An infantryman in the American Revolution lights a firecracker and gets blown into another generation.

Story of a town in U.S. taken over by corrupt men due to the neglect of the citizenry.

An aging man thinks his usefulness to society is at an end.

Story of the importance of one vote in an election.

A young state senator runs into a moral problem while conducting a cleanup campaign.

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A young Czech girl in the U.S. is faced with the choice of returning to her family behind the Iron Curtain or remaining free in the U.S.

Story of Johnny Appleseed, the wanderer who planted trees as he traveled.

Story of a wealthy middle-aged married couple who retrace their honeymoon, and in so doing, regain their love for each other.

Traces 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.

A girl unearths a paper making her the recipient of an unusual tribute.

In 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.

An elder daughter working in the city brings her fiancé back to the country.

A young suffragist tries to gain the support of a lawyer in charge of the polls, while he tries on a bet to romance her.

Distressed 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.

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The story of Christopher Ludwick, philanthropist and superintendent of bakers in the Continental Army.

Traces the origins of the Travelers Aid Society to a cholera epidemic in mid-19th century St. Louis.

Story of a woman's fight to make Thanksgiving a national holiday.

Recounts an incident from the life of Nathaniel Currier.

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Kate Smith narrates a Christmas story about an unwanted donkey.

A 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.

The story of blacksmith Daniel Jean Richard, founder of the watch industry in the Neuch|catel district of Switzerland.

The story of Fanny Stevenson, wife of Robert Louis Stevenson.

The story of John and Washington Roebling, designers of the Brooklyn Bridge.

A tale concerning the Bible used by General George Washington at his first inauguration in New York City.

When Socrates is imprisoned because of his teachings, his wife pleads for his release and helps to plan his escape.

A musical celebration of the traditions of Valentine's Day.

Adapted 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.

Incident 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.

Mercy Disborough's efforts to end American witchhunts; set in Fairfield County, Connecticut in 1692.

Mann's work towards education for all regardless of race, creed, or color.

The story of poet Thomas Moore (1779-1852).

Mathew Brady's Civil War photography.

The story of Queen Elizabeth I's ascendance to the throne.

The story of Queen Elizabeth I's ascendance to the throne.

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The story of Samuel Morse and the use of the telegraph.

The story of Samuel Morse and the use of the telegraph.

The story of poet and minister John Donne, and his relationship with his wife and her father, Sir George Moore.

Story 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.

Life of General Robert E. Lee after the Civil War.

Sarah Bernhardt gives up her love to continue her acting career.

Story of Josiah Wedgwood.

The story of Boston dentist William Thomas Green Morton, who developed the use of ether as an anesthetic.

The story of Boston dentist William Thomas Green Morton, who developed the use of ether as an anesthetic.

An incident in the life of naturalist artist John James Audubon; set in New Orleans in 1824.

This is the biographical drama of Catherine Parr, one of the wives of Henry VIII.

The story of Joseph Geiting McCoy, American pioneer cattleman.

The struggles of the early Pilgrims at Plymouth rock is dramatized. Beset by illness, food shortage and Indian marauders, the colonists relied almost on courage alone in the realization of a haven that promised them freedom they had long sought. Against this background unfolded the love story of Priscilla and John Alden, including the famous line "Speak for yourself, John" which occurs when Alden asks the maid to give her hand to his friend, Captain Miles Standish.

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Story of Aimee Rivery, who brought reforms to Turkey.

A sea captain seeks vengeance upon a whale.

Completely exhausted after a concert tour of the United Slates under the driving managership of P.T. Barnum, Jenny Lind decides to abandon her theatrical career, marry an English suitor and retire in England. However, Otto Goldschmidt, her devoted accompanist, realizes the beautiful coloratura could never be happy as a housewife. He loves Jenny, and believes her voice is a gift to the world. It remains for the famed showman, P.T. Barnum, to solve her problem.

The widow of the great composer, Edward MacDowell, remembering her happy past, wishes to create a place where artists from all quarters can work in solitude.

Story of John Hull, first mintmaster of Massachusetts Bay Colony, who was appointed to the post in 1650 as the culmination of his efforts to abolish barter and foreign coinage in favor of a stabilized currency.

In the name of his brother, the editor of a Boston newspaper, Benjamin Franklin launches a crusade against Cotton Mather.

Struggle of chemist Wiley to expose frauds in food and drug trade and in patent medicine. His efforts to prove the harmful effects of adulterated and falsely labeled food ultimately led to passage of the Food and Drug Act.

Ford, unhappy with farm life, moves to Detroit where he begins to experiment with the gas engine, certain that it could be made to propel a vehicle.

Silver-tongued Patrick Henry studied law for only six weeks, but so impressed the board that they passed him. He was a successful Southern backwoods lawyer and reluctant to enter the Virginia House of Burgesses until the British introduced the Stamp Act.

Tale of Alcuin, the great educator who taught Charlemagne to read and write.

The courtship of George Washington and Martha Custis, a widowed mother of two.

The story of Alexander Graham Bell and experiments that led to the electric hearing aid, and then the telephone.

Tribute to one of Commodore Perry's officers, whose personal efforts helped open Japan to foreign trade.

Adventures of pirate Jean Laffite and lawyer Edward Livingston.

Story of the love between Knox Taylor (daughter of Colonel Zachary Taylor) and Jefferson Davis.

The story of Lord Byron's efforts to liberate Greece.

The story of Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain boys.

Story of the pagan Greek Lydia, who lived in ancient Rome and saved the life of the Apostle Paul.

Story from 1910 of Dr. James Ewing, who fought to break down the barriers erected against the investigation and treatment of cancer, and who almost single-handedly founded the Memorial Cancer Center in New York City.

The story of young army officer and law student Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., 60th justice of the United States Supreme Court.

Story of Ernestine Schumann-Heink.

A dramatization of the legend of Damon and Pythias.

Story of George Eastman, and his development of the first camera to use film.

Tribute to Rotary International in commemoration of its golden anniversary. Includes speech by then Rotary president Herbert J. Taylor.

The story of Baron Friedrich Wilhelm Von Steuben, founder of the American military system, who trained troops in the American Revolution.

Recounts a "little-known incident" in the life of Edgar Allan Poe.

The inspiring story of Milton S. Hershey, who worked so hard to bring happiness to thousands of orphans.

The story of Thomas Jefferson's return to politics in 1773.

Four Christmas-themed segements: an ice-sakting version of the ballet ""The Ice Princess""; a performance of Christmas songs by the Obernkirchen Chidlren's Choir; an adaptation of Ludwig Bemelmans' ""The Borrowed Christmas,"" about a wealthy man given one last chance to redeem himself; and a Nativity reading by actress Judith Anderson.