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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Please enjoy these 747 old time radio episodes:
Air Date | Title | Synopsis | Rating |
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10.09.1944 | valley forge |
+ Red net. "Valley Forge". A program about the troubles of General Washington during that terrible ... | |
01.05.1942 | valley forge |
+ Red net. "Valley Forge". A portrait of hard times during that depressing winter when General Wash... | |
10.09.1940 | valley forge |
+ Red net. "Valley Forge". The story of the lowest point in the Revolutionary War, and of General W... | |
11.24.1947 | us pilgrims |
+ "Us Pilgrims". Sponsored by: DuPont (one commercial deleted). An amusing and charming look at the... | |
06.21.1943 | unsinkable marble head |
+ Red net. "The Unsinkable Marblehead". Sponsored by: DuPont. A good adventure about the cruiser "Ma... | |
05.26.1947 | under the big top |
+ "Under The Big Top". The story of how "Lolo The Clown" helped Congressman John E. Kenna make Cha... | |
03.13.1951 | uncle eurys dollar |
+ "Uncle Eury's Dollar". The human story of the "Faith Cabin Libraries" of the South. | |
12.12.1950 | ulysses in love |
+ "Ulysses In Love". Sponsored by: DuPont. A romance in the young life of Lieutenant Ulysses Grant.... | |
12.27.1943 | u boat prisoner |
+ Red net. "U-Boat Prisoner". An American merchant sailor is torpedoed twice by the Nazis, and then... | |
11.15.1943 | twelve desperate miles |
+ Red net. "Twelve Desperate Miles". The story of "The Contessa," a beat-up tramp steamer and her m... | |
09.20.1949 | troublesome jane |
+ "Troublesome Jane". Jane Swisshelm, an abolitionist newspaper publisher in Minnesota, tackles a ... | |
12.23.1936 | tribute to ernestine schumann heink |
+ The Cavalcade of America pays tribute to one of the most beloved women of all time, Madame Ernesti... | |
06.05.1944 | treason |
+ Red net. "Treason". The story of Matthew Clarkson, the aide-de-camp to Benedict Arnold, who had t... | |
11.26.1945 | traveller to arkansas | ||
11.11.1936 | transcontinental journeys |
+ The Cavalcade of America presented by Dupont brings you two stories in this episode about two jour... | |
12.01.1947 | towards the horizon |
+ "Towards The Horizon". The story of John Wesley Powell, the explorer who was the first to go dow... | |
09.04.1951 | towards a new world |
+ Red net. "What Makes A Hero?". The story of Corporal James Slayton, and how he won the Congressi... | |
11.02.1942 | toward a farther star |
+ Red net. "Toward a Farther Star". Sponsored by: DuPont. The story of Amelia Earhart, who bravely d... | |
11.09.1942 | torpedo lane |
+ Red net. "Torpedo Lane". Sponsored by: DuPont. A story of heroism in the tanker service of the Mer... | |
05.22.1951 | top secret |
+ "Top Secret". The story of General Mark Clark and his daring rendezvous with the French in North... | |
01.26.1942 | tomorrow and tomorrow |
+ Red net. "Tomorrow and Tomorrow". A story about a model wife who is bored to tears with her husba... | |
06.19.1944 | tokyo spearhead |
+ Red net. "Tokyo Spearhead". A group of soldiers from Michigan find themselves in the New Guinea j... | |
02.01.1943 | to the shores of tripoli |
+ Red net. "To The Shores Of Tripoli". The young United States Marines flexes its muscles. | |
01.23.1940 | tisquantum strange friend of the pilgrims |
+ Blue Network. "Tisquantum, Strange Friend Of The Pilgrims". The story of an Indian who was captur... | |
05.13.1936 | tillers of the soil |
+ From early colonial times the first settlers on our eastern seaboard had to wrest food and shelter... |
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