The Miss America Story

S08 E01 • Sunday, Sep 4, 1955 • Sep 4 • 1h

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.

The Outsiders

S08 E02 • Sunday, Sep 18, 1955 • Sep 18 • 1h

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

A Man is Ten Feet Tall

S08 E03 • Sunday, Oct 2, 1955 • Oct 2 • 1h

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

A Business Proposition

S08 E04 • Sunday, Oct 23, 1955 • Oct 23 • 1h

The Mechanical Heart

S08 E05 • Sunday, Nov 6, 1955 • Nov 6 • 1h

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

One Mummy Too Many

S08 E06 • Sunday, Nov 20, 1955 • Nov 20 • 1h

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

The Trees

S08 E07 • Sunday, Dec 4, 1955 • Dec 4 • 1h

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.

Christmas 'Til Closing

S08 E08 • Sunday, Dec 18, 1955 • Dec 18 • 1h

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

Rise Up and Walk

S08 E09 • Sunday, Jan 1, 1956 • Jan 1 • 1h

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

This Land is Mine

S08 E10 • Sunday, Jan 15, 1956 • Jan 15 • 1h

The Starlet

S08 E11 • Sunday, Jan 29, 1956 • Jan 29 • 1h

Kyria Katina

S08 E12 • Sunday, Feb 12, 1956 • Feb 12 • 1h

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