1956

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    29. The Vote That Defeated Andrew Jackson for President

    27 May 1956

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    30. Cyprus Today

    1 Jun 1956

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