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The Best Episodes of Cavalcade of America Season 1

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Cavalcade of America is an anthology drama series that was sponsored by the DuPont Company, although it occasionally presented a musical, such as an adaptation of Show Boat, and condensed biographies of popular composers. It

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Cavalcade of America Season 1 Episode 1 - Poor Richard
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    #1 - Poor Richard

    S1:E1

    Dramatized incidents are used to show how Benjamin Franklin delayed a conference between Lord Howe and John Adams until the spring rainy season commenced, thereby allowing General Washington to extricate his troops from Long Island under the cover of a storm. This drama sent the ""old and obstinate"" Franklin to delay American surrender talks with the British, thereby allowing General George Washington to escape capture to fight another day.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Cavalcade of America Season 1 Episode 2 - All's Well with Lydia
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    #2 - All's Well with Lydia

    S1:E2

    The Revolutionary War story of Lydia Darragh, American patriot and Philadelphia widow, who by her cleverness gained information instrumental in an American victory.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Cavalcade of America Season 1 Episode 3 - The Man Who Took a Chance
    6.1/10(13 votes)

    #3 - The Man Who Took a Chance

    S1:E3

    The story of an 19th century genius who adapted 20th century methods to solve an American problem, Eli Whitney first begins to manufacture muskets.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Cavalcade of America Season 1 Episode 4 - A Romance to Remember
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    #4 - A Romance to Remember

    S1:E4

    The tale of the two beautiful Peabody Sisters who become rivals for the love of Nathaniel Hawthorne.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Cavalcade of America Season 1 Episode 5 - What Hath God Wrought
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    #5 - What Hath God Wrought

    S1:E5

    The story of how Samuel Morse, after many hardships, gained recognition for the first telegraph.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Cavalcade of America Season 1 Episode 6 - No Greater Love
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    #6 - No Greater Love

    S1:E6

    A story about Clara Louise Maas, a Spanish-American War nurse who allowed herself to be bitten by a Stegomyia mosquito in order to further the experiments which were being conducted in the Las Animas Hospital in Havana under the direction of Dr. William C. Gorgas during a yellow fever epidemic at the turn of the century.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Cavalcade of America Season 1 Episode 7 - In This Crisis
    9.3/10(19 votes)

    #7 - In This Crisis

    S1:E7

    John Honeyman, American patriot, pretends to be a Tory in order to gain information that will mean Washington?s victory over the Hessians.

    Director:Robert Stevenson
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Cavalcade of America Season 1 Episode 8 - The Arrow and the Bow
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    #8 - The Arrow and the Bow

    S1:E8

    The career of Andrew Johnson, who, starting as a tailor, became the 17th President.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Cavalcade of America Season 1 Episode 9 - What Might Have Been
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    #9 - What Might Have Been

    S1:E9

    The story of the tragic romance and marriage of Jefferson Davis and Sarah Knox Taylor.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Cavalcade of America Season 1 Episode 10 - New Salem Story
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    #10 - New Salem Story

    S1:E10

    The legendary tale of Abe Lincoln and his great love for Ann Rutledge.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Cavalcade of America Season 1 Episode 11 - A Matter of Honor
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    #11 - A Matter of Honor

    S1:E11

    A historical drama portraying the misunderstanding between Sam Houston and his wife, Eliza, which resulted in Houston's resignation of the governorship of Tennessee. The story of Sam Houston, hero of the Alamo, who gave the woman he loved a locket engraved with one word, ""integrity"" but had she earned the right to wear it?

    Director:Arthur Hilton
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Cavalcade of America Season 1 Episode 12 - Experiment at Monticello
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    #12 - Experiment at Monticello

    S1:E12

    Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States, uses himself as a guinea pig and is inoculated with the germs of small pox in a heroic effort to establish control of the disease.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Cavalcade of America Season 1 Episode 13 - Mightier Than the Sword
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    #13 - Mightier Than the Sword

    S1:E13

    A pre-Revolutionary War drama. The freedom of the press is upheld through the trial and acquittal of John Peter Zenger, a New York newspaper publisher who was imprisoned for printing the truth about corruption of the British administration. Story of John Peter Zenger in the famous trial that established American freedom of the press.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Cavalcade of America Season 1 Episode 14 - The Indomitable Blacksmith
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    #14 - The Indomitable Blacksmith

    S1:E14

    A story about Thomas Davenport, a blacksmith, and his long struggle to invent and perfect the electric motor. Setting: Brandon, Vt., in the 1830's. The story of how Thomas Davenport neglected his blacksmith trade and failed in business, but won immortality in science by inventing the first electric motor.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Cavalcade of America Season 1 Episode 15 - The Gingerbread Man
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    #15 - The Gingerbread Man

    S1:E15

    A true story about Christopher Ludwick, the baker, who came to America in 1776 from Germany. He made a most unusual gingerbread man which later became famous in America. He lived with his wife in Philadelphia. A comedy-drama about an elderly German baker who persuades 123 Hessian soldiers to desert the British Army during the American Revolution.

    Director:Robert Stevenson
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Cavalcade of America Season 1 Episode 16 - Night Strike
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    #16 - Night Strike

    S1:E16

    Dramatizes an incident in the career of Captain John Paul Jones. Describes a raid made by Americans under Jones' leadership on the English coast at Whitehaven in 1778 and the unexpected outcome of the action.

    Director:Robert Stevenson
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Cavalcade of America Season 1 Episode 17 - Slater's Dream
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    #17 - Slater's Dream

    S1:E17

    Dramatizes the story of Samuel Slater, a young Englishman, who came to America in 1790 and struggled to construct from memory the cotton spinner, the plan of which England jealously guarded to insure a monopoly on the machine.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Cavalcade of America Season 1 Episode 18 - The Pirate's Choice
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    #18 - The Pirate's Choice

    S1:E18

    Dramtizes the events which led to the decision of the pirate Jean Lafitte to join Andrew Jackson in the defense of New Orleans against the English forces in 1814.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Cavalcade of America Season 1 Episode 19 - John Yankee
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    #19 - John Yankee

    S1:E19

    Dramatizes John Adams' difficult and unpopular decision to defend eight English soldiers who participated in a Boston riot prior to the Revolution.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Charles Larson

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  20. Cavalcade of America Season 1 Episode 20 - The Tenderfoot
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    #20 - The Tenderfoot

    S1:E20

    A historical drama showing how young Theodore Roosevelt, undaunted by a blizzard, pursues and captures three outlaws in the Dakota Bad Lands. Time: 1886.

    Director:Unknown
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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Poor Richard" is the best rated episode of "Cavalcade of America" season 1. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/1/1952. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "All's Well with Lydia".