Season 2
42 episodes · Sep 7, 1952
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- S2E1
Dutch Treat
Sep 7, 1952120mTraces New York City's crooked Broadway Street back to its origins in 1720, when the street plan was changed to avoid cutting down a cherry tree.
- S2E2
Horns of a Dilemma
Sep 14, 1952120mA girl unearths a paper making her the recipient of an unusual tribute.
- S2E3
The Bride's Teapot
Sep 21, 1952120mIn 1874, citizens of Sympathy Ridge, Virginia wish to build a war monument, but the federal government wants them to replace a bridge destroyed in the war.
- S2E4
Sometimes She's Sunday
Sep 28, 1952120mAn elder daughter working in the city brings her fiancé back to the country.
- S2E5
The Bachelor and the Ballot
Oct 12, 1952120mA young suffragist tries to gain the support of a lawyer in charge of the polls, while he tries on a bet to romance her.
- S2E6
Faith Is a Nine-Letter Word
Oct 19, 1952120mDistressed by the state of world affairs and fearing her boyfriend will be sent off to war, a young woman refuses to marry until a friend convinces her to have faith in democracy.
- S2E9
Bread of Freedom
Nov 9, 1952120mThe story of Christopher Ludwick, philanthropist and superintendent of bakers in the Continental Army.
- S2E10
The Blue and White Lamp
Nov 16, 1952120mTraces the origins of the Travelers Aid Society to a cholera epidemic in mid-19th century St. Louis.
- S2E11
Mrs. Thanksgiving
Nov 23, 1952120mStory of a woman's fight to make Thanksgiving a national holiday.
- S2E12
Ten Thousand Words
Nov 30, 1952120mRecounts an incident from the life of Nathaniel Currier.
- S2E14
Green Hills of Vermont
Dec 14, 1952120mKate Smith narrates a Christmas story about an unwanted donkey.
- S2E15
The Small One
Dec 21, 1952120mA whimsical tale of Norman Rockwell's tribulations upon his move to a small town in Vermont. At the end of the program, Sarah Churchill, on behalf of Hallmark, presents a medallion to Mr. Rockwell.
- S2E16
Father Time
Dec 28, 1952120mThe story of blacksmith Daniel Jean Richard, founder of the watch industry in the Neuch|catel district of Switzerland.
- S2E17
Home is the Sailor
Jan 4, 1953120mThe story of Fanny Stevenson, wife of Robert Louis Stevenson.
- S2E18
Span Through Time
Jan 11, 1953120mThe story of John and Washington Roebling, designers of the Brooklyn Bridge.
- S2E19
The General's Bible
Jan 18, 1953120mA tale concerning the Bible used by General George Washington at his first inauguration in New York City.
- S2E20
Socrates' Wife
Jan 25, 1953120mWhen Socrates is imprisoned because of his teachings, his wife pleads for his release and helps to plan his escape.
- S2E21
To My Valentine
Feb 1, 1953120mA musical celebration of the traditions of Valentine's Day.
- S2E22
Lincoln's Little Correspondent
Feb 8, 1953120mAdapted from the book by Hertha Pauli. The story surrounding 11-year-old Grace Bedell's letter to Abraham Lincoln suggesting that he grow a beard.
- S2E23
Crown of Wings
Feb 15, 1953120mIncident from the life of General George Washington, in which Phoebe Fraunces, daughter of Fraunces Tavern's proprietor, showed her loyalty to Washington and his cause. Phoebe was in love with a member of Washington's personal staff who was involved in a plot to kill him.
- S2E24
Dinner for the General
Feb 22, 1953120mMercy Disborough's efforts to end American witchhunts; set in Fairfield County, Connecticut in 1692.
- S2E25
The Accused
Mar 1, 1953120mMann's work towards education for all regardless of race, creed, or color.
- S2E28
Photograph by Brady
Mar 22, 1953120mThe story of Queen Elizabeth I's ascendance to the throne.
- S2E29
A Queen Is Born
Mar 29, 1953120mThe story of Queen Elizabeth I's ascendance to the throne.
- S2E31
Skipper of the Skies
Apr 12, 1953120mThe story of Samuel Morse and the use of the telegraph.
- S2E32
The World on a Wire
Apr 19, 1953120mThe story of Samuel Morse and the use of the telegraph.
- S2E33
Hamlet
Apr 26, 1953120mThe story of poet and minister John Donne, and his relationship with his wife and her father, Sir George Moore.
- S2E34
No Man Is an Island
May 3, 1953120mStory of Frederick Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty, from the time the sculptor received the commission in 1774 until Pulitzer provided funding for the base ten years later.
- S2E36
Soldier of Peace
May 17, 1953120mSarah Bernhardt gives up her love to continue her acting career.
- S2E37
Proudly I Love
May 24, 1953120mSarah Bernhardt gives up her love to continue her acting career.
- S2E39
The Clay of Kings
Jun 7, 1953120mThe story of Boston dentist William Thomas Green Morton, who developed the use of ether as an anesthetic.
- S2E40
Scott's Castle
Jun 14, 1953120mThe life of Sir Walter Scott, including family, literary career, bankruptcy, and the death of his wife.
- S2E41
Man Against Pain
Jun 21, 1953120mThe story of Boston dentist William Thomas Green Morton, who developed the use of ether as an anesthetic.
- S2E42
The Mercer Girls
Jun 28, 1953120mAn incident in the life of naturalist artist John James Audubon; set in New Orleans in 1824.