A young inventor, Alvin Fernald, learns that the city treasurer is involved with crooked dealings on land ownership, while gathering information for an essay on city government.
Tired of the city life in 1880's Chicago Morris Melborne buys a pig farm in Idaho. Moving his reluctant wife Martha and his children he finds the West still present challenges in the wilderness.
An accident causes him to rely on his son to race against a neighboring pig rancher, since the first one to arrive to market gets the best prices. The boy loses but does win a wager large enough to pay for an operation for his father.
A coyote tries to escape man onto his territory and is befriended by the wife of a couple monitoring the environment for the government. The husband is suspicious of the coyote, but Carlo helps lead rescue dogs to him when he is lost.
The Million Dollar Duck (1971) re-edited for two-part television presentation. By chance, a white duck in a science lab eats some terrible tasting applesauce and is exposed to a radiation beam. The result: the duck lays golden eggs.
The Million Dollar Duck (1971) re-edited for two-part television presentation. This upsets Albert Dooley, who soon has troubles with his family and T-men. After a wild chase and a zany court battle, he reforms and his problems are solved.
An Indian boy spending the summer alone in the Everglades as a rite of passage helps a lost panther cub survive. Unwelcome by the village, the boy has to steal an airboat to take the panther deep into the swamp.
Rob loses his confidence after doing badly in a kayaking race and quits competing. When his coach is injured on a trip, he has to face his fears and come to the rescue.
A trainer who is transporting circus elephants by truck when he gets a flat tire. After unloading the elephants to work on the truck, one simply wanders away.