Omnibus

1. The Trial of Anne Boleyn

Air Date: 1952-11-09

2. Mr. Lincoln: Part 1

Air Date: 1952-11-16

3. The Twelve Pound Look

Air Date: 1952-11-23

4. Mr. Lincoln: Part 2

Air Date: 1952-11-30

5. The Trial of Ben Jonson

Air Date: 1952-12-07

The program has five segments: (1) "The Trial of Ben Jonson" (play), (2) "Jean Sibelius" (celebration of the composer's 87th birthday), (3) "The Dagger" (showing of a 1952 film ballet short), (4) "Rowland Emett" (the cartoonist displays some of his ingenious whimsical inventions), and (5) "Slow motion and High-Speed Photography" (feature).

6. Mr. Lincoln: Part 3

Air Date: 1952-12-14

7. The Trial of Mr. Pickwick

Air Date: 1952-12-21

The program has three segments: (1) "The Trial of Mr. Pickwick" (Dickens-based story), (2) "Agnes DeMille's 'Rodeo' " (dance episode from the ballet), and (3) "Palle Alone in the World" (showing of a 1949 Swedish fantasy film).

8. My Brother Henry

Air Date: 1952-12-28

The program has five segments: (1) "My Brother Henry" (J.M. Barrie story), (2) "Walt Disney's 'Peter Pan' " (film preview), (3) "Pictures at an Exhibition" (dance interpretation of Moussorgsky's suite for orchestra), (4) (Leopold Stokowski conducts Christmas carol singers), and (5) "William Faulkner" (interview with the prize-winning novelist).

9. Man in the Cool

Air Date: 1953-01-04

10. Mr. Lincoln: Part 4

Air Date: 1953-01-11

11. While the Tide was Rising

Air Date: 1953-01-25

12. Die Fledermaus

Air Date: 1953-02-01

13. Mr. Lincoln: Part 5

Air Date: 1953-02-08

14. The Love Story of Napoleon and Josephine

Air Date: 1953-02-15

15. La Boheme

Air Date: 1953-02-22

16. The Happy Journey

Air Date: 1953-03-01

17. A Lodging for the Night

Air Date: 1953-03-08

18. The Last Night of Don Juan

Air Date: 1953-03-15

19. Three Maidens and the Devil

Air Date: 1953-03-22

20. Lord Byron's Love Letter

Air Date: 1953-03-29

21. Grandma Moses

Air Date: 1953-04-05

22. Toy Symphone with Stokowski

Air Date: 1953-04-12

23. Midnight Ride of Paul Revere

Air Date: 1953-04-19

24. A Tale of Two Cities

Air Date: 1953-04-26

25. Arms and the Man

Air Date: 1953-05-03

26. The Figgerin' of Aunt Wilma

Air Date: 1953-05-10

27. This Little Kitty Stayed Cool

Air Date: 1953-05-17

1. Glory in the Flower

Air Date: 1953-10-04

The program has five segments: (1) "Glory in the Flower" (story based on William Inge play), (2) "The Little Kitty Stayed Cool" (James Thurber short story), (3) "The Little Fugitive" (interview with the 8-year-old star of the prizewinning film), (4) "Excerpts from Oklahoma" (selections from Rodgers and Hammerstein's record-breaking musical), and (5) "Struggle for Survival" (showing of 1944 Swedish wildlife film).

2. The Battler

Air Date: 1953-10-11

3. King Lear

Air Date: 1953-10-18

King Lear is a 1953 live television adaptation of the Shakespeare play with stage direction by Peter Brook and starring Orson Welles. It was aired on CBS as part of the U.S. television series Omnibus, and preserved on kinescope. A heavily abridged version of the play, this production condensed the play by eliminating the Edgar-Edmund subplot. Welles returned to America to star in this presentation. He was guarded by IRS agents, prohibited to leave his hotel room when not at the studio, prevented from making any purchases, and the entire sum he earned went to his tax bill. Welles returned to England after the broadcast. The cast included Micheál Mac Liammóir and the British actor Alan Badel. It was hosted by Alistair Cooke.

4. The Golden Dress

Air Date: 1953-10-25

6. Billy the Kid

Air Date: 1953-11-08

7. The Raspberry Queen

Air Date: 1953-11-15

8. Toine

Air Date: 1953-11-22

9. The Horn Blows at Midnight

Air Date: 1953-11-29

Television adaptation of Jack Benny's 1945 feature film of the same name. Jack plays an angel name Athanael, who's been sent to destroy the Earth by playing his trumpet.

10. Capital of the World

Air Date: 1953-12-06

11. The Nature of the Beast

Air Date: 1953-12-13

12. Mom and Leo

Air Date: 1953-12-20

13. The Sojourner

Air Date: 1953-12-27

14. Nobody's Fool

Air Date: 1954-01-03

15. The Remarkable Case of Mr. Buhl

Air Date: 1954-01-10

16. The Duchess and the Smugs

Air Date: 1954-01-17

17. Nothing So Monstrous

Air Date: 1954-01-24

18. Sleeping Beauty in the Woods

Air Date: 1954-01-31

19. The Confidential Clerk

Air Date: 1954-02-14

20. A Time Out of War

Air Date: 1954-02-21

21. Hilde and the Turnpike

Air Date: 1954-02-28

22. The House

Air Date: 1954-03-07

23. Three Sketches

Air Date: 1954-03-14

24. Tell Me If It Hurts

Air Date: 1954-03-21

25. The Apollo of Bellac

Air Date: 1954-03-28

1. Treadmill to Oblivion

Air Date: 1954-10-17

The program has four segments: (1) "Treadmill to Oblivion" (play telling the story of Fred Allen's radio career), (2) "Percussion" (a demonstration of musical percussion instruments), (3) "Around the World" (an airplane trip around the world in 18 minutes), and (4) "Dance to Freedom" (two escaped Hungarian dancers from East Berlin perform a ballet number).

2. The Man Who Married a Dumb Wife

Air Date: 1954-10-24

3. Young Man in Politics

Air Date: 1954-10-31

The program has three segments: (1) "Young Man in Politics" (sub-titled "A Clean, Fresh Breeze") ( a coming-of-age play), (2) "Toby and the Tall Corn" (play), and (3) (featuring art objects from the Whitney Museum of American Art).

4. Brewsie and Willie

Air Date: 1954-11-07

The program has four segments: (1) "My Several Worlds" (discussion of Pearl S. Buck's autobiography), (2) "Brewsie and Willie" (dramatization of a Gertrude Stein short story), (3) "Wrestling, Honest and Otherwise" (demonstration of professional wrestling), and (4) "From Arvida" (a look at the aluminum industry in a Quebec settlement).

5. Beethoven's Fifth Symphony

Air Date: 1954-11-14

6. Antigone

Air Date: 1954-11-21

7. The Virtuous Island

Air Date: 1954-11-28

The program has four segments: (1) "The Virtuous Island" (a Jean Giraudoux comedy-drama), (2) "The French Horn" (short history and lesson on the French horn), (3) "Wild Musk Oxen" (featuring capture of a live musk-ox), and (4) "Orson Bean" (comedy monologue on Christmas gift wrapping).

8. A Maine Lobsterman

Air Date: 1954-12-05

9. The Contrast

Air Date: 1954-12-12

The program has four segments: (1) "The Contrast" (1787 comedy of manners), (2) (presentation of the historical background to this comedy), (3) "The Figurehead" (showing of a 1953 short puppet film about unrequited love), and (4) "Balloons" (featuring the history of hot-air ballooning).

10. The Second Shepherds' Play

Air Date: 1954-12-19

The program has four segments: (1) "The Second Shepherds' Play" (performance of the famous medieval mystery play), (2) "Vienna Choir Boys" (carols by the Vienna Boys Choir), (3) "Children's Books" (readings of children's stories), and (4) "A House of Cards" (short drama revolving around greetings cards).

11. The Merry Widow

Air Date: 1954-12-26

12. The Trial of St. Joan

Air Date: 1955-01-02

The program has four segments: (1) "The Trial of St. Joan" (based on George Bernard Shaw's play), (2) "Balance" (an architect illustrates the history of architecture), (3) "The Chick" (film short on the incubation of a chicken's egg), and (4) "Kitimat" (short feature on hydroelectric power facilities for the aluminum smelting industry in British Columbia).

13. The Adams Family

Air Date: 1955-01-09

The program has four segments: (1) "The Adams Family" (the first in a series of biographies of President John Adams' family), (2) "Grand Central" (looking at the operation of New York's Grand Central Station), (3) (skin-divers battle with a shark), and (4) "Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships" (feature on the international leader exchange program established in honor of the US. President).

14. H.M.S. Pinafore (I)

Air Date: 1955-01-16

The program has three segments: (1) "H.M.S. Pinafore" (six songs from Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas), (2) "The Yukawa Story" (the story of the family of Hideki Yukawa, the winner of the 1949 Nobel Prize in physics), and (3) "Jury Duty" (cameras follow Allen Funt and his 'Candid Camera' team).

15. John Quincy Adams

Air Date: 1955-01-23

The program has four segments: (1) "John Quincy Adams" (the second in a series of Adams Family biographies), (2) "Yehudi Menuhin and the Little Orchestra Society of New York" (the celebrated violinist gives a lesson on the violin), (3) "Hunting Underwater" (a film on scuba-diving), and (4) "Quality Control" (short feature).

16. Hamlet

Air Date: 1955-01-30

The program has three segments: (1) "Hamlet" (performance of excerpts from Shakespeare's play), (2) "Swordsmanship" (featuring the history of fencing and a demonstration), and (3) "Power to Fly" (the pilot's story of his recent flight which broke the world altitude record).

17. Mr. Lincoln

Air Date: 1955-02-06

The program has two segments: (1) "Mr. Lincoln" (feature film on the young Abraham Lincoln made from previous Omnibus episodes), and (2) "The Story of Valentines" (short feature on the history of valentines).

18. The Turn of the Screw

Air Date: 1955-02-13

A governess, sent to a country house to look after two young children, becomes convinced that they are being menaced by an evil spirit.

19. The New World

Air Date: 1955-02-20

The program has four segments: (1) "The New World" (J.M. Barrie story), (2) "The First 'R' " (a look at reading difficulties and new methods of remedying them), (3) "The Sea of Winslow Homer" (the celebrated artist's paintings are used to illustrate the changing look of the sea), and (4) "Rear Admiral Donald B. MacMillan" (short feature on the well-known Arctic explorer).

20. The Life and Times of Henry Adams and Charles Francis Adams, Jr.

Air Date: 1955-02-27

The program has three segments: (1) "The Lives of Henry Adams and Charles Francis Adams Jr." (the third in a series of Adams Family biographies, dealing with the life of Charles Francis Adams Jr.), (2) "Command Post" (a look at how radar installations would react to an air attack on the United States), and (3) "The Brain" (a feature on the human brain).

21. The Mighty Casey

Air Date: 1955-03-06

The program has two segments: (1) "The Mighty Casey" (staging of William Schuman's opera based on Thayer's famous poem about the legendary baseball player), and (2) "All about Diamonds" (feature).

22. A Different Drummer

Air Date: 1955-03-13

The program has three segments: (1) "A Different Drummer" (staging of a play by Eugene McKinney), (2) "The Heart" (feature on the human body's main organ), and (3) "Boyhoods - Joseph N. Welch" (exploring the childhood and youth of the celebrated lawyer who served as chief counsel to the U.S. Army in the Army-McCarthy hearings).

23. Henry Adams

Air Date: 1955-03-20

The program has four segments: (1) "Henry Adams" (the fourth in a series of Adams Family biographies), (2) "Balance II" (an architect looks at modern architecture), (3) "The Window Cleaner" (short feature), and (4) "Vernal Equinox" (an astronomer explains the sun's crossing of the plane of the celestial equator).

24. The Four Flags of the Confederacy

Air Date: 1955-03-27

The program has four segments: (1) "The Four Flags of the Confederacy" (documentary on the national flags used by the Confederate States in the American Civil War), (2) "Minor League Baseball" (sporting feature), (3) "The Back of Beyond" (showing of excerpts from a 1954 Australian film following a mailman as he delivers mail to remote areas in the Australian outback), and (4) "Subscription TV" (feature).

25. Iliad

Air Date: 1955-04-03

The program has only one segment: "Iliad"(dramatization of Homer's epic account of the tenth year of the Trojan War).

26. Uncle Tom's Cabin

Air Date: 1955-04-10

The program has five segments: (1) "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (Harriet Beecher Stowe story), (2) "Dances from India" (performance of Indian classical dance), (3) "Change Ringing" (demonstration of patterns of bell-ringing), (4) "The Most Beautiful Easter Eggs in the World" (short feature), and (5) "Committee for Economic Development" (short feature).

1. The Birth of Modern Times

Air Date: 1955-10-09

The program has only one segment: "The Birth of Modern Times" (a live program tracing the revival of the arts, literature, music and learning during the Renaissance period).

2. The Jazz World

Air Date: 1955-10-16

The program has two segments: (1) "The Jazz World" (Leonard Bernstein discusses jazz and conducts a jazz number), and (2) "Famous America Boyhoods" (William Saroyan recreates scenes of his boyhood).

3. The Adams House

Air Date: 1955-10-23

The program has five segments: (1) "The Adams House" (a follow-up to the series of Adams Family biographies), (2) "Television Magic" (featuring new television techniques), (3) "Bow Bells" (showing of a 1954 film in which a Cockney looks at life in the East End of London), (4) "Survival in the Bush" (showing of a 1954 film about survival in the wilds of Canada), and (5) "Animals in Motion" (short feature on animal locomotion).

4. Toby and the Tall Corn

Air Date: 1955-11-06

The program has three segments: (1) "Toby and the Tall Corn" (repeat showing of play broadcast in Season 3), (2) "Antonio and His Spanish Ballet Company" (Spanish ballet dancing), and (3) "Excursion House" (looking at the housing boom in America).

5. American Boyhoods, Captain John M. Ellicott

Air Date: 1955-11-13

The program has three segments: "American Boyhoods: Captain John M. Ellicott" (Captain Ellicott remembers events during his boyhood), (2) (comic monologue), and (3) (scenes from Gilbert and Sullivan's "Pirates of Penzance").

6. She Stoops to Conquer

Air Date: 1955-11-20

The program has only one segment: "She Stoops to Conquer" (adaptation of Oliver Goldsmith's comedy of manners).

7. The Art of Conducting.

Air Date: 1955-12-04

8. The Royal Game

Air Date: 1955-12-11

9. The Royal Game

Air Date: 1955-12-11

The program has four segments: (1) "The Royal Game" (adaptation of play), (2) "Jack Be Normal" (play), (3) "The Old Woman" (animated rendition of folk song), and (4) "Mother, I Would Marry" (animated rendition of folk song).

10. Salome

Air Date: 1955-12-18

11. Messiah

Air Date: 1955-12-25

12. The Best Year in the History of the Whole World

Air Date: 1956-01-01

The program has two segments: "The Best Year in the History of the Whole World" (humorous Saroyan play), and (2) (Japanese dancing and drama with the Azuma Kabuki dancers).

13. Dear Brutus

Air Date: 1956-01-08

The program has only one segment: "Dear Brutus" (adaptation of play by J.M. Barrie).

14. The Great Forgery

Air Date: 1956-01-15

The program has three segments: (1) "The Great Forgery" (the story of how four Americans swindled the Bank of England of $100,000 through forged letters of credit), (2) "The Great Adventure 1" (showing of Part 1 of a 1953 Swedish film about nature and wildlife), and (3) (short tribute to Benjamin Franklin).

15. Episode 15

Air Date: 1956-01-22

The program has four segments: (1) "The Yugoslav National Folk Ballet" (a Macedonian troupe perform Yugoslav folk dancing), (2) "The Great Adventure 2" (showing of Part 2 of a 1953 Swedish film about nature and wildlife), (3) "Other Channels" (a look at advertising on foreign television channels), and (4) "Skiing, Anyone?" (feature on skis and skiing).

16. Minds over Manners

Air Date: 1956-01-29

The program has two segments: (1) "Minds over Manners" (three dramatic sketches showing changes in American manners and customs of 100 years ago, 50 years ago and the present day), and (2) "Sugar Ray Robinson Visits Stillman's Gym" (a championship boxer gives a demonstration).

17. One Nation

Air Date: 1956-02-05

The program has two segments: (1) "One Nation" (the first of a three-part series examining the United States constitution), and (2) "Songs by Frances Archer and Beverly Gile" (performance of English folk songs).

18. Mr Lincoln

Air Date: 1956-02-12

The program has only one segment: "Mr. Lincoln" (repeat showing of a feature film from Season 3 on the young Abraham Lincoln, made from previous Omnibus episodes).

19. One Nation Indivisible

Air Date: 1956-02-19

The program has only one segment: "One Nation Indivisible" (the second of a three-part series examining the United States constitution).

20. The Art of Ballet

Air Date: 1956-02-26

The program has three segments: (1) "The Art of Ballet" (dancers show the evolution of ballet), (2) "The Boyhood of William Shakespeare" (sketch on the Bard's childhood), and (3) (program of music on the portable organ).

21. With Liberty and Justice for All

Air Date: 1956-03-04

The program has two segments: (1) "With Liberty and Justice for All" (the third of a three-part series examining the United States constitution), and (2) "James Thurber, Man and Boy" (interview with the celebrated author and humorist).

22. The Better Half

Air Date: 1956-03-11

The program has three segments: (1) "The Better Half" (adaptation of Noel Coward play), (2) "The Museum That Jack Built" (exploration of the ideal science museum), and (3) "Something about the Sky" (visual essay on the sky and clouds).

23. Harvard University Remote

Air Date: 1956-03-25

The program has only one segment: "Harvard University Remote" (discussion of the role played by the modern university and college in American life).

24. The Court Martial of Billy Mitchell

Air Date: 1956-04-01

The program has two segments: (1) "The Court Martial of Billy Mitchell" (re-enactment of the 1925 trial of the U.S. Air Force hero), and (2) "How the F-100 Got Its Tail" (featuring the work of test pilots on the supersonic jet fighter aircraft).

1. The American Musical Comedy

Air Date: 1956-10-07

2. Androcles and the Lion

Air Date: 1956-10-14

3. The Last Day of Manolete

Air Date: 1956-10-21

4. My Heart's in the Highlands

Air Date: 1956-10-28

5. Let There Be Farce

Air Date: 1956-11-04

6. Moliere's School for Wives

Air Date: 1956-11-11

The program has two segments: (1) "Moliere's School for Wives" (comedy play by Moliere), and (2) "Skull Session" (survey of college football in the U.S.).

7. Plays of the Irish Renaissance

Air Date: 1956-11-18

The program has three segments: (1) "Plays of the Irish Renaissance" (scenes from works by Irish playwrights), (2) "The Era of Wonderful Nonsense" (documentary on crazy ways of making a living in the 1920s), and (3) "On the Bowery" (showing of an excerpt from a 1956 film dealing with the life of down-and-outs in a downtown area of New York).

8. The Blue Hotel

Air Date: 1956-11-25

The program has three segments: "The Blue Hotel" (adaptation of a Stephen Crane story), "The Children's Party" (comic monologue), and "Vest-Pocket Symphony" (harmonica music).

9. A Man Without a Country

Air Date: 1956-12-02

10. The Fine Art of Murder

Air Date: 1956-12-09

Rex Stout appeared in this presentation of a homicide as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe and Rex Stout would variously present it.

11. The Christmas Tie

Air Date: 1956-12-16

The program has four segments: (1) "The Christmas Tie" (re-staging of the William Saroyan play produced in Season 1), (2) "The Spirit of Freedom" (re-enactment of Sandor Szabo's flight from Communism), (3) "Drug Store, Sunday Noon" (story), and (4) "Szabo Interview" (interview with the subject of segment 2).

12. Madeline Visits Omnibus

Air Date: 1956-12-23

The program has five segments: (1) "Madeline and the Bad Hat" (adaptation of a children's story), (2) "Columbus Boychoir" (Christmas songs), (3) "Susie's Night Out" (film of a pet shop at night), (4) "Bill Baird's Marionettes" (puppet parody of Omnibus), and (5) "The Star of Bethlehem" (scientific explanation of the star in the Nativity story).

13. The Art of Choreography

Air Date: 1956-12-30

The program has two segments: (1) "The Art of Choreography" (tracing the history of choreography from earliest times), and (2) "Master Gunmanship" (comedy feature on the art of pistol-shooting).

14. Oedipus, the King

Air Date: 1957-01-06

The program has two segments: (1) "Oedipus, the King" (play by Sophocles), and (2) "Solo Khumbu" (excerpts from a film documentary on social life and customs in Nepal).

15. Introduction to Modern Music

Air Date: 1957-01-13

The program has three segments: (1) "Introduction to Modern Music" (Leonard Bernstein discusses modern music and composers, including Bartok, Berg, Hindemith, Ives, Prokofiev, Schoenberg and Stravinsky), (2) "Out" (showing of a 1957 UN documentary about the influx of Hungarian refugees into Austria as a result of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution), and (3) "John Hersey Interview" (interview with the writer of segment (2))

16. Lee at Gettysburg

Air Date: 1957-01-20

A verse drama treatment of the critical battle of the American Civil War.

17. The Big Wheel: the Burlesque Entertainment of Yesterday

Air Date: 1957-01-27

The program has two segments: (1) "The Big Wheel" (a survey of the age of burlesque, featuring examples of acts of the period), and (2) "The Message" (showing of a 1956 UK film drama on the moral and ethical aspects of war).

18. The Theatre Breaks Loose

Air Date: 1957-03-03

19. The Trial of Captain Kidd

Air Date: 1957-03-10

20. How the F-100 Got Its Tail

Air Date: 1957-03-17

21. The Fall River Legend: the Trial of Lizzie Borden

Air Date: 1957-03-24

The program has two segments: (1) "The Trial of Lizzie Borden" (dramatization of the murder trial of Lizzie Borden), and (2) "The Fall River Legend" (dramatic ballet presentation of the Lizzie Borden story).

22. The Music of Johann Sebastian Bach

Air Date: 1957-03-31

The program has two segments: (1) "The Music of Johann Sebastian Bach" (Leonard Bernstein analyzes Bach's music and techniques, illustrated with an excerpt from 'The St. Matthew Passion' and other choral and orchestral works), and (2) "A Maine Lobsterman" (repeat showing of a feature from Season 3 about lobster-fishing in Maine).

1. School for Wives

Air Date: 1957-11-10

2. American Trial by Jury

Air Date: 1957-11-17

3. Life of Samuel Johnson

Air Date: 1957-12-15

4. The Suburban Review

Air Date: 1958-01-12

5. The Young People's Concert

Air Date: 1958-01-19

6. La Perichole

Air Date: 1958-01-26

7. Moment of Truth

Air Date: 1958-02-23

8. Mrs. McThing

Air Date: 1958-03-09

9. Bernstein Looks at Opera

Air Date: 1958-03-23

10. The Lady's Not for Burning

Air Date: 1958-04-06

11. The Reindeer Men

Air Date: 1958-04-20

12. Bernstein in Israel

Air Date: 1958-04-27

1. Capital Punishment

Air Date: 1958-10-26

The program has only one segment: "Capital Punishment" (an examination of the case for capital punishment).

2. The Submariners

Air Date: 1958-11-09

The program has only one segment: "The Submariners" (Esther Williams joins a Connecticut naval submarine base and presents a feature on submarines and the life and training of submariners and Navy divers).

3. The So-Called Human Race

Air Date: 1958-11-23

The program has only one segment: "The So-Called Human Race" (play in three acts).

4. The Empty Chair

Air Date: 1958-12-07

After the French Revolution, a tyrant ropes off a velvet chair in his palace and decrees that no one must ever sit in it, under penalty of death. Ultimately he is goaded by his subjects into sitting in the chair himself.

5. Dancing, a Man's Game

Air Date: 1958-12-21

After the French Revolution, a tyrant ropes off a velvet chair in his palace and decrees that no one must ever sit in it, under penalty of death. Ultimately he is goaded by his subjects into sitting in the chair himself.

6. Prince Orestes

Air Date: 1959-01-04

The program has only one segment: "Prince Orestes" (production of a Greek tragedy adapted from an Aeschylus trilogy about Orestes, who killed his mother and her lover in revenge for her murdering his father).

7. Malice in Wonderland

Air Date: 1959-01-18

The program has only one segment: "Malice in Wonderland" (three-part drama satirizing Hollywood).

8. Abraham Lincoln - The Early Years

Air Date: 1959-02-01

The program has only one segment: "Abraham Lincoln - The Early Years" (repeat showing from Season 3 of a feature film on the young Abraham Lincoln made from previous Omnibus episodes).

9. The Medium

Air Date: 1959-02-15

The program has only one segment: "The Medium" (performance of Menotti's opera).

10. Ah Sweet Mystery of Mrs. Murphy

Air Date: 1959-03-01

The program has two segments: (1) "Ah Sweet Mystery of Mrs. Murphy" (play by William Saroyan), and (2) "Visual Perception" (looking at how the eyes perceive images and optical illusions).

11. Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway

Air Date: 1959-03-15

The program has only one segment: "Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway" (performance of the musical by George M. Cohan).

12. Power Among Men

Air Date: 1959-03-29

The program has only one segment: "Power among Men" (showing of excerpts from a 1959 U.S. film about man's creative and destructive capabilities).

13. The Strange Ordeal of Normandier

Air Date: 1959-04-12

The program has only one segment: "The Strange Ordeal of the Normandier" (the tragic story of an English tramp steamer struck by disaster in 1918 when its crew succumbed to blackwater fever, leaving the ship helpless and adrift in the Atlantic).

14. Professor Tim

Air Date: 1959-04-26

The program has only one segment: "Professor Tim" (showing of a 1957 British-Irish comedy film performed by the Abbey Players of Dublin).

15. H.M.S. Pinafore (II)

Air Date: 1959-05-03

The program has only one segment: "H.M.S. Pinafore" (performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera).

1. He Shall Have Power

Air Date: 1960-11-13

2. A Midwinter Night's Dream

Air Date: 1961-01-01

3. Robert Altman in England

Air Date: 1961-01-08

4. Suburban Revue

Air Date: 1961-01-15

5. S. J. Perelman's Paean to Burlesque

Air Date: 1961-01-22

6. Arthur Miller Plays

Air Date: 1961-01-29

7. Western Hemisphere 1971

Air Date: 1961-04-16