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- 1950–19631h9.0 (7)TV EpisodeAt the Jerusalem Cultural Center in Israel, before a three-judge court, Adolf Eichmann goes on trial for his life. He is accused of "crimes against humanity", "crimes against the Jewish people" and "war crimes" - including robbery, enslavement, sterilization and the murder of millions by bullets, poison gas, torture, starvation and disease.
- Fred Allen narrates three comedy stories.
- Czech-born actor George Voskovec plays himself in this account of his detention on Ellis Island under suspicion of being a Communist.
- An old warehouse worker dreams of saving enough money to return to his native Ireland, but it would seem unlikely. A young man who also works there is in a bad fix, he too has little money but his baby is sick and needs medicine he can't afford. He gambles with the dock workers and loses what little he had. Meanwhile, the old man discovers he has a valuable dollar with the winning serial number in a newspaper contest.
- Paul Newman plays a boxer who begins to question his career path.
- 1950–19631h6.0 (9)TV EpisodeThe story of the loss of a B-24D Liberator heavy bomber on an April 1943 mission to Naples with the wreck of the plane found in 1958 in the Libyan Desert hundreds of miles south of their base.
- A documentary drama that recalls the devotion of a Belgian priest, Nobel Prizewinning Dominique Georges Henri Pire, to his self-imposed task: providing homes for European D.P.'s.
- A docudrama set in the Spence-Chapin Adoption Service in New York City. Three couples, the Muirs, the Nelsons and the Arnquists, are seeking a baby for adoption.
- A young bride has difficulty adjusting to marriage.
- A little girl's world of imagination and dreams is suddenly shattered.
- A top Hollywood star realizes his greatest triumph is off-screen.
- A young man rescues a young girl and her recovery attracts the attention from the town, something he doesn't want.
- Two men are asked by a news reporter about their opinions on marriage. Trouble arises when their quotes become mixed up.
- Based upon the former City of Crestview Police Chief Les Wilson murder case from 1940 in Crestview, Florida, that was solved by his son, Ray Wilson, Okaloosa County Sheriff in 1958.
- A young woman finds unexpected romance after a bit of day-dreaming and a glimpse at a bright Spring day.
- A society matron is damaged when her supposedly spotless private life is revealed.
- The widow of a World War II flier realizes that she's "grown up now" and has a life of her own to live.
- A poor but proud man whose family suffers because of the chip on his shoulder finds that Christmas can be wonderful.
- The story of two women in love with the same man and a second man who solves their problems.
- An innocent man faces dire consequences despite his airtight legal case.
- Sent to Europe on assignment, a magazine editor gets a last-minute order from his wife to bring home a baby.
- Based on the work of the Fire Marshal's Office of Nassau County, Long Island, New York, this drama presents the history of an arson for profit case, with all the details of the fire and the investigations.
- Documentary-drama about teenage junkies.
- A comedy about a father moving in with newlyweds and complicating their lives.
- Two elderly women, one with only a short while to live, enter a contest and and win a trip to Florida. The stress of planning the trip puts their friendship at risk.
- A schoolteacher believes her former boyfriend and his new wife are working as Communist agents.
- The story of a dying father in Germany who tries desperately to have his one wish come true and have his son grow up in America.
- Laura Barkley desperately wants a baby, but the adoption agency has turned her down. Unwed Joanna Sommers doesn't want the baby she's due to have. They both find the answer to their problems: the black market in babies.
- The mothers of a boy and girl oppose Gypsy law that pledged the infants to marriage in later years.
- A football player past his prime tries to reclaim his youth.
- A minister's superiors are concerned that he is too materialistic so they reassign him to a more impoverished parish .
- A forest ranger and his former fiancee face almost certain death when trapped by a raging fire.
- After being released from a hospital after a nervous breakdown, a former patient tries to make his way in the world.
- A dramatization of a group of children and adults living together in an underground shelter in preparation of a nuclear attack. Experts discuss America's civil-defense programs.
- Tired of dealing with is immature wife and her family, a man reaches his breaking point.
- Clay Cochran's reputation as a gunslinger has preceded him to his new post as the Wells Fargo man in Meade City, Kansas. But when he arrives, it is observed that he isn't carrying any guns.
- A couple lives a scientific marriage "By the Book".
- A hard-working woman butts heads with an arrogant young man who has never worked a day in his life.
- A former Army physician, haunted by an unsuccessful operation he performed during the War, struggles with his fear when a woman asks him for help with her gravely ill father.
- A concert violinist must choose between romance and a career.
- A hard-working teacher tries to straighten out a problem pupil.
- A newspaperman must decide whether to accept an offer with a big city paper or remain at the local paper.
- A fire in a theater gives a down-and-out entertainer a big break and a chance to regain his prominent place in show biz.
- A spinster daydreams of romance.
- 1950–19631hTV EpisodeThe Story of College Admissions.
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- The story about a mother whose son was one of the 23 American "turncoats" who went over to Chinese Communists in 1953.
- A freelance writer turns stool pigeon and the D.A. moves in on the "Carlton Literary Service," a ghostwriting organization on a Midwest campus.
- A fisherman believes one of his friends is trying to seduce his wife.
- Drama of a woman on the verge of divorce and how Divorcees Anonymous, a Chicago organization, deals with such cases.
- An elderly Italian-American fisherman decides to learn to read and write.
- A wife takes second place to her husband's photography hobby.
- The taciturn captain of a Finnish tanker has brought his lovely young wife along on a voyage to an undisclosed port. Suspicions about the destination of its cargo have made the crew rebellious.
- A High school drama teacher attempts to coach a group of temperamental students with mostly comic results
- A true-life drama of a young lawyer's untiring efforts to free a man he believes was unjustly convicted.
- A dramatization of the June 1962 escape from Alcatraz by three convicts: Frank Morris, Charles Angling and John Anglin. Amidst the trappings of a maximum security prison, they come up with ingenious means to slowly penetrate the ventilization shafts of their cells, cover their nights' work, build masks to leave in their bunks, and work their way to the outside. The center of the drama is the planning, mainly by Frank Morris, and the tensions as the day of the escape approaches. It works--they get to the shoreline, and that's where the story ends. Did they get off the island? They were never seen again, and remain unaccounted for to this day. This is the first of several dramatizations of the escape from Alcatraz, appearing only six months after the actual event.
- An aging opera star makes her first TV appearance.
- A mining disaster leads two brothers to react differently towards the responsibility of the explosion.
- A small-time carnival huckster tries to make a comeback as the fastest shell artist, but age and luck have turned against him.
- A young woman dreams of finding her Prince Charming and doesn't realize that her dear friend is that man.
- A woman has believed that it was her husband's memories of his first wife that were destroying their marriage. Now she discovers that there is another reason for the tension she feels.
- In this docudrama, two undercover agents for the Federal Bureau of Narcotics break a drug-smuggling ring.
- A docudrama about five Romanian patriots who seized the Communist Romanian Legation in Berne, Switzerland in February 1955 in protest against the plight of their people in Romania. They release a secret Communist code to the press resulting in one of the heaviest blows to the Russian spy network.
- A jet pilot has to cope with his fear of dying after witnessing another pilot's death.
- A man who has lost interest in life finds new hope when he makes a strange purchase.
- A docudrama about Miguel Rico, one of the first victims of a polio outbreak in Chicago. His father, Tomas, believes his son contracted polio when he received only one shot of the Salk vaccine.
- A docudrama about the escape of seven people from Communist Hungary, made on a commercial airplane, which the group commandeers in flight.
- A lighthouse keeper's wife is intent on leaving her husband because of the loneliness on the island.
- A young couple whose son was killed in an auto accident encounter heart-breaking resistance when they attempt to adopt an orphan they love.
- A babysitter who witnesses the bad behavior of her charge's father becomes disenchanted with married life.
- The story of an unloved and misunderstood child, Danny, and the homes in which he lives and tries to find himself.
- A primer in stock market investing, this is a frank and fact-filled tour of the "bucket shops" and "boiler rooms" where too many market amateurs are separated from their cash.
- The Buckleys find out their son Paul is a member of a teenage gang planning to rob a neighborhood store. They want to call the police, but Paul begs them not to, afraid the gang will hurt him if they think he's an informer.
- Two families, the Stones and the Martins, have been good neighbors for 15 years, until an argument over boundary lines causes a rift. A surveyor solves the problem and reunited the families.
- A woman is trapped in her apartment during a hurricane. Without power or phone, she must find help for her very sick child.
- The story of Anton Steigerwald, a Yugoslavian war orphan who is now in America, waiting for bill H.R. 3438 to pass. It would allow him to stay.
- A cab driver wants to prove that he's not a coward to a girl he's smitten with who's currently dating a detective.
- A taxi driver is thoroughly infatuated with his new wife and has her accompany him on all his trips, to the indignation of his fellow drivers.
- Torrential rains and flood waters lead a woman and her father to seek aid from a taxi driver.
- A jazz artist returns to the scene to make a name for himself.
- A composite history of the dedicated gambler, with a guest psychiatrist to explain what it all means.
- The death of her young daughter in India so turns a mother against the country that her future happiness and that of her family is threatened.
- The true story of uranium-prospector Charles Steen and his single-minded battle against intense poverty and desert hardships to find, at last, a 60-million-dollar uranium lode.
- The United States Immigration and Naturalization Service gets word that a smuggling ring is planning to bring four Italians to New York from Genoa and goes to work to prevent it
- A woman teaches her young son that his father who deserted them actually has some redeeming qualities.
- When asked to lunch by a Russian United Nations delegate, Dick Fink notifies the U.S. attorney's office to advise them of the situation.
- The star player and captain of the college football team is failing in math, creating a dilemma for one of his Professors.
- A comedy of mishaps as an unlucky fellow finds his luck changing.
- College student Bob Douglass is surprised when he returns home to finds his parents fighting. Suspicions aroused, he follows his mother to another man's apartment.
- A widowed father is doing his best to raise his nine-year-old daughter Judy. He tries to convince the young girl not to spend her allowance money on a hat that is "too adult".
- A teenager fixes up a gawky friend with her drab cousin and is surprised when they hit it off.
- A young girl tries to break free from the smoke-covered mill town where she was born.
- A luckless young suitor finds himself caught in a nightmare of lies perpetrated to impress his prospective father-in-law.
- One of the members of a ski team from behind the Iron Curtain injures himself while preparing for an international meet in Vermont. Though he must stay in bed, he has been warned not to talk with the family with whom the team is lodged.
- A scatterbrained mother disrupts her daughters wedding plans.
- 1950–19631hTV EpisodeA retelling of an infamous murder and trial of Lizzie Borden who was accused of killing her father plus her stepmother with an axe.
- A young jewelry store employee is accused of stealing from his firm.
- 1950–19631hTV EpisodeA docudrama about how the United States Weather Bureau operates in all its phases during Hurricane Diane, from the storm's inception through a 24-hour vigil until danger is past.
- A shy woman sets her mind on finding Mr. Right, but when she does she has to tackle the problem of a proposal.
- A difficult wife helps an unhappy factory worker learn how to deal with his co-workers.
- A docudrama about a mentally ill man in a state hospital. At first his treatment does not go well, but with the support of his family and with new drugs, he's able to communicate his problems and fears and return to his place in society.
- A lonely girl seeks refuge in a theater where Marionettes perform.
- A story of the traffic of phony pills, the people who manufacture and sell them, and the unwary public that invests millions in fake panaceas.
- A newsman's family displays courage in adversity.
- A visit to the City and Country school of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan explores the special provisions that are made for the education and development of the country's gifted children.
- The dramatization of the events surrounding the Springhill, Nova Scotia, mine disaster. The explosion occurred October 23, 1958 and the rescue operation to save lives lasted two weeks.
- Many times motorists decide to flee the scene of an accident rather than face the consequences. Neil Draper is that person, a driver who hit and ran.
- The story of a man who must believe either his son or his boss when a football is stolen.
- A music store employee who is afraid to ask his boss for a vacation is spurred into action by a woman.
- A champion Scottie, his young mistress, and a law student get caught in international intrigue by a Pekingese.
- A dramatization based on a typical night in New York's famous Night Court, the City Magistrate's Court, where cases of minor crimes and disturbances are handled, providing insights into the proceedings between the judge and the defendants.
- A literary critic falls in love with a poet.
- A history of 20th-century Russia drawn from newsreel and feature-film footage. Historical figures seen include the czar and czarina, Tolstoi, Lenin and his wife, Kenesky, Trotsky, Stalin, Vishinsky and Molotov.
- A shy librarian befriends a hobo who comes to the library one wintry day. Though they are of vastly different backgrounds, they share the common bond of loneliness.
- An accompanist is torn between two loves, one a policeman and the other a tenor.
- A woman finds romance with a bump on the head.
- 1950–19631hTV EpisodeA docudrama about seven men who are marooned by a plane crash in Antarctica. Part of the largest Antarctic expedition in history, Operation Deep Freeze, the men must face the ice and cold to come out of the uncharted area alive.
- A semi-documentary, Operation Moonshine takes a hooch-raking look at still waters.
- Alex Coney accuses Tom Finley of setting fire to a tenement building, and the old man is thrown into jail. Finley insists that he's innocent, though he takes no steps to defend himself against the terrible charge.
- A pair of busybodies play Cupid.
- Risking their happiness jeopardizes a couple.
- Parolee Danny Leeds struggles to adjust to life outside of prison, and to his parole officer, George Kovaks, the man who sent him to prison.
- A former DP, now living in the United States, spends an anxious night in the hospital, where his very sick wife is about to give birth.
- A comedy of romance and mistaken identity results when a wrong number is innocently dialed.
- Two women in a man's life meet for the first time after his death.
- A dramatization of the work of the Legal Aid Society when it defends a man who is falsely accused.
- A shy file clerk shops for a dress for her big date when another shopper grabs her dress. A stock boy intercedes on her behalf.
- A businessman down on his luck lands a job in sales.
- After World War II, ex-German army officer Hermann Gmeiner decides to provide real homes for European war orphans.
- Five years before in Naples, Italy a WAC and a young airman made a date to meet at "The Top of the Mark" in San Francisco. However, two different people keep the date and a lot of romantic confusion results.
- A mother is on a crusade to get new tires for the school bus.
- The story of an absent-minded husband.
- A devoted fiancee ensures his girl that she will not live her mother's tragic life and death.
- An actor fails in Hollywood, then later returns to the film capital as a successful author to even the score with the man who caused his downfall.
- After waiting five years for her fiance to return, an Irish girl is faced with an unexpected decision three days before marrying another man.
- A couple of thieves posing as Santa and his helper attend a party at an affluent home and make off with bags full of valuables.
- A woman must choose between two suitors.
- A teenager meets his idol and then falls in love with his idol's wife.
- The story of ill-fated lovers who drift apart but find that memory has a way of haunting one's life.
- 1950–19631hTV EpisodeA docudrama about the work of missing-persons bureaus.
- This drama about the tragedy of the Andrea Doria is a combination of narration by John Cameron Swayze, film clips, and a re-enactment of the stories of Thure Peterson and his wife, who dies despite heroic attempts to free her from beneath a steel beam, and of Lilly Doona, who jumps overboard to rescue her daughter.
- A businessman leaves home after losing his job, vowing to return only when he can adequately provide for his family.
- An embittered prisoner of war in Korea decides to turn traitor as a means of revenge against his heartless father.
- A dramatization of the actual operations of a customs enforcement squad on a ship as it tracks down a man trying to smuggle drugs into the U.S.
- When secret government plans and operations are stolen, the O.S.I. swings into action.
- Dr. Jan Larvik is asked to work on a top-secret defense project. He seems to have a clean record, but after his security check both he and the Army get letters accusing him of being a Communist.
- True events leading to the development of the viking rocket and the conquest of space.
- An insecure woman places importance on material things
- A Red Cross officer gets himself in a jam when he tries to cut Army red tape.
- A man makes proficiency at skiing a prerequisite for marriage.
- 1950–19631hTV EpisodeDrama, based on recent history, concerning the conflict between Argentina's most popular newspaper and long time dictator Juan Peron.
- An early-morning collision on deserted highway, occupants of one car claiming they were inured: so begins this docudrama's examination of the automobile insurance claims racket.
- A widow and a man 10 years her junior become involved in a shipboard romance as the man travels to meet his fiance.
- Small-time independent jukebox operators in a city are threatened by a national crime organization that wants them to become part of an association through which the syndicate can control and profit from every jukebox in the town.
- A docudrama exploring the counterfeiting in the record industry.
- When 14 man are feared lost on a fishing boat, two women appear at the dock to keep a vigil for the same man.
- A strict father is surprised when his grown children mount a rebellion against him.
- Complications arise when it becomes clear that the son of a foreman with 20 years of experience in road building is better qualified for the foreman's job than his father is.
- The husbands are feeling neglected when coming home from work as their families are transfixed by the television. They join together in banning them but aren't prepared for the consequences of so much attention.
- A man who would rather dream up a get-rich-quick scheme than do an honest day's work hits upon the idea of having his wife's pet hen increase her egg production in an amazing fashion.
- The true story of Lt. Melvin Shadduck, an American pilot, who was captured by the Korean Communists during the Korean War. Thrown into a tent with four other Americans, he finds all of them wounded and without medical care, adequate food or hope of escape. He does everything he can to help them.
- Four veteran sea captains spend their days pleasantly reminiscing -- until a rich widow sails onto the scene.
- An expose of the purveyors of under-aged Chippendale.
- A marriage counselor tries to heal a family torn by dissension.
- A young man comes home from college wearing a beard -- a symbol of his new-found independence from his mother.
- A housewife upsets her husband when she enters the Mrs. Universe beauty pageant.
- A comedy about a husband and father who comes home with the biggest news of his career, but can't get a word in edgewise.
- A married couple faces problems when fishing season opens.
- The Boy on Page One deals with forgotten four-to ten-year-old orphans, and how agencies in Hamilton, Ontario, have found homes for them.
- A docudrama about the defection to the Australian authorities by Col. Vladimir Petrov, chief of the Russian Secret Police, in April 1954.
- A drama about a schoolteacher who is retiring.
- Story of a girl with no manners, who knows a man of many manners, and a youth of no manners whom she tries to change.
- A couple of cadets at military school disobey orders from their superior and try to avoid disciplinary actions.
- Arthur Henry Moline decides that U.S. Treasury checks are as good as gold, so he starts making his own - over the border in Mexico.
- A drama about Interpol, the communications center for the police forces of several countries. When an American in Turkey buys a quantity of opium, Interpol agents focus their attention on the international traffic in narcotics.
- The appearance of a childhood sweetheart throws a marriage ceremony into a tailspin.
- An ex-GI must decide between telling a lie to save a friend from jail and telling a truth to free himself from an evil situation.
- 1950–19631hTV EpisodeDr. Seagrave as has practiced in the Orient for nearly four decades. Tonight, he discusses his experiences, his goals, and what he has achieved. Films are shown of the Seagrave Hospital in Burma.
- A comic tale of how an innocent mistake prompts a middle-aged husband to attempt to lose weight.
- When their parents feel they are too young to marry, teenage sweethearts run away to elope.
- A scheming mother's plans to marry her daughter off to wealth go awry.
- A confused and depressed teenager rebels by announcing that he's a Communist.
- A young woman in her first formal is pursued by a shady man
- A family learns of the mistake it has made in obtaining a baby through an illegal adoption ring.
- A dramatization exposing crystal-ball racketeers.
- A minister's daughter discovers the depth of her father's love after she falls for a musician.
- The true story of how three strangers become part of a force fighting a common enemy. The drama traces the heroic and tragic paths each follows until they meet to stand against the overwhelming power of the invading Soviet forces.
- Orphanage director Sister Madeleine is forced to harbor a fugitive.