Season 3

1. The Treason of Arron Burr

1954-08-29

2. The Emergence of Jazz

1954-09-05

3. The Oklahoma Land Rush (April 22, 1889)

4. William Pitt's Last Speech to Parliament

1954-09-19

5. The Return of Ulysses

1954-09-26

6. Sutter Discovers Gold

1954-10-03

7. The Great Adventure of Marco Polo

1954-10-10

8. Edison's Miracle of Light

1954-10-17

9. The Burning of Rome

1954-10-24

10. The Nomination of Abrahan Lincoln

1954-10-31

11. The Surrender of Wake Island

1954-11-07

12. Lord Nelson at Trafalgar

1954-11-14

13. The Trial of Belle Starr

1954-11-21

14. The Plot Against Solomon

1954-11-28

15. The Battle of Gibraltar

1954-12-05

16. The Cabinet Crisis Over Peggy Eaton

1954-12-12

17. La Fitte and Jackson at New Orleans

1954-12-19

18. The Passage of the Bill of Rights

1954-12-26

19. The Torment of Beethoven

1955-01-02

20. The Death of Stonewall Jackson

1955-01-09

21. The First Flight of the Wright Brothers

1955-01-16

22. The Trial of Susan B. Anthony

1955-01-23

23. The Tragedy of John Milton

1955-01-30

24. The Signing of the Declaration of Independence

1955-02-06

25. The Tragic Hour of Dr. Semmelweis

1955-02-13

26. The Liberation of Paris

1955-02-20

27. Washington's Farewell to His Officers

1955-02-27

28. D-Day

1955-03-06

29. The Hatfield-McCoy Feud

1955-03-20

30. The Triumph of Alexander the Great

1955-03-27

31. Completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad

1955-04-03

32. P.T. Barnum Presents Jenny Lind

1955-04-10

33. The Emancipation Proclamation (January 1, 1863)

1955-04-17

Walter Cronkite and his news staff stand by as President Lincoln tries to decide whether or not he should sign the bill that will free all slaves in the southern territories. The fate of the Union cause may rest upon Lincoln's decision.

34. The Third Annual Nazi Party Congress at Nuremberg

1955-04-24

35. Lou Gehrig's Greatest Day

1955-05-01

36. The Final Performance of Sarah Bernhardt

1955-05-08

37. Dewey's Victory at Manila

1955-05-15

38. The Sinking of the Titanic

1955-05-22

39. The Assassination of Julius Caesar (March 15, 44 B.C.)

1955-05-29

The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but they have both sorely underestimated Mark Antony.

40. The First Major Use of Penicillin

1955-06-05

41. The Birth of Modern Boxing

1955-06-12

42. Napoleon's Return From Elba

1955-06-19

43. Boston Tea Party (Restaged) (December 16, 1773)

December 16, 1773. There's tea, tea everywhere, but not a drop to drink as angry Bostonians dump the loads of tea into the harbor to protest the British taxes. Walter Cronkite and his news staff interview participants and bystanders at historic sites around Boston.