Armstrong Circle Theatre

- Season 6

(1955)

The story of an Army sergeant's battle to win the confidence of Korean orphans and a victory over himself.

A 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 newsman's family displays courage in adversity.

A businessman leaves home after losing his job, vowing to return only when he can adequately provide for his family.

Host John Cameron Swayze introduces the story of Sanford, Maine, which was hard-hit by the textile industry's relocation in the South. The town organized a chamber of commerce to bring new business to Sanford.

Czech-born actor George Voskovec plays himself in this account of his detention on Ellis Island under suspicion of being a Communist.

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 documentary-style drama based on the activities in Ward Three, the Women's Ward of St. Luke's Hospital in New York City. Presiding over this world is night head nurse Sally Lacey.

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A writer wiretaps a man's home to find out about his business practices.

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.

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 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 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 docudrama about the defection to the Australian authorities by Col. Vladimir Petrov, chief of the Russian Secret Police, in April 1954.

True events leading to the development of the viking rocket and the conquest of space.

The story about a mother whose son was one of the 23 American "turncoats" who went over to Chinese Communists in 1953.

A drama about the sacrifices and problems of teachers in an average public high school, inspired by an actual happening in Eastchester High School, Eastchester, N.Y.

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.

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