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Year 4 (1938-39)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
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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MARCH OF TIME: 4TH YEAR NO. 1 (1938)
OLD DIXIE'S NEW BOOM: Industrial revival in the South based on slash pine for newsprint;
 HIRE PURCHASE: unscrupulous firms cash in; Russians in exile:
RUSSIANS IN EXILE: The hard life of emigre Russians and the disbandment of the Nansen Committee which had been
their provider.

MARCH OF TIME: 4TH YEAR NO. 2 (1938):
CRIME AND PRISONS: treatment of a young offender in overcrowded prisons;
NAZI CONQUEST NO 1: Scoop of N.B.C. in bringing news of Hitler in Austria and his plans from an early age
for world conquest.

MARCH OF TIME: 4TH YEAR NO. 3 (1938)
BRAIN TRUST ISLAND: Key West, Florida resists tourist invasion..
CZECHOSLOVAKIA: The 1938 Crisis.

MARCH OF TIME: 4TH YEAR NO. 4 (1938)
ONE MILLION MISSING: The work of New York's Missing Persons Bureau; other efforts to trace the lost.
THE LAUGH INDUSTRY: The investigation of jokes and laughter for content and significance, - a joke library.
HOLIDAYS WITH PAY: Government action to remedy the lack of paid holiday for 60% of Britain's workers, in the
hope of happiness and greater efficiency. .

MARCH OF TIME: 4TH YEAR NO. 5 (1938)
RACKETEERS vs HOUSEWIVES: The efforts to protect people from dishonest shopkeepers in New York and throughout U.S.A.
MAN AT THE WHEEL: The grave U.S. traffic problem and the efforts to cut down accidents.

MARCH OF TIME 4TH YEAR NO. 6 (1938)  
EVENTS LEADING TO MUNICH CRISIS: Reconstruction of events up to Munich, including Haile Selassie and conflict
in China, byssinia and Spain,and the Anschluss. British mobilisation.
G-MEN OF THE SEA: Activities of the U.S. Coast Guards and secret goings on of the Intelligence Division.
 
MARCH OF TIME: 4TH YEAR NO. 7  (1938)
INSIDE THE MAGINOT LINE: The French Army's Maginot Line Defences.
 
MARCH OF TIME: 4TH YEAR NO. 8 (1938)
U.S. FIRE FIGHTERS: Activities of the National Fire Protection Association; the prevalence of fires in the US and
how they have been cut down by special efforts in Memphis.
FATHER DIVINE'S DEAL: the efforts of Father Divine, a religious leader in Harlem. to provide settlement for his
followers in Hudson Valley.
 
MARCH OF TIME: 4TH YEAR NO. 9 (1938) REFUGEE TODAY AND TOMORROW
Synopsis
Survey of refugees throughout the world: White Russians in China; Chinese from the Japanese invasion;
Spanish in France and German Jews.

MARCH OF TIME: 4TH YEAR NO. 10 (1938) MEN OF MEDICINE 1938
Synopsis
Problems of doctors in U.S. in medical matters and recent discoveries, including insulin, and financial problems,
chiefly the inability of depressed Americans to pay and their need of medical care. Professional split between
state security and independence.

MARCH OF TIME: 4TH YEAR NO. 11 (1939) UNCLE SAM-THE GOOD NEIGHBOUR
Synopsis
Survey of American foreign policy in all parts of the world, the training of you ng diplomats, the 'good neighbour'
policy and the extent of Nazi infiltration.

MARCH OF TIME: 4TH YEAR NO. 12 (1939) MEXICO'S NEW CRISIS-YOUTH PREPARES
Synopsis
Events leading to the Mexican confiscation of British and U.S. oil properties, and the Socialist tendencies.
Youth Prepares: Differences in youth movements between fascist countries and free Scout movements.

MARCH OF TIME: 4TH YEAR NO. 13 (1939) MEDITERRANEAN-A BACKGROUND FOR WAR
Synopsis:
The situation in countries on the shores of the Mediterranean in relation to European politics.
A map of the Mediterranean area showing the dominance of Moslem rule in North Africa and the Middle East: