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Apr 6, 1943 · 14:35
This is the story of Hungarian doctor Ignaz Semmelweis who back before the days of modern medicine waged a life long…
Aug 13, 1946 · 15:00
Just a little before midnight on March 6th,1896 in the city of Detroit, a 28 year old mechanic, Charles Brady King…
Aug 20, 1946 · 15:00
Today's story deals with a period of American history long before this country of ours was welded into a union of…
Aug 27, 1946 · 15:00
Today's story by Dr Philips Thomas, should interest everyone who has ever struggled with this situation. Tap tap tap…
Aug 6, 1946 · 15:00
This is the story of a scientist who wrestled with his principles, put it to work and disappeared. He was born in Paris…
Dec 10, 1946 · 15:00
Today's story highlight's one man's courageous struggle against the forces of ignorance, greed and corruption. Pitting…
Dec 14, 1954 · 14:25
Many important things are discovered by accident, but none of them under stranger circumstances. Here was a substance…
Dec 21, 1954 · 14:24
How are you at tongue-twisters? Pretty good? See if you can say dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. It's quite a mouthful,…
Dec 28, 1954 · 14:26
Several hundred years ago Shakespeare wrote, "Some men are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness…
Dec 3, 1946 · 15:00
This is more than just the story of a man and the work he did, it is a tribute to the toil, the faith and the unending…
Dec 30, 1952 · 14:23
The year is 1866 and another war has come to an end - a horrible conflict - not between nation and nation, but between…
Dec 31, 1946 · 15:00
Today's story tells the tale of how man has kept track of time, since the beginning of time itself. Our story opens at…
Dec 7, 1954 · 14:24
Probably the most roundly abused and soundly despised invention that ever benefited mankind, is his best friend and…
Dec 9, 1952 · 14:43
Today's story tells of a Hungarian doctor, Ignaz Phillip Semmelweis, who back before the days of the miracles of modern…
Feb 1, 1955 · 14:29
This is the story of an invention that few of us can afford to be without, which is one of the cheapest things we buy,…
Feb 11, 1947 · 14:59
The year is 1700, the age of exploration. Seafaring men are subduing the terrors of the unknown reaches of ocean,…
Feb 15, 1955 · 14:26
Suppose someone asked you what is the circumference of the earth, would you know the answer? Is there somewhere in your…
Feb 16, 1943 · 14:41
Feb 18, 1947 · 15:00
By this time, the word penicillin has become as well known to the general public as the names of our presidents, top…
Feb 22, 1955 · 14:24
If you're a fisherman, a boating enthusiast, or just a lover of clear, blue water, the chances are you're among the…
Feb 25, 1947 · 15:00
We are apt to think of DDT as a fairly recent discovery, for only in the last few years have we heard about this potent…
Feb 4, 1947 · 15:00
This is a story from over three hundred years ago, about a stone which gave light. Literally and figuratively - it is…
Feb 8, 1955 · 14:26
A live volcano, a cooked fish, and the human breath, are all part of the history of one of mankind's oldest and most…
Jan 11, 1955 · 14:26
What did it take for man to learn to fly? How many hopes and dreams and idle thoughts came down through the centuries…
Jan 14, 1947 · 15:00
A incredibly interesting tale of history. The year is 1776, and England is in the grip of a dreadful plague that stalks…
Jan 18, 1955 · 14:25
This is the story of the first skyscraper - that amazing structure which towered six whole stories into the air. But…
Jan 19, 1954 · 14:50
This captivating episode tells the remarkable story of Michael Pupin, a Serbian immigrant who became a renowned…
Jan 21, 1947 · 15:00
May 24th, 1883 and New York is a city on a delirious holiday of joy. All business has been suspended and thousands upon…
Jan 25, 1955 · 14:25
Rarely does a man's name become a household name in his lifetime, but once upon a time, there was a barrel of cabbages…
Jan 28, 1947 · 15:00
Have you ever heard of a science called climatology? It was borne of a wartime need to project weather conditions…
Jan 4, 1955 · 14:26
When your youngster scribbles down a list of things he wants Santa Claus to bring its a pretty safe guess that high on…
Jan 7, 1947 · 15:00
Josiah is just nine years old when he professes to his father that he wants to be a potter, like the rest of the…
Jul 14, 1953 · 14:59
At the dawn of the twentieth century, the United States was attacked by one of its deadliest enemies. It launched its…
Jul 2, 1946 · 15:00
This is the story of man's invisible messengers the electrons and how they were harnessed to carry his words throughout…
Jul 23, 1946 · 15:00
Throughout the ages, back since the beginning of time, man has been faced with two basic problems - how to acquire…
Jul 30, 1946 · 14:23
It is 1866 and another war has come to an end. It was a horrible conflict - not between nation and nation, but between…
Jul 6, 1954 · 14:50
Did you ever have one of those unpleasant nightmares, in which you dream you're falling through space? Hurtling towards…
Jul 9, 1946 · 15:00
This is the story of men on the move and the electronic devises that guide them swiftly and safely on their way. It is…
Jun 1, 1954 · 14:42
We take a lot of things for granted. Water, air, earth, sun, ice. Ice? Well perhaps you never heard of the man who…
Jun 15, 1954
This fascinating episode delves into the history of weaponry and innovation. From ancient Greek rulers to Civil War…
Jun 22, 1954 · 14:37
This episode delves to an era of scientific exploration and political intrigue as Paul Shannon recounts the tale of…
Jun 29, 1954 · 14:57
This captivating episode chronicles the life of Maria Coventry, a pioneering woman born in 1840. From her privileged…
Jun 8, 1954 · 14:49
Science has performed some unusual experiments over the years. For instance, Dr Pavlov made news some years ago by…
Mar 1, 1955 · 14:25
Overhead a bird makes lazy circles in the sky, gliding in graceful arcs, high about the buildings and the fields.…
Mar 4, 1947 · 15:00
Of all the surgery man has made on the face of mother earth, none has improved her appearance as much as a road. Yes,…
Mar 8, 1955 · 14:25
This is the story of a sprig of mint, and a dead mouse. It's also the story of one of the most maligned men who ever…
May 11, 1954 · 14:37
A great philosopher died in the year 1292. No one marked the day of his passing, and he had lived to a disillusioned…
May 16, 1946 · 14:23
Today's story by Dr Philips Thomas, a research engineer of the Westinghouse research laboratories, is an anniversary…
May 25, 1954 · 14:51
One of the most familiar sounds of modern civilization is the clanging of the fire bell, but the signal warning of a…
Nov 12, 1946 · 15:00
This is the story of the origins of the Smithsonian Institute when in 1829 James Smithson bequeath his estate and…
Nov 16, 1954 · 14:26
A fence works two ways. You can use it to keep something out, or to hold something in. This is the story of a fence - a…
Nov 19, 1946 · 15:00
Today's story is a strange one indeed - the discovery of Toothpowder Mountain. Perhaps the name sounds a little odd,…
Nov 2, 1954 · 14:27
This is the story of the incandescent lamp, and the man who put the hairpin in the bottle. In 1802, Sir Humphrey Davey…
Nov 21, 1944 · 15:14
This is the story of how radio first came in to being and includes the story of the first scheduled radio broadcast of…
Nov 23, 1954 · 14:27
You've probably noticed that things sound different to us when we have our eyes closed. What sounds like a forest fire,…
Nov 26, 1946 · 15:00
Today's story is a dramatic one, of heroism and courage, undaunted by personal misfortune. It is the story of a man who…
Nov 28, 1944 · 16:22
The first regularly scheduled broadcast on November 2nd 1920, over the newborn radio station KDKA, was nursed into…
Nov 30, 1954 · 14:29
'Open please' says your dentist, and so you do. For a brief instant you feel a needle, and then nothing. Your dentist…
Nov 5, 1946 · 15:00
How far back in history does counting go? Primitive man had his own methods of counting, he was able to distinguish the…
Nov 9, 1954 · 14:27
The year is 1778, and it is the time of the American Revolution. The expertly trained, thoroughly disciplined, superbly…
Oct 12, 1954 · 14:26
Every one of us has had a least one encounter with what some people call, fate. Others call it luck. And still others…
Oct 15, 1946 · 15:00
Not so long ago, the eyes of the whole world were turned to the tiny atoll of Bikini in the Central Pacific, where the…
Oct 16, 1945 · 14:23
Today's story is an anniversary tribute to a man who contributed much to the power and glory of America, George…
Oct 19, 1954 · 14:27
Millions of years of super heat, stresses and strains that dwarf the atomic age, go into the production of one shiny…
Oct 22, 1946 · 15:00
This is another in the series of programs dealing with the thrilling adventures to be found in the field of scientific…
Oct 26, 1954 · 14:28
On March 12th 1888, the day started much as any other, but before it had ended, millions of New Yorkers pronounced it,…
Oct 29, 1946 · 15:00
America has in less than 30 years fought two world wars during which, gas and oil were consumed at a great rate.…
Oct 5, 1954 · 14:27
This is the story of a gravel pit, of a hoax that took more than forty years to discover, and of a man who took half a…
Oct 8, 1946 · 15:00
This is the story of how Swedish man Alfred Noble harnessed nitro glycerine with gunpowder to create dynamite for…
Sep 10, 1946 · 14:46
This is the story of Metal X - a story that until recently couldn't be discussed, for its plot was shrouded in secrecy,…
Sep 14, 1954 · 14:36
The list of known elements totals only 100, some of them manmade compose everything we know and one man discovered two…
Sep 17, 1946 · 15:00
How far can man go in his great adventure in the sky? This is a story which dates back to the year 1872 in a small…
Sep 21, 1954 · 14:44
This is the story of one of the outstanding achievements in the winning of the American South West. It isn't a story of…
Sep 28, 1954 · 14:26
The next time you look at a newspaper, book or magazine, notice that every line is exactly the same length - they all…
Sep 3, 1946 · 15:00
With the title of today's story being Science in Recreation, I can already picture many an eyebrow being raised, and…
Ned · your guide to the archive
Ah, Adventures In Research — a fine choice. Let me set a few more down beside it that I think you'll take to.
