The captain of an American ship, anchored in the Turkish port of Smyrna, risks a battle with three Austrian ships when he demands the release of an Austrian-born prisoner, who has applied for American citizenship.
Dramatizes the life of Henry William Stiegel, who came to America from Germany and rose from a worker in an iron foundry to be head of a large glass factory.
A historical drama about Francis Huger, an American medical student, and Erich Bollman, a young German physician, who attempt to rescue Lafayette from an Austrian prison in 1794.
A dramatization of the efforts of Wyatt Earp to free the West of dangerous armed gunmen, in particular in Dodge City, Kansas; Deadwood, South Dakota; and Tombstone, Arizona.
Dramatizes the life of William Penn in the 17th century, from his early interest in the Society of Friends, to his ultimate success in founding a New World colony where religious freedom became a reality.
In 1911, Cora Wilson Stewart, a county superintendent and a teacher in a one-room school succeeds in establishing a night class for adults in a backward section of Kentucky.
The story of James Ohio Pattie, the first American to write an account of a visit to California, re-enacted in his arrival in San Diego in 1828, and his role in averting a smallpox epidemic, thus winning the friendship of the Mexicans.
A dramatization about Cyrus Field, who after several unsuccessful attempts, realized his dream of laying a cable across the Atlantic from Newfoundland to Ireland.
The events in the life of Eliphalet Remington, leading to the development of his famous rifle which played an important part in American history, because it gave to the pioneers a cheap and superior substitute for European-made weapons.
The story of Ann and Adoniram Judson, American missionaries whose determination to return love and understanding for hatred not only saved their own lives but also helped end the war between Great Britain and Burma in 1824.
A dramatization of a typical twenty-four-hour period in a doctor's life -- from night calls, work at a hospital, office appointments, and his efforts to save the life of a young stranger who is the victim of a rare disease.
A biographical account of Dr. Mary Walker, who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for her courageous work as a civilian surgeon among Federal troops during the Civil War.
Otis, a Boston lawyer serving as advocate-general to the British crown just prior to the Revolution, resigns his post in protest against illegal invasion of American homes.
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By what name was Cavalcade of America (1952) officially released in Canada in English?