Season 8

E1. The Miss America Story

Sep 4, 1955 · 60m

The Philco Corporation and ABC network televised the first live Miss America broadcast on Saturday September 11, 1954. Twenty seven million viewers from coast to coast shared the thrills of the Boardwalk Hall audience as they watched from their own homes as California's Lee Meriwether captured the title for 1955. Bob Russell was the emcee. For the first time, the pageant also featured it's first "Illuminated Night Parade" down the Boardwalk.

E2. The Outsiders

Sep 18, 1955 · 60m

The work of US engineers in a South American country is disrupted by angry local people.

E3. A Man is Ten Feet Tall

Oct 2, 1955 · 60m

Axel, secretly AWOL from the army, joins a black waterfront worker in his fight against bigotry.

E4. A Business Proposition

Oct 23, 1955 · 60m

E5. The Mechanical Heart

Nov 6, 1955 · 60m

A businessman commits an unpardonable breach of ethics in order to keep his business alive.

E6. One Mummy Too Many

Nov 20, 1955 · 60m

Three crates, one contains a mummy, one a dead body and one an air-conditioning unit that gets shunted around with utter confusion.

E7. The Trees

Dec 4, 1955 · 60m

A little girl returns from a fresh air camp to her slum district home and brings a sapling with her. The tree is planted in the parking. Ridicule of the family's efforts to keep it alive comes from all sources. Angered, the father sets out to get more trees planted, trouble brews.

E8. Christmas 'Til Closing

Dec 18, 1955 · 60m

A poor family tries to make the best out of Christmas with little income.

E9. Rise Up and Walk

Jan 1, 1956 · 60m

A polio victim's battle to conquer polio is a potent weapon for recovery.

E10. This Land is Mine

Jan 15, 1956 · 60m

E11. The Starlet

Jan 29, 1956 · 60m

E12. Kyria Katina

Feb 12, 1956 · 60m

The life of a widow is likely to change the day a gentleman suitor proposes to her. For the better?