1. Amahl and the Night Visitors

Broadcast live from New York, Gian Carlo Menotti's Christmas story was the first opera commissioned for television, and was repeated in several subsequent telecasts.

Air Date : 1951-12-24

2. Doctor Serocold

A Hollywood press agent is assigned to promote a starlet with whom he was once in love.

Air Date : 1952-01-06

3. Love Story

Adaptation of the novel by Helen Ashton.

Air Date : 1952-01-13

4. The Big Build-Up

Dramatization of the love affair between Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning.

Air Date : 1952-01-20

5. The Story of Roger Williams

In 1631 Roger Williams landed in Boston. He had come to America to find freedom of belief and worship; instead, he found the church here still connected to the church in England and just as oppressive. He refused to join the church in Boston because it still held communion with the Church of England, from which he had just fled. He thought it his duty to renounce all connection with any church that would stain its hands in the blood of the Lord's people.

Air Date : 1952-01-27

6. Florence Nightingale

Biography of Florence Nightingale: her determination to build hospitals and train nurses for the sick and disabled during the Crimean War, her correspondence with the Minister of War, and the letter of appreciation she received from Queen Victoria.

Air Date : 1952-02-03

7. Woman with a Sword

Story of Anna Ella Carroll, prominent member of a Maryland family who served as unofficial but close advisor and special representative to President Lincoln.

Air Date : 1952-02-10

8. The Plot to Kidnap General Washington

Irish-American tailor Hercules Mulligan's contribution to the American Revolution.

Air Date : 1952-02-17

9. Mistress of the White House

The story of Dolley Madison.

Air Date : 1952-02-24

10. Prelude

The meeting of George Sand and Frederic Chopin.

Air Date : 1952-03-02

11. Juliette Low and the Girl Scouts

The founding of the Girl Scouts, presented on the occasion of their 40th anniversary.

Air Date : 1952-03-09

12. Constitution Island

A salute to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on its 150th anniversary, focusing on Anna Warner's historic gift of Contitution Island to the institution; set in 1907.

Air Date : 1952-03-16

13. Harriet Quimby

The story of America's first woman aviator.

Air Date : 1952-03-23

14. The Vision of Father Flanagan

The story of Reverend Edward Joseph Flanagan who, as a young priest from Ireland, founded Boys Town, Nebraska, where outcast boys could find the love and care denied them in their own homes.

Air Date : 1952-03-30

15. Ordeal by White House

Little-known incidents in the life of Grover Cleveland.

Air Date : 1952-04-06

16. Anne Bradstreet, Puritan Poetess

Story of America's first woman author.

Air Date : 1952-04-20

17. Miracle in May

Dr. Edward Jenner discovers the smallpox vaccination.

Air Date : 1952-04-27

18. The Face of Spain

The life of Francisco Goya; set in Spain, 1786.

Air Date : 1952-05-04

19. A Woman for the Ages

The story of Abigail Adams, wife of President John Adams.

Air Date : 1952-05-11

20. Reign of Terror

Eliza Monroe, in Paris as the wife of the U.S. Foreign Minister toFrance, obtains Madame Lafayette's release from prison and sentence of death by guillotine.

Air Date : 1952-05-18

21. The Magnificent Failure

A biography of Louisa May Alcott, ending with her writing of ""Little Women"" in 1860.

Air Date : 1952-05-25

22. The King's Author

Biography of Ben Jonson, covering the writing of Eastward ho; set in London, 1606.

Air Date : 1952-06-01

23. Nefretiti, Queen of Egypt

Biography of Nefretiti, illustrating her life with the Pharoah and her influence on Egyptian history and culture.

Air Date : 1952-06-08

24. Mr. and Mrs. Freedom

The story of Anna and John Peter Zenger and their fight for freedom of the press.

Air Date : 1952-06-15

25. Forgotten Children

A dramatization honouring American educator Martha Berry, founder of Mt. Berry, a Georgia home for mountain people.

Air Date : 1952-06-22

26. Our Sister Emily

The story of the Bronte sisters.

Air Date : 1952-06-29

27. The Legend of Josiah Blow

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

Air Date : 1952-07-06

28. The Real Glory

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

Air Date : 1952-07-13

29. Salvage

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

Air Date : 1952-07-20

30. 21-Plus

Story of the importance of one vote in an election.

Air Date : 1952-07-27

31. The Carlson Legend

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

Air Date : 1952-08-03

32. The Last Command

Air Date : 1952-08-10

33. I Lift Up My Lamp

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.

Air Date : 1952-08-17

34. Crabapple Saint

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

Air Date : 1952-08-24

35. Refresher Course

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

Air Date : 1952-08-31