Cavalcade of America – Retro Radio Podcast

A digital artwork that features a stylized Christmas tree made of various shades of blue and white circles, triangles, and lines. The tree is set against a navy blue background, and its branches and ornaments are intricately designed with snowflakes, stars, and abstract shapes. The text "Celebrate the Season with Peace" is written in white cursive letters at the bottom, and a small white dove is perched on one of the branches.

Cavalcade of America (NBC) Barbed-Wire Christmas. 521216

By Keith November 18, 2024Cavalcade of America, Drama

Featuring Edmund O'Brian. Based on the account in a German prisoner of war camp, a Sergeant recounts a most memorable Christmas. In the bleak circumstances the American soldiers faced, plans…

Cavalcade Of America (NBC) America For Christmas. 441225

By Keith November 16, 2024Cavalcade of America, Drama

A USO troupe puts on a show for themselves, America for Christmas. Reviewing Christmas through the decades since America was founded, they discover America all over again.

Three kings kneeling, with stars in the background.

Cavalcade of America (NBC) The Green Pastures. 411222

By Keith December 16, 2022Cavalcade of America, Drama

A classic tale, based on a novel and a Broadway play, repeated from the previous year. Sunday morning in a sleepy Louisiana town, in a small negro church a young…

A festive image of a vintage Santa Claus holding a large sack of toys over his shoulder, with a snowy background and the words "Spread the Christmas Spirit" written in bold white letters above.

Cavalcade of America (NBC) O Henry. 410721

By Keith December 10, 2022Cavalcade of America, Drama

Shortly after the turn of the century, Casey has the most important job in the newsroom, to go get the latest story from O Henry. If he doesn't have one...…

Cavalcade of America (NBC) – The Story Of Christmas Seals. 361209

By Keith November 6, 2022Cavalcade of America, Drama

A devoted Red Cross worker, and the rise of a charitable organization begins in 1909. A distraught Mrs Lang has nowhere to turn, and no way to care for sick…

American flags, with a diversity of citizens standing in front. Men in jeans and t-shirts.

American History Through the Eyes of Radio ep24 1750 Cavalcade Of America – House Of Glass

By Keith January 6, 2022American History Through the Eyes of Radio, Cavalcade of America, Documentary and Interview, Drama

The Cavalcade orchestra presents, Only Rose. Henry William Segal, a scientist from the Revolutionary War days, born in Germany in 1729, he came to settle in Pennsylvania at age 29.…

American History Through the Eyes of Radio ep8 1738 Cavalcade of America – Artistic Impulse. ep31, 360506

By Keith December 9, 2021American History Through the Eyes of Radio, Cavalcade of America, Documentary and Interview, Drama

To celebrate Art week, and Mother's Day, the orchestra opens with a medley, Songs my mother taught me. In 1738 Benjamin Webb, the first American artist was born. The Quaker…

American History Through the Eyes of Radio ep7 1735 Cavalcade Of America – Father Junipero Serra

By Keith December 7, 2021American History Through the Eyes of Radio, Cavalcade of America, Documentary and Interview, Drama1 Comment

The story of the colonization of Califormia. The orchestra plays, In a Momentary Garden. A young priest sets out for the West coast, and New Spain. Might it be his…

American History Through the Eyes of Radio ep6 1733 Cavalcade of America – Safety First. ep29, 360422

By Keith December 5, 2021American History Through the Eyes of Radio, Cavalcade of America, Documentary and Interview, Drama

Audio is a little scratchy, but good. An arrangement of original instrumental themes begin the show. Ben Franklin wrote an article on fire safety in 1735,. Our feture begins in…

American History Through the Eyes of Radio ep5 1732 Cavalcade of America – Benjamin Franklin. ep135, 380518

By Keith December 4, 2021Adventures by Morse, American History Through the Eyes of Radio, Cavalcade of America, Documentary and Interview, Drama

The orchestra sets the mood with a song, I Live the Life I Love. Starting from the boyhood days of Benjamin Franklin, we drop in on some of the pranks…