You Are There – Fall Of Troy 1185BC. 480425.
CBS Reporters go back to 1184BC to deliver the facts about the Fall of Troy. Inside the walls of Troy we learn a little background of the ten year siege,…
The Origin of Superstition – Don’t Turn Back. ep26, 1935
On the way to meet his date. the boy is teased by his sister, and parents. reTurning home back to get the ring he forgot, he is warned that it's…
You Are There – The Rise Of Alexander The Great – Battle For Asia, 331BC. 490313.
The Greeks are set to battle with the much larger Persian army. CDS takes you back over a thousand years to be there as Alexander the Great seeks mastery of…
Red Skelton (Avalon time) Egypt. ep7, 390218
Or, Edna Stillwell Joins the Cast. Red opens with jokes about flying, airplanes, and even Hollywood marriages. He tells about the laughs his movies get. Phil Davis plays some mellow…
Jack Benny – NBC Tribute To Jack Benny’s Tenth Anniversary. ep411, 410511
After the hour long special, Jack Benny and his cast respond to the honors of the gala event. Don Wilson introduces Jack Benny. The two joke about his taste in…
Adventures in Research – The Story of Metal X. ep190, 460910
Rolling back the clock to just after the end of the first world war, we join a team of scientists. They're working on a curious new metal, uranium. It's a…
Stan Freeberg – Abominable Snowman Revisited. ep9, 570908
Stan talks about his friend the abominable snowman for another visit in the Himalayas. Learn the real name of the snowman and meet his wife. Stan exposes how he gets…
Adventures in Research – The First American Patent. ep187, 460820
Rolling the clock back to 1646, in the early colonial days of America, we learn the circumstances of the first patent issued in America. An ironworker had already been inventing…
Stan Freeberg – CBS Censor. ep6, 570818
Stan is bothered by a network censor while trying to sing Old Man River. The censor keeps interupting to correct his grammar. After a brief historical sketch. Peggy Tailor sings,…
Adventures in Research – King of Clocks. 460730
Enjoy the story of Big Ben, and how the famous clock came to be, and got its name. Though it seems to have been there for centuries, it was finished…