Sat, Jan 3, 1953
The program has five segments: (1) "The Man in the Cool, Cool Moon" (play), (2) "The Bear" (scene from Chekhov play), (3) "Dance Congress" (showing of a 1952 ballet film short), (4) "Letters to be Answered" (Alistair Cooke replies to letters of comment and inquiry), and (5) "Travel by Bus" (short feature).
Top-rated
Sat, Jan 10, 1953
The program has five segments: (1) "Lincoln Part IV: New Salem" (tracing Lincoln's arrival in New Salem), (2) "Henry V, Act 5, Scene 2" (famous Shakespearean love scene), (3) "Jose Greco" (production of Ravel's 'Bolero'), (4) "Old Time Aviation" (celebration in film of 50th anniversary of aviation), and (5) "Role of a Rescue Helicopter in Korea" (feature).
Sat, Jan 17, 1953
The program has five segments: (1) "Vive!" (story), (2) "The Servant with Two Masters" (play), (3) "Raymond Loewy" (the industrial designer discusses examples of his work), (4) "Barn Dance" (ingenious use of time-lapse photography and film editing to produce dance effects), and (5) "The Haircut" (comedy feature).
Sat, Jan 24, 1953
A visit with artist Thomas Hart Benton, his daughter Jessie and his guest Claude Rains, Benton reads from "Huckleberry Finn" and Rains recites Carl Sandburg poetry; movie theaters of the silent era are featured with a showing of the 1914 film "While the Tide Was Rising;" a segment of the Roberto Rossellini film "The Flowers of Saint Francis" (1950) is show; The Benny Goodman Trio performs.
Top-rated
Sat, Feb 7, 1953
The program has five segments: (1) "Lincoln Part V: Ann Rutledge" (tracing Lincoln's early political career), (2) "Napoleon's Love Letters" (dialogue from love letters between Napoleon Bonaparte and Josephine), (3) "The Pelican" (wildlife feature), (4) "Valentines" (tracing the origin of Valentine's Day and the exchange of valentines), and (5) (driver training film).
Sat, Feb 14, 1953
The program has six segments: (1) "The Oyster and the Pearl" (TV play), (2) "Wheat Germ" (time-lapse photography feature), (3) "Rospigliosi Cup" (exhibition of the famous decorative ornament made in gold and enamel, displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art), (4) "Under the Bridges of Paris" (showing of a 1952 French ballet presentation), (5) "La Boheme Preview" (interview with cast members in rehearsal for the next edition's scheduled production), and (6) "Radar" (feature on equipment and supplies).
Sat, Feb 28, 1953
The program has five segments: (1) "The Happy Journey" (Thornton Wilder story), (2) "The Blind Man" (documentary of a typical day in the life of a blind man), (3) "The Coronation Ceremony" (story of the English coronation ceremony and Elizabeth II's forthcoming coronation), (4) "The Five Gifts of Life" (ballet based on Mark Twain's story), and (5) "The Income Tax" (short feature on the history of income tax).
Sat, Mar 7, 1953
The program has six segments: (1) "A Lodging for the Night" (adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson story), (2) "Pimpinella" (German puppet film), (3) "Olga Coelho" (the famed Brazilian soprano and guitarist performs native folk music of Brazil), (4) "An Early Science Fiction Film" (showing of a 1909 English film, 'The Airship Destroyer', predicting a war of the future), (5) "Reforestation" (feature), and (6) "Traffic Engineering" (findings of case traffic studies at the Yale School of Traffic Engineering).
Sat, Mar 14, 1953
The program has five segments: (1) "The Last Night of Don Juan" (play), (2) "Animated Genesis" (showing of an excerpt from a 1952 abstract film about cell division and genetics), (3) "Country Editor" (feature on small-town American family-run weekly newspaper), (4) "Highway Construction" (short feature), and (5) "Piano and Pianist" (a Chopin nocturne played on the world's oldest surviving piano at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art).
Sat, Mar 21, 1953
The program has six segments: (1) "Three Maidens and the Devil" (ballet), (2) "Happy Birthday, Aunt Sarah" (musical parody), (3) "Audubon's Birds of America" (highlights of the life and illustrations of the famous painter of wild birds), (4) "Do It Yourself" (feature on the do-it-yourself craze), (5) "The Young Fox" (showing of a Swedish film documentary), and (6) "Fisherman's Holiday" (showing of an Italian film short).
Sat, Mar 28, 1953
The program has five segments: (1) "Lord Byron's Love Letter" (Tennessee Williams play), (2) "135th Street" (Gershwin musical with all-black cast), (3) "Photomicrography" (featuring the use of micro- and high-speed photography in industrial processes), (4) "Lincoln-Rutledge Debate" (discussion on the authenticity of the alleged love affair between Lincoln and Ann Rutledge), and (5) "Response to the Lincoln Series" (viewers' response to James Agee's Lincoln films).
Sat, Apr 4, 1953
The program has five segments: (1) "Grandma Moses" (showing of a 1950 film short documenting the life and work of the then 90-year-old primitive artist), (2) "Everyman" (morality play), (3) "The Drift to One Eye" (a reading of whimsical musings by Robert Benchley), (4) "Trip to the Moon" (showing of the classic 1902 film short by Georges Melies), and (5) "Maine Chance" (unknown content).
Sat, Apr 11, 1953
The program has four segments: (1) "Toy Symphony with Stokowski" (Haydn's 'Toy Symphony' and Britten's 'Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra' with commentary), (2) "World We Live in" (featuring articles from LIFE magazine on the 'Face of the Land'), (3) "The Stranger Left No Card" (repeat showing of a 1952 filmed short story), and (4) "Formation of Mountains" (animated feature).
Sat, Apr 18, 1953
This program has five segments: (1) "The Abracadabra Kid" (story), (2) "Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" (reading of Longfellow's famous poem), (3) "Trial by Jury" (Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera), (4) "Images Medievales" (showing of an excerpt from a 1949 film about life in the Middle Ages as shown by miniature illuminated manuscripts), and (5) "The New Bus" (informational film).
Sat, Apr 25, 1953
The program has five segments: (1) "A Tale of Two Cities" (reading of an excerpt, 'The Fancy Ball', from Charles Dickens' novel), (2) "Gaite Parisienne" (ballet to music by Offenbach), (3) "Figgerin' of Aunt Wilma" (James Thurber story), (4) "Bombardier Training" (tracing the development of aerial bombing), and (5) "Modern Art and Sculpture" (looking at key examples of modern sculptures).
Sat, Oct 3, 1953
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).
Sat, Oct 10, 1953
The program has five segments: (1) "The Battler" (adaptation of an Ernest Hemingway story), (2) "Lola Flores and Her Flamenco Dancers" (Spanish dance and music), (3) "Operation Hurricane" (showing of a 1953 film documentary on the development and explosion of the first British atomic bomb in the Pacific in 1952), (4) "Preview of King Lear" (featuring a rehearsal and discussion of the Shakespeare play to be shown in the following edition), and (5) "The Automatic Pinspotter" (a look at machines for clearing and resetting pins in a bowling alley).
Sat, Oct 24, 1953
The program has four segments: (1) "The Gold Dress" (adaptation of a Stephen Vincent Benet story), (2) "Frank Lloyd Wright" (the architect comments on his newly-designed tower building, (3) "Les Paul and Mary Ford" (the popular musicians demonstrate their multi-track playback technique), and (4) "Symphony of a City" (showing of a 1947 Swedish film about the rhythm of life in Stockholm).
Sat, Nov 7, 1953
The program has four segments: (1) "A Jury of Her Peers" (adaptation of a Susan Glaspell play), (2) "Billy the Kid" (presentation of Eugene Loring's ballet), (3) (documentary on the X-ray machine), and (4) "Romance of Transportation" (showing of a humorous 1952 Canadian animated film).
Sat, Nov 21, 1953
The program has five segments: (1) "Toine" (adaptation of a Guy De Maupassant story), (2) (concert by London's St Paul's Cathedral Choir), (3) (interview with an Arctic explorer about his life with the Eskimos), (4) (demonstration of X-ray motion picture techniques), and (5) "Place Names in the United States" (tracing the impact of 19th-century settlers' westward movement on various US town names).
Sat, Dec 5, 1953
The program has four segments: (1) "The Capital of the World" 1 (ballet adaptation of Hemingway's short story), (2) "The Capital of the World" 2 (dramatic interpretation of Hemingway's short story), (3) "Christmas Window at Lord and Taylors" (a look at the Christmas window display of the famous New York department store), and (4) "Laughing Gas" (a slapstick comedy sequence from the Italian film, 'Curiosity').
Sat, Dec 12, 1953
The program has five segments: (1) "The Nature of the Beast" (scene from unfinished Moss Hart play), (2) "Animals in Rocket Flight" (showing of US Air Force documentary film), (3) "Birth of a Band" (music from a progressive jazz band), (4) "The Psychology of Taste" (discussion on taste perception), and (5) "Cut-Rite" (a look at paper products).
Sat, Dec 19, 1953
The program has five segments: (1) "Mom and Leo" (drama), (2) "Irish Linen" (story), (3) "Mary's Baby" (reading of a Christmas poem), (4) "The 51st Dragon" (reading of a fantasy story), (5) "The Young Fighter" (documentary on new developments in camera and sound equipment), and (6) "The Dispatcher" (unknown content).
Sat, Dec 26, 1953
The program has three segments: (1) "The Sojourner" (dramatization of play), (2) "Chicken Little" (operetta), and (3) "Melies the Magician" (showing of a 1952 French documentary film short about Georges Melies, the early pioneer film producer, and his ingenious trick film techniques).