Épisodes 35
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.
Lire la suiteDoctor Serocold
A Hollywood press agent is assigned to promote a starlet with whom he was once in love.
Lire la suiteLove Story
Adaptation of the novel by Helen Ashton.
Lire la suiteThe Big Build-Up
Dramatization of the love affair between Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning.
Lire la suiteThe 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.
Lire la suiteFlorence 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.
Lire la suiteWoman 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.
Lire la suiteThe Plot to Kidnap General Washington
Irish-American tailor Hercules Mulligan's contribution to the American Revolution.
Lire la suiteMistress of the White House
The story of Dolley Madison.
Lire la suitePrelude
The meeting of George Sand and Frederic Chopin.
Lire la suiteJuliette Low and the Girl Scouts
The founding of the Girl Scouts, presented on the occasion of their 40th anniversary.
Lire la suiteConstitution 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.
Lire la suiteHarriet Quimby
The story of America's first woman aviator.
Lire la suiteThe 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.
Lire la suiteOrdeal by White House
Little-known incidents in the life of Grover Cleveland.
Lire la suiteAnne Bradstreet, Puritan Poetess
Story of America's first woman author.
Lire la suiteMiracle in May
Dr. Edward Jenner discovers the smallpox vaccination.
Lire la suiteThe Face of Spain
The life of Francisco Goya; set in Spain, 1786.
Lire la suiteA Woman for the Ages
The story of Abigail Adams, wife of President John Adams.
Lire la suiteReign 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.
Lire la suiteThe Magnificent Failure
A biography of Louisa May Alcott, ending with her writing of ""Little Women"" in 1860.
Lire la suiteThe King's Author
Biography of Ben Jonson, covering the writing of Eastward ho; set in London, 1606.
Lire la suiteNefretiti, Queen of Egypt
Biography of Nefretiti, illustrating her life with the Pharoah and her influence on Egyptian history and culture.
Lire la suiteMr. and Mrs. Freedom
The story of Anna and John Peter Zenger and their fight for freedom of the press.
Lire la suiteForgotten Children
A dramatization honouring American educator Martha Berry, founder of Mt. Berry, a Georgia home for mountain people.
Lire la suiteOur Sister Emily
The story of the Bronte sisters.
Lire la suiteThe Legend of Josiah Blow
An infantryman in the American Revolution lights a firecracker and gets blown into another generation.
Lire la suiteThe Real Glory
Story of a town in U.S. taken over by corrupt men due to the neglect of the citizenry.
Lire la suiteSalvage
An aging man thinks his usefulness to society is at an end.
Lire la suite21-Plus
Story of the importance of one vote in an election.
Lire la suiteThe Carlson Legend
A young state senator runs into a moral problem while conducting a cleanup campaign.
Lire la suiteThe Last Command
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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.
Lire la suiteCrabapple Saint
Story of Johnny Appleseed, the wanderer who planted trees as he traveled.
Lire la suiteRefresher Course
Story of a wealthy middle-aged married couple who retrace their honeymoon, and in so doing, regain their love for each other.
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