Once upon a time in Colonial America, publishers could be jailed for libel -- even if the libel was the truth. This is the story of Andrew Hamilton and the Zenger case, which would lead to the modernization of freedom of the press.
Aired: Apr 8, 1956A Greek immigrant to the US goes to work at a junkyard owned by his friend. A...
Aired: Apr 15, 1956A defiant farmer breaks the law of his New England town and grows a beard. Ev...
Aired: Apr 22, 1956A cobbler posing as a captain absconds with the treasury of a Berlin suburb i...
Aired: Apr 29, 1956A dramatization of the capture of German submarine U-505, the only German sub...
Aired: May 6, 1956A dramatization of the story of Caspar Hauser, a tortured 17-year-old found l...
Aired: May 13, 1956After the death of his spouse, Thomas Lincoln brings home a new wife. Young A...
Aired: May 20, 1956While in Shanghai a husband races against time to develop insulin for his wife.
Aired: May 27, 1956An old man who fancies himself Emperor of the United and Protector of Mexico ...
9. The Man Who Believed in Fairy Tales
Aired: Jun 3, 1956Story of Heinrich Schliemann's quest for truth and riches in the myths he rea...
10. Harry in Search of Himself
Aired: Jun 10, 1956A drama about Harry Bergh, the founder of the American Society for the Preven...
Aired: Jun 17, 1956When a mailman in Cuba learns that Cuba has no entries in the 1904 Olympic Ga...
Aired: Jun 24, 1956The story of an American engineer's rescue work after the earthquake of Augus...
Aired: Jul 1, 1956During the Revolutionary War, a German baker becomes a secret agent of the Co...
Aired: Jul 8, 1956Joseph Priestley, a minister and scientist is up against much when his follow...
Aired: Jul 15, 1956Samuel Howe has the daunting task of teaching a young girl blind and deaf fro...
Aired: Jul 22, 1956Once upon a time in Colonial America, publishers could be jailed for libel --...
Aired: Jul 29, 1956In Paris at the time of the French Revolution, Dr. Pinel is assigned to overs...
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