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Omnibus
1952 - 1961 6.0 (2 votes) 8 Seasons
Genres
Talk
Networks
CBS
ABC
NBC
Created By
Robert Saudek

Omnibus

Overview

Omnibus is an American, commercially sponsored, educational television series.

Key Crew

Producer: Robert Saudek

Top Cast

Alistair Cooke

Self - Host

Seasons

Season 1 (1952)

No overview available.

28 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: The Trial of Anne Boleyn
1952-11-09

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Episode 2: Mr. Lincoln: Part 1
1952-11-16

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Episode 3: The Twelve Pound Look
1952-11-23

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Episode 4: Mr. Lincoln: Part 2
1952-11-30

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Episode 5: The Trial of Ben Jonson
1952-12-07

The program has five segments: (1) "The Trial of Ben Jonson" (play), (2) "Jean Sibelius" (celebration of the composer's 87th birthday), (3) "The Dagger" (showing of a 1952 film ballet short), (4) "Rowland Emett" (the cartoonist displays some of his ingenious whimsical inventions), and (5) "Slow motion and High-Speed Photography" (feature).

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Episode 6: Mr. Lincoln: Part 3
1952-12-14

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Episode 7: The Trial of Mr. Pickwick
1952-12-21

The program has three segments: (1) "The Trial of Mr. Pickwick" (Dickens-based story), (2) "Agnes DeMille's 'Rodeo' " (dance episode from the ballet), and (3) "Palle Alone in the World" (showing of a 1949 Swedish fantasy film).

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Episode 8: My Brother Henry
1952-12-28

The program has five segments: (1) "My Brother Henry" (J.M. Barrie story), (2) "Walt Disney's 'Peter Pan' " (film preview), (3) "Pictures at an Exhibition" (dance interpretation of Moussorgsky's suite for orchestra), (4) (Leopold Stokowski conducts Christmas carol singers), and (5) "William Faulkner" (interview with the prize-winning novelist).

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Episode 9: Man in the Cool
1953-01-04

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Episode 10: Mr. Lincoln: Part 4
1953-01-11

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Episode 11: Vive!
1953-01-18

The program has five segments: (1) "Vive!" (story), (2) "The Servant with Two Masters" (play), (3) "Raymond Loewy" (the industrial designer discusses examples of his work), (4) "Barn Dance" (ingenious use of time-lapse photography and film editing to produce dance effects), and (5) "The Haircut" (comedy feature).

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Episode 12: While the Tide was Rising
1953-01-25

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Episode 13: Die Fledermaus
1953-02-01

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Episode 14: Mr. Lincoln: Part 5
1953-02-08

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Episode 15: The Oyster and the Pearl
1953-02-15

The program has six segments: (1) "The Oyster and the Pearl" (TV play), (2) "Wheat Germ" (time-lapse photography feature), (3) "Rospigliosi Cup" (exhibition of the famous decorative ornament made in gold and enamel, displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art), (4) "Under the Bridges of Paris" (showing of a 1952 French ballet presentation), (5) "La Boheme Preview" (interview with cast members in rehearsal for the next edition's scheduled production), and (6) "Radar" (feature on equipment and supplies).

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Episode 16: La Boheme
1953-02-22

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Episode 17: The Happy Journey
1953-03-01

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Episode 18: A Lodging for the Night
1953-03-08

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Episode 19: The Last Night of Don Juan
1953-03-15

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Episode 20: Three Maidens and the Devil
1953-03-22

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Episode 21: Lord Byron's Love Letter
1953-03-29

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Episode 22: Grandma Moses
1953-04-05

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Episode 23: Toy Symphone with Stokowski
1953-04-12

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Episode 24: Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
1953-04-19

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Episode 25: A Tale of Two Cities
1953-04-26

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Episode 26: Arms and the Man
1953-05-03

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Episode 27: The Figgerin' of Aunt Wilma
1953-05-10

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Episode 28: This Little Kitty Stayed Cool
1953-05-17

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Season 2 (1953)

No overview available.

24 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Glory in the Flower
1953-10-04

The program has five segments: (1) "Glory in the Flower" (story based on William Inge play), (2) "The Little Kitty Stayed Cool" (James Thurber short story), (3) "The Little Fugitive" (interview with the 8-year-old star of the prizewinning film), (4) "Excerpts from Oklahoma" (selections from Rodgers and Hammerstein's record-breaking musical), and (5) "Struggle for Survival" (showing of 1944 Swedish wildlife film).

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Episode 2: The Battler
1953-10-11

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Episode 3: King Lear
1953-10-18

King Lear is a 1953 live television adaptation of the Shakespeare play with stage direction by Peter Brook and starring Orson Welles. It was aired on CBS as part of the U.S. television series Omnibus, and preserved on kinescope. A heavily abridged version of the play, this production condensed the play by eliminating the Edgar-Edmund subplot. Welles returned to America to star in this presentation. He was guarded by IRS agents, prohibited to leave his hotel room when not at the studio, prevented from making any purchases, and the entire sum he earned went to his tax bill. Welles returned to England after the broadcast. The cast included Micheál Mac Liammóir and the British actor Alan Badel. It was hosted by Alistair Cooke.

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Episode 4: The Golden Dress
1953-10-25

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Episode 6: Billy the Kid
1953-11-08

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Episode 7: The Raspberry Queen
1953-11-15

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Episode 8: Toine
1953-11-22

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Episode 9: The Horn Blows at Midnight
1953-11-29

Television adaptation of Jack Benny's 1945 feature film of the same name. Jack plays an angel name Athanael, who's been sent to destroy the Earth by playing his trumpet.

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Episode 10: Capital of the World
1953-12-06

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Episode 11: The Nature of the Beast
1953-12-13

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Episode 12: Mom and Leo
1953-12-20

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Episode 13: The Sojourner
1953-12-27

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Episode 14: Nobody's Fool
1954-01-03

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Episode 15: The Remarkable Case of Mr. Buhl
1954-01-10

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Episode 16: The Duchess and the Smugs
1954-01-17

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Episode 17: Nothing So Monstrous
1954-01-24

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Episode 18: Sleeping Beauty in the Woods
1954-01-31

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Episode 19: The Confidential Clerk
1954-02-14

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Episode 20: A Time Out of War
1954-02-21

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Episode 21: Hilde and the Turnpike
1954-02-28

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Episode 22: The House
1954-03-07

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Episode 23: Three Sketches
1954-03-14

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Episode 24: Tell Me If It Hurts
1954-03-21

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Episode 25: The Apollo of Bellac
1954-03-28

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Season 3 (1954)

No overview available.

26 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Treadmill to Oblivion
1954-10-17

The program has four segments: (1) "Treadmill to Oblivion" (play telling the story of Fred Allen's radio career), (2) "Percussion" (a demonstration of musical percussion instruments), (3) "Around the World" (an airplane trip around the world in 18 minutes), and (4) "Dance to Freedom" (two escaped Hungarian dancers from East Berlin perform a ballet number).

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Episode 2: The Man Who Married a Dumb Wife
1954-10-24

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Episode 3: Young Man in Politics
1954-10-31

The program has three segments: (1) "Young Man in Politics" (sub-titled "A Clean, Fresh Breeze") ( a coming-of-age play), (2) "Toby and the Tall Corn" (play), and (3) (featuring art objects from the Whitney Museum of American Art).

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Episode 4: Brewsie and Willie
1954-11-07

The program has four segments: (1) "My Several Worlds" (discussion of Pearl S. Buck's autobiography), (2) "Brewsie and Willie" (dramatization of a Gertrude Stein short story), (3) "Wrestling, Honest and Otherwise" (demonstration of professional wrestling), and (4) "From Arvida" (a look at the aluminum industry in a Quebec settlement).

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Episode 5: Beethoven's Fifth Symphony
1954-11-14

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Episode 6: Antigone
1954-11-21

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Episode 7: The Virtuous Island
1954-11-28

The program has four segments: (1) "The Virtuous Island" (a Jean Giraudoux comedy-drama), (2) "The French Horn" (short history and lesson on the French horn), (3) "Wild Musk Oxen" (featuring capture of a live musk-ox), and (4) "Orson Bean" (comedy monologue on Christmas gift wrapping).

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Episode 8: A Maine Lobsterman
1954-12-05

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Episode 9: The Contrast
1954-12-12

The program has four segments: (1) "The Contrast" (1787 comedy of manners), (2) (presentation of the historical background to this comedy), (3) "The Figurehead" (showing of a 1953 short puppet film about unrequited love), and (4) "Balloons" (featuring the history of hot-air ballooning).

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Episode 10: The Second Shepherds' Play
1954-12-19

The program has four segments: (1) "The Second Shepherds' Play" (performance of the famous medieval mystery play), (2) "Vienna Choir Boys" (carols by the Vienna Boys Choir), (3) "Children's Books" (readings of children's stories), and (4) "A House of Cards" (short drama revolving around greetings cards).

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Episode 11: The Merry Widow
1954-12-26

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Episode 12: The Trial of St. Joan
1955-01-02

The program has four segments: (1) "The Trial of St. Joan" (based on George Bernard Shaw's play), (2) "Balance" (an architect illustrates the history of architecture), (3) "The Chick" (film short on the incubation of a chicken's egg), and (4) "Kitimat" (short feature on hydroelectric power facilities for the aluminum smelting industry in British Columbia).

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Episode 13: The Adams Family
1955-01-09

The program has four segments: (1) "The Adams Family" (the first in a series of biographies of President John Adams' family), (2) "Grand Central" (looking at the operation of New York's Grand Central Station), (3) (skin-divers battle with a shark), and (4) "Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships" (feature on the international leader exchange program established in honor of the US. President).

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Episode 14: H.M.S. Pinafore (I)
1955-01-16

The program has three segments: (1) "H.M.S. Pinafore" (six songs from Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas), (2) "The Yukawa Story" (the story of the family of Hideki Yukawa, the winner of the 1949 Nobel Prize in physics), and (3) "Jury Duty" (cameras follow Allen Funt and his 'Candid Camera' team).

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Episode 15: John Quincy Adams
1955-01-23

The program has four segments: (1) "John Quincy Adams" (the second in a series of Adams Family biographies), (2) "Yehudi Menuhin and the Little Orchestra Society of New York" (the celebrated violinist gives a lesson on the violin), (3) "Hunting Underwater" (a film on scuba-diving), and (4) "Quality Control" (short feature).

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Episode 16: Hamlet
1955-01-30

The program has three segments: (1) "Hamlet" (performance of excerpts from Shakespeare's play), (2) "Swordsmanship" (featuring the history of fencing and a demonstration), and (3) "Power to Fly" (the pilot's story of his recent flight which broke the world altitude record).

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Episode 17: Mr. Lincoln
1955-02-06

The program has two segments: (1) "Mr. Lincoln" (feature film on the young Abraham Lincoln made from previous Omnibus episodes), and (2) "The Story of Valentines" (short feature on the history of valentines).

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Episode 18: The Turn of the Screw
1955-02-13

A governess, sent to a country house to look after two young children, becomes convinced that they are being menaced by an evil spirit.

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Episode 19: The New World
1955-02-20

The program has four segments: (1) "The New World" (J.M. Barrie story), (2) "The First 'R' " (a look at reading difficulties and new methods of remedying them), (3) "The Sea of Winslow Homer" (the celebrated artist's paintings are used to illustrate the changing look of the sea), and (4) "Rear Admiral Donald B. MacMillan" (short feature on the well-known Arctic explorer).

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Episode 20: The Life and Times of Henry Adams and Charles Francis Adams, Jr.
1955-02-27

The program has three segments: (1) "The Lives of Henry Adams and Charles Francis Adams Jr." (the third in a series of Adams Family biographies, dealing with the life of Charles Francis Adams Jr.), (2) "Command Post" (a look at how radar installations would react to an air attack on the United States), and (3) "The Brain" (a feature on the human brain).

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Episode 21: The Mighty Casey
1955-03-06

The program has two segments: (1) "The Mighty Casey" (staging of William Schuman's opera based on Thayer's famous poem about the legendary baseball player), and (2) "All about Diamonds" (feature).

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Episode 22: A Different Drummer
1955-03-13

The program has three segments: (1) "A Different Drummer" (staging of a play by Eugene McKinney), (2) "The Heart" (feature on the human body's main organ), and (3) "Boyhoods - Joseph N. Welch" (exploring the childhood and youth of the celebrated lawyer who served as chief counsel to the U.S. Army in the Army-McCarthy hearings).

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Episode 23: Henry Adams
1955-03-20

The program has four segments: (1) "Henry Adams" (the fourth in a series of Adams Family biographies), (2) "Balance II" (an architect looks at modern architecture), (3) "The Window Cleaner" (short feature), and (4) "Vernal Equinox" (an astronomer explains the sun's crossing of the plane of the celestial equator).

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Episode 24: The Four Flags of the Confederacy
1955-03-27

The program has four segments: (1) "The Four Flags of the Confederacy" (documentary on the national flags used by the Confederate States in the American Civil War), (2) "Minor League Baseball" (sporting feature), (3) "The Back of Beyond" (showing of excerpts from a 1954 Australian film following a mailman as he delivers mail to remote areas in the Australian outback), and (4) "Subscription TV" (feature).

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Episode 25: Iliad
1955-04-03

The program has only one segment: "Iliad"(dramatization of Homer's epic account of the tenth year of the Trojan War).

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Episode 26: Uncle Tom's Cabin
1955-04-10

The program has five segments: (1) "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (Harriet Beecher Stowe story), (2) "Dances from India" (performance of Indian classical dance), (3) "Change Ringing" (demonstration of patterns of bell-ringing), (4) "The Most Beautiful Easter Eggs in the World" (short feature), and (5) "Committee for Economic Development" (short feature).

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Season 4 (1955)

No overview available.

24 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: The Birth of Modern Times
1955-10-09

The program has only one segment: "The Birth of Modern Times" (a live program tracing the revival of the arts, literature, music and learning during the Renaissance period).

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Episode 2: The Jazz World
1955-10-16

The program has two segments: (1) "The Jazz World" (Leonard Bernstein discusses jazz and conducts a jazz number), and (2) "Famous America Boyhoods" (William Saroyan recreates scenes of his boyhood).

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Episode 3: The Adams House
1955-10-23

The program has five segments: (1) "The Adams House" (a follow-up to the series of Adams Family biographies), (2) "Television Magic" (featuring new television techniques), (3) "Bow Bells" (showing of a 1954 film in which a Cockney looks at life in the East End of London), (4) "Survival in the Bush" (showing of a 1954 film about survival in the wilds of Canada), and (5) "Animals in Motion" (short feature on animal locomotion).

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Episode 4: Toby and the Tall Corn
1955-11-06

The program has three segments: (1) "Toby and the Tall Corn" (repeat showing of play broadcast in Season 3), (2) "Antonio and His Spanish Ballet Company" (Spanish ballet dancing), and (3) "Excursion House" (looking at the housing boom in America).

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Episode 5: American Boyhoods, Captain John M. Ellicott
1955-11-13

The program has three segments: "American Boyhoods: Captain John M. Ellicott" (Captain Ellicott remembers events during his boyhood), (2) (comic monologue), and (3) (scenes from Gilbert and Sullivan's "Pirates of Penzance").

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Episode 6: She Stoops to Conquer
1955-11-20

The program has only one segment: "She Stoops to Conquer" (adaptation of Oliver Goldsmith's comedy of manners).

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Episode 7: The Art of Conducting.
1955-12-04

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Episode 8: The Royal Game
1955-12-11

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Episode 9: The Royal Game
1955-12-11

The program has four segments: (1) "The Royal Game" (adaptation of play), (2) "Jack Be Normal" (play), (3) "The Old Woman" (animated rendition of folk song), and (4) "Mother, I Would Marry" (animated rendition of folk song).

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Episode 10: Salome
1955-12-18

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Episode 11: Messiah
1955-12-25

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Episode 12: The Best Year in the History of the Whole World
1956-01-01

The program has two segments: "The Best Year in the History of the Whole World" (humorous Saroyan play), and (2) (Japanese dancing and drama with the Azuma Kabuki dancers).

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Episode 13: Dear Brutus
1956-01-08

The program has only one segment: "Dear Brutus" (adaptation of play by J.M. Barrie).

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Episode 14: The Great Forgery
1956-01-15

The program has three segments: (1) "The Great Forgery" (the story of how four Americans swindled the Bank of England of $100,000 through forged letters of credit), (2) "The Great Adventure 1" (showing of Part 1 of a 1953 Swedish film about nature and wildlife), and (3) (short tribute to Benjamin Franklin).

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Episode 15: Episode 15
1956-01-22

The program has four segments: (1) "The Yugoslav National Folk Ballet" (a Macedonian troupe perform Yugoslav folk dancing), (2) "The Great Adventure 2" (showing of Part 2 of a 1953 Swedish film about nature and wildlife), (3) "Other Channels" (a look at advertising on foreign television channels), and (4) "Skiing, Anyone?" (feature on skis and skiing).

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Episode 16: Minds over Manners
1956-01-29

The program has two segments: (1) "Minds over Manners" (three dramatic sketches showing changes in American manners and customs of 100 years ago, 50 years ago and the present day), and (2) "Sugar Ray Robinson Visits Stillman's Gym" (a championship boxer gives a demonstration).

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Episode 17: One Nation
1956-02-05

The program has two segments: (1) "One Nation" (the first of a three-part series examining the United States constitution), and (2) "Songs by Frances Archer and Beverly Gile" (performance of English folk songs).

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Episode 18: Mr Lincoln
1956-02-12

The program has only one segment: "Mr. Lincoln" (repeat showing of a feature film from Season 3 on the young Abraham Lincoln, made from previous Omnibus episodes).

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Episode 19: One Nation Indivisible
1956-02-19

The program has only one segment: "One Nation Indivisible" (the second of a three-part series examining the United States constitution).

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Episode 20: The Art of Ballet
1956-02-26

The program has three segments: (1) "The Art of Ballet" (dancers show the evolution of ballet), (2) "The Boyhood of William Shakespeare" (sketch on the Bard's childhood), and (3) (program of music on the portable organ).

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Episode 21: With Liberty and Justice for All
1956-03-04

The program has two segments: (1) "With Liberty and Justice for All" (the third of a three-part series examining the United States constitution), and (2) "James Thurber, Man and Boy" (interview with the celebrated author and humorist).

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Episode 22: The Better Half
1956-03-11

The program has three segments: (1) "The Better Half" (adaptation of Noel Coward play), (2) "The Museum That Jack Built" (exploration of the ideal science museum), and (3) "Something about the Sky" (visual essay on the sky and clouds).

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Episode 23: Harvard University Remote
1956-03-25

The program has only one segment: "Harvard University Remote" (discussion of the role played by the modern university and college in American life).

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Episode 24: The Court Martial of Billy Mitchell
1956-04-01

The program has two segments: (1) "The Court Martial of Billy Mitchell" (re-enactment of the 1925 trial of the U.S. Air Force hero), and (2) "How the F-100 Got Its Tail" (featuring the work of test pilots on the supersonic jet fighter aircraft).

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Season 5 (1956)

No overview available.

22 episodes

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Episode 1: The American Musical Comedy
1956-10-07

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Episode 2: Androcles and the Lion
1956-10-14

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Episode 3: The Last Day of Manolete
1956-10-21

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Episode 4: My Heart's in the Highlands
1956-10-28

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Episode 5: Let There Be Farce
1956-11-04

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Episode 6: Moliere's School for Wives
1956-11-11

The program has two segments: (1) "Moliere's School for Wives" (comedy play by Moliere), and (2) "Skull Session" (survey of college football in the U.S.).

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Episode 7: Plays of the Irish Renaissance
1956-11-18

The program has three segments: (1) "Plays of the Irish Renaissance" (scenes from works by Irish playwrights), (2) "The Era of Wonderful Nonsense" (documentary on crazy ways of making a living in the 1920s), and (3) "On the Bowery" (showing of an excerpt from a 1956 film dealing with the life of down-and-outs in a downtown area of New York).

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Episode 8: The Blue Hotel
1956-11-25

The program has three segments: "The Blue Hotel" (adaptation of a Stephen Crane story), "The Children's Party" (comic monologue), and "Vest-Pocket Symphony" (harmonica music).

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Episode 9: A Man Without a Country
1956-12-02

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Episode 10: The Fine Art of Murder
1956-12-09

Rex Stout appeared in this presentation of a homicide as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe and Rex Stout would variously present it.

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Episode 11: The Christmas Tie
1956-12-16

The program has four segments: (1) "The Christmas Tie" (re-staging of the William Saroyan play produced in Season 1), (2) "The Spirit of Freedom" (re-enactment of Sandor Szabo's flight from Communism), (3) "Drug Store, Sunday Noon" (story), and (4) "Szabo Interview" (interview with the subject of segment 2).

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Episode 12: Madeline Visits Omnibus
1956-12-23

The program has five segments: (1) "Madeline and the Bad Hat" (adaptation of a children's story), (2) "Columbus Boychoir" (Christmas songs), (3) "Susie's Night Out" (film of a pet shop at night), (4) "Bill Baird's Marionettes" (puppet parody of Omnibus), and (5) "The Star of Bethlehem" (scientific explanation of the star in the Nativity story).

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Episode 13: The Art of Choreography
1956-12-30

The program has two segments: (1) "The Art of Choreography" (tracing the history of choreography from earliest times), and (2) "Master Gunmanship" (comedy feature on the art of pistol-shooting).

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Episode 14: Oedipus, the King
1957-01-06

The program has two segments: (1) "Oedipus, the King" (play by Sophocles), and (2) "Solo Khumbu" (excerpts from a film documentary on social life and customs in Nepal).

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Episode 15: Introduction to Modern Music
1957-01-13

The program has three segments: (1) "Introduction to Modern Music" (Leonard Bernstein discusses modern music and composers, including Bartok, Berg, Hindemith, Ives, Prokofiev, Schoenberg and Stravinsky), (2) "Out" (showing of a 1957 UN documentary about the influx of Hungarian refugees into Austria as a result of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution), and (3) "John Hersey Interview" (interview with the writer of segment (2))

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Episode 16: Lee at Gettysburg
1957-01-20

A verse drama treatment of the critical battle of the American Civil War.

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Episode 17: The Big Wheel: the Burlesque Entertainment of Yesterday
1957-01-27

The program has two segments: (1) "The Big Wheel" (a survey of the age of burlesque, featuring examples of acts of the period), and (2) "The Message" (showing of a 1956 UK film drama on the moral and ethical aspects of war).

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Episode 18: The Theatre Breaks Loose
1957-03-03

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Episode 19: The Trial of Captain Kidd
1957-03-10

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Episode 20: How the F-100 Got Its Tail
1957-03-17

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Episode 21: The Fall River Legend: the Trial of Lizzie Borden
1957-03-24

The program has two segments: (1) "The Trial of Lizzie Borden" (dramatization of the murder trial of Lizzie Borden), and (2) "The Fall River Legend" (dramatic ballet presentation of the Lizzie Borden story).

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Episode 22: The Music of Johann Sebastian Bach
1957-03-31

The program has two segments: (1) "The Music of Johann Sebastian Bach" (Leonard Bernstein analyzes Bach's music and techniques, illustrated with an excerpt from 'The St. Matthew Passion' and other choral and orchestral works), and (2) "A Maine Lobsterman" (repeat showing of a feature from Season 3 about lobster-fishing in Maine).

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Season 7 (1958)

No overview available.

15 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Capital Punishment
1958-10-26

The program has only one segment: "Capital Punishment" (an examination of the case for capital punishment).

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Episode 2: The Submariners
1958-11-09

The program has only one segment: "The Submariners" (Esther Williams joins a Connecticut naval submarine base and presents a feature on submarines and the life and training of submariners and Navy divers).

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Episode 3: The So-Called Human Race
1958-11-23

The program has only one segment: "The So-Called Human Race" (play in three acts).

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Episode 4: The Empty Chair
1958-12-07

After the French Revolution, a tyrant ropes off a velvet chair in his palace and decrees that no one must ever sit in it, under penalty of death. Ultimately he is goaded by his subjects into sitting in the chair himself.

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Episode 5: Dancing, a Man's Game
1958-12-21

After the French Revolution, a tyrant ropes off a velvet chair in his palace and decrees that no one must ever sit in it, under penalty of death. Ultimately he is goaded by his subjects into sitting in the chair himself.

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Episode 6: Prince Orestes
1959-01-04

The program has only one segment: "Prince Orestes" (production of a Greek tragedy adapted from an Aeschylus trilogy about Orestes, who killed his mother and her lover in revenge for her murdering his father).

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Episode 7: Malice in Wonderland
1959-01-18

The program has only one segment: "Malice in Wonderland" (three-part drama satirizing Hollywood).

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Episode 8: Abraham Lincoln - The Early Years
1959-02-01

The program has only one segment: "Abraham Lincoln - The Early Years" (repeat showing from Season 3 of a feature film on the young Abraham Lincoln made from previous Omnibus episodes).

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Episode 9: The Medium
1959-02-15

The program has only one segment: "The Medium" (performance of Menotti's opera).

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Episode 10: Ah Sweet Mystery of Mrs. Murphy
1959-03-01

The program has two segments: (1) "Ah Sweet Mystery of Mrs. Murphy" (play by William Saroyan), and (2) "Visual Perception" (looking at how the eyes perceive images and optical illusions).

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Episode 11: Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway
1959-03-15

The program has only one segment: "Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway" (performance of the musical by George M. Cohan).

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Episode 12: Power Among Men
1959-03-29

The program has only one segment: "Power among Men" (showing of excerpts from a 1959 U.S. film about man's creative and destructive capabilities).

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Episode 13: The Strange Ordeal of Normandier
1959-04-12

The program has only one segment: "The Strange Ordeal of the Normandier" (the tragic story of an English tramp steamer struck by disaster in 1918 when its crew succumbed to blackwater fever, leaving the ship helpless and adrift in the Atlantic).

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Episode 14: Professor Tim
1959-04-26

The program has only one segment: "Professor Tim" (showing of a 1957 British-Irish comedy film performed by the Abbey Players of Dublin).

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Episode 15: H.M.S. Pinafore (II)
1959-05-03

The program has only one segment: "H.M.S. Pinafore" (performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera).

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