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Hosted & Narrated by Walter Cronkite
Season
2 (CBS) (1953-54)
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox
references:
TV Guide /
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (https://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive
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CBS Sunday Afternoons
2.01 [23] You Are There: THE FATE OF NATHAN HALE (September 22, 1776)
30Aug53 CBS Sun
produced by Charles Russell
directed by Sidney Lumet
cast
Paul Newman ....... Nathan Hale
Richard Kiley ....... Captain John Montressor, aide-de-camp to General Howe of Britain
2.02 [24] You Are There: THE CAPTURE OF JOHN WILKES BOOTH (April 26, 1865)
06Sep53 CBS Sun
cast
Michael O'Connell ....... John Wilkes Booth
Tyler McVey ....... Colonel Lafayette Baker
Ernest Sarracino ....... Dr. Samuel Mudd
Ellen Corby ....... Mrs. Mary Surratt
Samuel Edwards ....... Captain William Jett
Claude Akins ....... Lewis Paine
Austin O'Toole ....... John Garrett
Bing Russell ....... Sgt. Corbett
Art Rease ....... David Herold
Jeffrey Sayre ....... Corporal
Don Kennedy ....... Lt. Edward Doherty
Paul Hahn ....... Lt. Luther Baker
Damion O'Flynn ....... Colonel Henry Burnett
Mack Williams ....... Major Thomas Eckert
Lawrence Dobkin ....... Secretary of War Standon
DeForest Kelley ....... Lt. Col. Everton Conger
Whit Bissell ....... Major
John Larch ....... Holcomb
2.03 [25] You Are There: THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE (July 14, 1803)
13Sep53 CBS Sun
2.04 [26] You Are There: THE FIRST MOSCOW PURGE TRIAL (August 24, 1936)
20Sep53 CBS Sun
Narrated by Walter Cronkite
cast
Robert Cornthwaite ..... Andrei Vishinsky
Peter Mamakos .......... Yagoda
Synopsis:
His brilliant prosecution of 16 conspirators catapults Andrei Vishinsky to a
powerful position under Stalin. [RF]
2.05 [27] You Are There: THE BIRTH OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM (September 1814)
27Sep53 CBS Sun
2.06 [28] You Are There: THE SECRET OF SIGMUND FREUD (January 2, 1900)
04Oct53 CBS Sun
2.07 [29] You Are There: CHRISTOPHER COLUIMBUS SETS FOOT ON SAN SALVADOR
(aka 'Columbus Discovers America) (October 12, 1492)
11Oct53 CBS Sun
2.08 [30] You Are There: THE DEATH OF CLEOPATRA (30 B.C.)
18Oct53 CBS Sun
cast
Kim Stanley ....... Cleopatra
2.09 [31] You Are There: THE TRIUMPH OF SIMON BOLIVAR (1824)
25Oct53 CBS Sun
2.10 [32] You Are There: GRANT AND LEE AT APPOMATTOX (April 9, 1865)
01Nov53 CBS Sun
cast
Paul Birch
Ray Engle
2.11 [33] You Are There: THE ABDICATION OF NAPOLEON (March 21, 1814)
08Nov53 CBS Sun
2.12 [34] You Are There: THE RECOGNITION OF MICHELANGELO (January, 1504)
15Nov53 CBS Sun
2.13 [35] You Are There: THE SAILING OF THE MAYFLOWER (Sept 16, 1620 - Dec 26, 1620)
22Nov53 CBS Sun
2.14 [36] You Are There: THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS (November 19, 1863)
29Nov53 CBS Sun
2.15 [37] You Are There: THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR (December 7, 1941)
06Dec53 CBS Sun
2.16 [38] You Are There: THE VINDICATION OF SAVONAROLA (February 7, 1497)
13Dec53 CBS Sun
2.17 [39] You Are There: THE FALL OF TROY (1184 B.C.)
20Dec53 CBS Sun
2.18 [40] You Are There: THE SURRENDER OF CORNWALLIS AT YORKTOWN (October 17, 1781)
27Dec53 CBS Sun
2.19 [41] You Are There: MALLORY'S TRAGEDY ON MOUNT EVEREST (1924)
03Jan54 CBS Sun
Narrated by Walter Cronkite
Synopsis:
George Mallory and Andrew Irvine made their final attempt to summit
Mount Everest and were not heard from again. [RF]
2.20 [42] You Are There: THE TRIAL OF CHARLES THE FIRST (1649)
10Jan54 CBS Sun
Written by Maury Stern
Narrated by Walter Cronkite
Synopsis:
The trial and subsequent execution of King Charles the First. [RF]
2.21 [43] You Are There: THE RESOLVE OF PATRICK HENRY (March 23, 1775)
17Jan54 CBS Sun
cast
Ainslie Pryor .......... Patrick Henry
Michael Emmet .......... Jefferson
Herbert Rudley ......... Pendleton
Russ Conway ............ Washington
Synopsis:
Patrick Henry's oratory sways a Virginia provincial convention from
possible reconciliation with England, to planning to fight for her freedom. [RF]
2.22 [44] You Are There: THE SACRIFICE OF MAHATMA GANDHI
24Jan54 CBS Sun
cast
Milton Selzer ....... Mahatma Gandhi
Jacques Aubuchon
Philip Bourneuf
Synopsis:
One of history's foremost examples of the effectiveness of passive resistanc,
as a thin little man in a white loincloth breaks the back of India's
5000 year old caste system by fasting. [RF]
2.23 [45] You Are There: THE LAST MOMENT OF MARIE ANTOINETE (October 16, 1793)
31Jan54 CBS Sun
2.24 [46] You Are There: THE ORDEAL OF TOM PAINE
07Feb54 CBS Sun
2.25 [47] You Are There: THE HANGING OF CAPTAIN KIDD (May 23, 1701)
14Feb54 CBS Sun
cast
Henry Jones ....... Captain Kidd
2.26 [48] You Are There: THE FIRST COMMAND PERFORMANCE OF ROMEO AND JULIET ,1597
21Feb54 CBS Sun
written by Jeremy Daniel
cast
Douglas Watson
Rod Steiger
Kenneth Walken
Mildred Dunnock
John Baragrey
Bramwell Fletcher
Richard Newton
Kendall Clark
Jerome Kilty
2.27 [49] You Are There: THE TRIAL OF PETER ZENGER, 1734-35
07Mar54 CBS Sun
2.28 [50] You Are There: THE RESCUE OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY April 1, 1870)
14Mar54 CBS Sun
2.29 [51] You Are There: BURGOYNE'S SURRENDER AT SARATOGA (October 17, 1777)
21Mar54 CBS Sun
cast
Neva Patterson
2.30 [52] You Are There: THE CONSPIRACY OF CATHERINE GREAT (1762)
28Mar54 CBS Sun
cast
Christine White
Philip Bourneuf
Maria Riva
Frederic Tozere
Richard Purdy
2.31 [53] You Are There: THE OPENING OF KING TUT'S TOMB (November 26, 1922)
04Apr54 CBS Sun
2.32 [54] You Are There: PAUL REVERE'S RIDE (April 18, 1775)
11Apr54 CBS Sun
Narrated by Walter Cronkite
cast
Richard Branda ......... Paul Revere
E.G. Marshall .......... Sam Adams
Bert Convy ............. Dr. Warren
James Douglas .......... John Hancock
Michael Allison ........ General Gage
Stephen Elliott ........ Colonel Ruggles
Synopsis:
Sent by Dr. Warren across the Charles River in Charlestown,
Paul Revere was sent to warn the colonists of the
troops movements. [RF]
2.33 [55] You Are There: THE EXECUTION OF MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS (February 8, 1587)
18Apr54 CBS Sun
cast
Carmen Mathews
Mildred Natwick
2.34 [56] You Are There: THE SURRENDER OF CORREGIDOR (May 6, 1942)
25Apr54 CBS Sun
cast
Paul Birch
Marshall Bradford
Tor Johnson
Sammee Tong
Harte Wayne
James Yagi
DeForest Kelley
Bob Losian
2.35 [57] You Are There: THE DEATH OF RASPUTIN (December 16, 1916)
02May54 CBS Sun
2.36 [58] You Are There: THE COURT MARTIAL OF MATA HARI (July 24, 1917)
09May54 CBS Sun
cast
Everett Sloane
2.37 [59] You Are There: THE SCOPES TRIAL (July, 1925)
16May54 CBS Sun
2.38 [60] You Are There: THE GREAT MOMENT OF HAILE SELASSIE (June 30, 1936)
23May54 CBS Sun
Synopsis:
Before the afternoon session of the League of Nations at Geneva, Switzerland,
the Ethiopian emperor delivers his famous speech against the Italian aggression in his land.
The scenes in which he appears are actual film clips from the historic day. [RF]
2.39 [61] You Are There: THE RISE OF GENGHIS KHAN, 1203
30May54 CBS Sun
cast
Raymond Bramley ....... Genghis Khan
Bruce Gordon ....... Togrue, Khan of the Karaits
2.40 [62] You Are There: THE DECISION OF ROBERT E. LEE (April 18, 1861)
06Jun54 CBS Sun
Synopsis:
The course of the war was altered on April 18, 1861, when the famed general
resolved to lead the Confederate armies, rather than the forces of the North. [RF]
2.41 [63] You Are There: THE FALL OF PARNELL (December 6, 1890)
13Jun54 CBS Sun
cast
Lorne Greene ....... Charles Stewart Parnell
Patrick McGoohan
2.42 [64] You Are There: THE CRISIS OF ANNE BOLEYN (May 16, 1536)
20Jun54 CBS Sun
cast
Beatrice Straight as Anne Boleyn
2.43 [65] You Are There: THE VOTE THAT MADE JEFFERSON PRESIDENT (December 17, 1801)
27Jun54 CBS Sun
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