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Hosted & Narrated by Walter Cronkite
Season
3 (CBS) (1954-55)
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox
references:
TV Guide /
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CBS Sundays 6:30pm Eastern
3.01 [66] You Are There: THE TREASON OF AARON BURR (January, 1807)
29Aug54 CBS Sun
cast
Richard Waring ....... Aaron Burr
Synopsis:
Aaron Burr, former Vice President of the United States is accused of
trying to set himself up as an Emperor of the Spanish colony of Mexico. [RF]
3.02 [67] You Are There: THE EMERGENCE OF JAZZ (November 20, 1917)
05Sep54 CBS Sun
cast
Louis Armstrong as King Oliver
3.03 [68] You Are There: THE OKLAHOMA LAND RUSH (April 22, 1889)
12Sep54 CBS Sun
written by Kate Nickerson
cast:
Charles Thompson
Joanne Woodward
Frank Overton
Jerry Ito
Joe Sweeney
George Mitchell
Frank Thomas
James Broderick
Royal Dano
Charles Jordan
Stuart Germain
Russell Hardie
Parker Fennelly
Synopsis:
At the stroke of noon on April 22, 1889, 20,000 land-hungry citizens began the
wild race for the choicest claims in this former Indian territory. The position of the
Indians is expressed by the chief of the Cherokee Tribe. [RF]
3.04 [69] You Are There: WILLIAM PITT'S LAST SPEECH TO PARLIAMENT
19Sep54 CBS Sun
cast
Wesley Addy
Lorne Greene
3.05 [70] You Are There: THE RETURN OF ULYSSES
26Sep54 CBS Sun
3.06 [71] You Are There: SUTTER DISCOVERS GOLD (1848)
03Oct54 CBS Sun
3.07 [72] You Are There: THE GREAT ADVENTURE OF MARCO POLO (1271)
10Oct54 CBS Sun
3.08 [73] You Are There: EDISON'S MIRACLE OF LIGHT (October 21, 1879)
17Oct54 CBS Sun
3.09 [74] You Are There: THE BURNING OF ROME (July, 64 A.D.)
24Oct54 CBS Sun
Synopsis:
We witness the blaze and circumstances surrounding it through
the eyes of CBS newsmen. As Nero plays the lute for his
admirers on a hill outside of Rome, he is not quite so
indifferent to it as legend would have it.
3.10 [75] You Are There: THE NOMINATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN (May 16, 1860)
31Oct54 CBS Sun
3.11 [76] You Are There: THE SURRENDER OF WAKE ISLAND (December 23, 1941)
07Nov54 CBS Sun
Script by Saul Levitt
3.12 [77] You Are There: LORD NELSON AT TRAFALGAR (October 21, 1805)
14Nov54 CBS Sun
cast
Wesley Addy
Jack Wesley
3.13 [78] You Are There: THE TRIAL OF BELLE STARR (February 15, 1883)
21Nov54 CBS Sun
3.14 [79] You Are There: THE PLOT AGAINST SOLOMON (965 B.C.)
28Nov54 CBS Sun
3.15 [80] You Are There: THE BATTLE OF GIBRALTAR (July 24, 1704)
05Dec54 CBS Sun
3.16 [81] You Are There: THE CABINET CRISIS OVER PEGGY EATON (April,1830)
12Dec54 CBS Sun
cast
Harry Marble
Ned Cramer
3.17 [82] You Are There: LA FITTE AND JACKSON AT NEW ORLEANS (December 17, 1814)
19Dec54 CBS Sun
3.18 [83] You Are There: THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS (September 25, 1789)
26Dec54 CBS Sun
3.19 [84] You Are There: THE TORMENT OF BEETHOVEN (October 6, 1802)
02Jan55 CBS Sun
Narrated by Walter Cronkite
cast
Lorne Greene ........... Ludwig van Beethoven
Beatrice Straight ...... Countess Deym
Jack Lateiner guest pianist performing Beethoven's works.
Synopsis:
Ludwig van Beethoven realizes that he will soon be completely deaf. [RF]
3.20 [85] You Are There: THE DEATH OF STONEWELL JACKSON (May 10, 1863)
09Jan55 CBS Sun
cast
Andrew Duggan
Thomas Chalmers
Rusty Lane
Midge Donaldson
Synopsis:
On May 10, 1863, great concern among the Southern forces was caused.
As Jackson lay dying from gun wounds inflicted accidentally by his own men,
Confederate forces tried desperately to keep up morale among the troops. [RF]
3.21 [86] You Are There: THE FIRST FLIGHT OF THE WRIGHT BROTHERS (December 17, 1903)
16Jan55 CBS Sun
Narrated by Walter Cronkite
cast
James Gregory .......... Wilbur Wright
William Prince ......... Orville Wright
Charles Dingle
Rusty Lane
Synopsis:
The first successful flight of Wilbur and Orville Wright. [RF]
3.22 [87] You Are There: THE TRIAL OF SUSAN B. ANTHONY (June 18, 1873)
(aka "SUSAN B. ANTHONY IS TRIED FOR VOTING)
23Jan55 CBS Sun (rerun 11Nov56)
cast
Carmen Mathews ......... Susan B. Anthony
E.G. Marshall .......... Attorney
John Boruff ............ Judge
Eda Heinemann .......... Suffragette
Synopsis:
At Canadaigua NY. on Jun 18, 1873, Miss Anthony and a number of other
suffragettes were tried for the crime of voting in an election. [RF]
3.23 [88] You Are There: THE TRAGEDY OF JOHN MILTON (August 13, 1660)
30Jan55 CBS Sun
Narrated by Walter Cronkite
cast
Barry Jones ...... John Milton
Richard Kiley ....... Andrew Marvell
Philip Bourneuf ....... William Prynne
Biff McGuire
A new king ascends the throne of England and the famous poet
John Milton flees into hiding as his works are ordered to
be destroyed. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Poet Andrew Marvell, is driven into exile with John Milton and
other Puritans when Charles II ascended the throne. [RF]
3.24 [89] You Are There: THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE (July 4, 1776)
06Feb1955 CBS Sun
Narrated by Walter Cronkite
cast
Philip Coolidge ........ John Adams
Shepperd Strudwick ..... Thomas Jefferson
Addison Richards ....... Benjamin Franklin
Synopsis:
The historic event accomplished only after many arguments had been put aside. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
July 4, 1776: the delegates to the Continental Congress sign
the Declaration of Independence. [RF]
3.25 [90] You Are There: THE TRAGIC HOUR OF DR. SEMMELWEIS (1852)
13Feb55 CBS Sun
cast
Shepperd Strudwick ..... Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis
Bruce Gordon
Frederic Tozere
Synopsis:
The Vienna physician has lost his hospital post because of his insistence
that doctors wash their hands between treatments of patients as a preventive against
childbed fever. Now the board of directors is meeting to discuss his reinstatement. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis clashes with tradition-bound medical authorities
in his fight to prevent childbed fever. [RF]
3.26 [91] You Are There: THE LIBERATION OF PARIS (August 25, 1944)
20Feb55 CBS Sun
cast
Bruce Gordon
Stuart Germain
Stefan Gierasch
Anne Hegira
Stefan Schnabel
3.27 [92] You Are There: WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL TO HIS OFFICERS (December 4, 1783)
27Feb55 CBS Sun
Narrated by Walter Cronkite
cast
E.G. Marshall .......... General Washington
Malcolm Lee Geggs ...... Fraunces
Russell Hardie ......... Clinton
Synopsis:
General Washington delivers a final address to his officers
at Fraunces Tavern in New York City. [RF]
3.28 [93] You Are There: D-DAY (June 6, 1944)
06Mar55 CBS Sun
cast
Ray Walston ............ Captain Hawks
Harold J. Stone ........ Lt. Schwartz
Logan Ramsey ........... Lost Soldier
Frank Behrens
Ed Binns
Gene Saks
Synopsis:
Three soldiers who have never seen action beyond boot camp hear the words
of General Eisenhower's order of the day as they prepare to strike at Omaha Beach. [RF]
3.29 [94] You Are There: LEWIS AND CLARK AT THE
GREAT DIVIDE (1804-06)
13Mar55 CBS Sun
Narrated by Walter Cronkite
cast
Earl Hindman ........... Lewis
John Cullum ............ Clark
Addison Powell ......... Jefferson
Synopsis:
Lewis and Clark's overland expedition to the Pacific (1804-06).
3.30 [95] You Are There: THE HATFIELD-McCOY FEUD (January 1, 1888)
20Mar55 CBS Sun
cast
Hurd Hatfield
Madeleine Sherwood
John Craven
Henry Hull
Synopsis:
The two families start feuding when a Hatfield is killed in a brawl. [RF]
3.31 [96] You Are There: THE TRIUMPH OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT (324 B.C.)
27Mar55 CBS Sun
cast
E.G. Marshall
Neva Patterson
3.32 [97] You Are There: COMPLETION OF THE FIRST TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD (May 10, 1869)
03Apr55 CBS Sun
Narrated by Walter Cronkite
cast
Paul Birch ............. President Grant
Harris Brown ........... Vice President Durant
Jeff York .............. Stanford
Robert Bray
Synopsis:
The first transcontinental railroad is completed with the driving of
a golden spike at Promontory Point, Utah. [RF]
3.33 [98] You Are There: P.T. BARNUM PRESENTS JENNY LIND
(at New York's Castle Garden, September 11, 1850)
10Apr55 CBS Sun
cast
Leni Landry ....... Jenny Lind
Ray Collins ....... P.T. Barnum
Edith Evanson ....... Mlle. Ahmannsson
Synopsis:
It is a few moments before the curtain is to rise. Barnum has ballyhooed
his imported "Swedish Nightingale" from coast to coast. But as he waits with
Cronkite and his newsmen he is nervous, he has never heard Jenny Lind sing a single note. (film)
*Note: Leni Landry, a coloratura soprano, sings two arias
as Jenny Lind sang them: "C'est Bien L'Air" and "Casta Diva". [RF]
3.34 [99] You Are There: THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION (January 1, 1863)
17Apr55 CBS Sun
cast:
Jeff Morrow ....... President Lincoln
Howard Wendell ....... William Seward
Robert F. Simon .......Reverend Byron Sunderland
Jester Hairston ....... Thornton
Synopsis:
Walter Cronkite and his news staff stand by as President Lincoln tries to decide
whether or not he should sign the bill that will free all slaves in the southern territories.
The fate of the Union cause may rest upon Lincoln's decision. (film) [RF]
3.35 [100] You Are There: THE RISE OF ADOLF HITLER
(Third Annual Nazi Party Congress at Nuremberg, September 9, 1936.)
24Apr55 CBS Sun
cast:
Peter Votrian ....... Son
Paul Richards ....... Man
Greta Granstedt ....... Woman
Synopsis:
Walter Cronkite and his newsman are placed about the city to interview members
of the anxious crowd awaiting Hitler's arrival at the Congress Hall. [RF]
*Note: Actual film clips of events of the era are used in this program.
Harry Marble gets military analyst George Fielding Eliot's comment on the event. (Film)
3.36 [101] You Are There: LOU GEHRIG'S GREATEST DAY (July 4, 1939)
01May55 CBS Sun
cast:
Edit Angold
Paul Birch
Roy Engel
Hans Herber
Sheila Bromley/Terry
3.37 [102] You Are There: THE FINAL PERFORMANCE OF SARAH BERNHARDT (November 30, 1922)
08May55 CBS Sun
written by Leo Davis
Host: Walter Cronkite
Reporter: Lou Cioffi
cast:
Jeanette Nolan ....... Sarah Bernhardt
Peter Brocco ....... Theater Manager
Maurice Marsac ....... Emile
John E. Wengraf ....... Doctor
Nan Boardman ....... Jeanne
Stephen Bekassy
Paul Bryar
Lois Austin
Ernest Sarracino
Laurie Carroll
Patti Gallagher
Michael Emmet
Edward Colmans
Synopsis:
The play, "Daniel", written by her grandson-by-marriage. Cronkite and staff report
the dramatic behind the scenes happenings as the 76 year old actress, her body
racked with pain, prepares to go before the huge audience. (film) [RF]
3.38 [103] You Are There: DEWEY'S VICTORY AT MANILA (May 1, 1898)
15May55 CBS Sun
cast:
Howard Wendell ....... Dewey
Robert Griffin ....... Navy Secretary John Long
Justice Watson ....... Captain Gridley
Grandon Rhodes ...... Colonel Roosevelt
Frank Puglia ...... Adm. Montojo
Synopsis:
The Spanish-American War is only six days old as Dewey prepares to attack
the Spanish Fleet, anchored in the heavily mined waters of Manila Bay. (Film) [RF]
3.39 [104] You Are There: THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC (April 14-15, 1912)
22May55 CBS Sun
cast:
Noel Drayton ....... Captain Smith
Olive Blakeney ....... Mrs. Strauss
Charles Meredith ....... Mr. Strauss
Lowell Gilmore ....... Lord Ismay
Gordon Mills ....... Colonel Astor
Mary Shipp ....... Mrs. Astor
Mike McHale .......Mr. Murdock
Synopsis:
As the British White Star liner Titanic completes the last knots of its maiden voyage,
its distinguished passengers from European and American society
are unaware of imminent danger. [RF]
3.40 [105] You Are There: THE ASSASSINATION OF JULIUS CAESAR (March 15, 44 BC)
29May55 CBS Sun
cast:
Russ Conway ....... Julius Caesar
Robin Hughes ....... Cassius
Michael Pate ....... Brutus
Carol Stone ....... Calpurnia
Denver Pyle ....... Cotta
Synopsis:
I fear the Ides of March are upon us.
3.41 [106] You Are There: THE FIRST MAJOR USE OF PENICILLIN (April 1, 1943)
05Jun55 CBS Sun
Barry Atwater
Cyril Delevanti
Forrest Lewis
Robert F. Simon
3.42 [107] You Are There: THE BIRTH OF MODERN BOXING:
The John L. Sullivan-James J. Corbett Battle (September 7, 1892)
12Jun55 CBS Sun
cast
Jeff York ....... John L. Sullivan
Pat Conway ....... James J. Corbett
Roy Engel .............. Duffy
Vicki Raaf ............. Ann Livingston
Synopsis:
Nine thousand fight fans gather in the New Orleans Olympic Club to witness
the battle between John Sullivan, "The Boston Strong Boy" and "Gentleman Jim" Corbett.
Sullivan last of the bare-knuckle champions, is highly favored because of his powerful punch,
while the underdog Corbett, is a boxer rather than a puncher. [RF]
3.43 [108] You Are There: NAPOLEON'S RETURN FROM ELBA (March 7, 1815)
19Jun55 CBS Sun
Narrated by Walter Cronkite
cast
Lawrence Dobkin ....... Napoleon Bonaparte
Lowell Gilmore ........ Colonel Neal Campbell
John Mylong ........... Prince Metternich
Lewis Charles ......... Governor Corsin
Maurice Marsac ........ Metternich's Secretary
Michael Emmett ........ Lt. Delassart
Peter Brocco .......... Mayor of Antibes
David Alpert .......... Captain Random
Charles Watts ......... Chardon
Lomax Study ........... Citizen
Gene Reynolds ......... Soldier loyal to Napoleon
Paul Hahn ............. Soldier
Ralph Smiley .......... Soldier
Lou Krugman ........... Officer
Synopsis:
Napoleon returns to France from his exile on the Isle of Elba and tries to
regain the throne. [RF]
3.44 [109] You Are There: THE BOSTON TEA PARTY (December 16, 1773)
26Jun55 CBS Sun (restaged from 15Feb53)
cast
Herbert Rudley
Russell Conway
Noel Drayton
Denver Pyle
Michael Emmett
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