Seasons & episodes

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.

Story of Aimée de Rivery, who brought reforms to Turkey.

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.