West Point

- Season 1

(1956)

When one cadet is fed up with Army discipline and seeks to resign, he gets into a fight with a more dedicated upper class man. He in turn surprises everyone by also tendering a resignation, but he refuses to disclose why.

While one cadet tries earnestly to keep a spotless record, his scheming roommate breaks rules left and right. A Major starts to take notice and compels the two to co-operate.

Marriage is planned by a cadet and his fiancée after graduation; but as the girl observes difficulties experienced by an older married couple at the point, she decides to call it off instead.

A Cadet suspects his roommate of cheating on an important exam, but is conflicted whether or not he should tell his superiors.

A plebe has to adjust to having an older brother as his leader, who gives no privileges. Their father's death impacts the plebe's decision to stay at the Academy.

The daughter of a family visiting the Point for the week-end falls in love with a Cadet below her on the social scale, and is pressured to end their relationship.

Cadet Kennedy was a Golden Gloves champion before West Point but he refuses to join the Academy boxing team. His older brother, a champion boxer in his own right, wants him to leave the Academy and return to boxing.

A cadet who shows great talent is put in a position of choosing if he'll stay in the academy or pursue an art career. He stays too long at his socialite girl friend's house and must race back to West Point to make curfew.

A star Army football player will be sidelined during the big game against Navy for breaking regulations. The only way to get him back in rests in the hands of a visiting prince.

After several highly disruptive stunts, a cadet must prove himself academically or be dismissed. He works out a scientific demonstration showing the strength of the academy's aged water system-with destructive results.

An uncontrolled temper outburst causes a cadet is confined to quarters for the weekend his girlfriend comes to the Point unannounced. Enlisting his roommate to show her around exposes his jealousy and damages the cadets' friendship.

Plebe staying at West Point during Christmas encounters difficulties with an upperclassman about a woman.

A group of socialite girls visit the Point to attend a formal dance, but one views the prospect of a blind date with a cadet with snooty disdain.

One cadet resents the overbearing treatment of a freshman by an upperclassman, yet he sees it as just training in military discipline.

A snobbish cadet resents a new roommate, a southerner who competes with him in track meets, but he becomes truly infuriated when the roommate starts dating his sister.

One of two cadets on a camping trip is bitten by a rattlesnake. After going for help, the other cadet returns and finds his friend has wandered off. During the manhunt, the wounded cadet discovers he can apply skills from the classroom.

Being a great basketball player goes to one cadet's head so much he thinks he's a one man squad, and he can break rules. Before he jeopardizes his chance at playing in the important match against the navy team, his team mates intervene.

For unauthorized use of a training tank, a cadet leaves the Point, but what he learned proves invaluable when he's under fire during combat in Korea.

A program to expose West Pointers to flying takes a reluctant cadet on a jet flight with an older pilot. Later, he decides he wasn't cut out for flying, but must take one more mission. He does, but this time, the pilot blacks out in flight.

On a winter holiday at a ski lodge, two cadets go for a day of cross-country skiing. The father of one of the boys crashes his small plane within a few miles of them and they reach him some time later. He's wounded next to the wreck, and a snow storm is whipping up. Their only hope of rescue lies with the radio skills of the boy's fellow cadet.

When a cadet's officer-father takes interest in another boy's career, he resents it and tries to best him in schoolwork and athletics.

After arguing that the bayonet was an obsolete weapon, a cadet finds that during the Korean War the bayonet is a versatile tool, much more than a weapon.

A story of two tough city boys, one joins the cadets at West Point, the other a gang of juvenile delinquents. The cadet offers to help the other lad into the point to escape the streets.

During a rainstorm, a cadet's brother is involved in a car accident. The only witness is another cadet, who must testify as to what he saw. A play in a football game provides parallels into what happens as opposed to what one thinks happen.

Cadets returning from a debate are assigned to rescue young girls from a school threatened by a major flood. The lead cadet's family and the headmistress of the school have historical difficulties that need to be resolved.

An easy going cadet who can be seemingly talked into or out of anything is placed in charge of a platoon during commando maneuvers, where he learns to become more decisive.

While out on maneuvers, some cadets become entrapped in a forest fire. An unlikely cadet steps up to become the hero of the day.

To see his girl across the Hudson river, a cadet crosses on foot when it freezes over. To get him back in time, two fellow class-men follow, but the ice is broken up by a cutter, and they desperately try returning in a rickety row boat.

Applicants for West Point must demonstrate physical abilities as well as mental qualities for admission. One candidate must overcome an injury, indecisiveness, and the fear of failure.

Cadet has to deal with his father's indictment for bribery.

Star West Point hockey player struggles with his temper, not the desirable trait of a future disciplined officer.

Artifacts from an 1871 cavalry event remind current cadets of their past. A cadet learns about leadership from veterans in the field.

Various items disappear, appearing to be stolen by one of the cadets. After a trap is set, the culprit is apprehended.

One of West Point's odd customs is that one company in the graduating class tries to dump the "Reveille Gun",(a small cannon that fires each morning) into the lake without getting caught. In this story, one group of cadets that does everything right is pitted against one that seemingly does everything wrong to try their hands at the stunt.

McKinley is a go by the book cadet who never does anything outside the rules. He meets a diplomat's daughter and does things outside the rules to meet her.

Cadets learn valuable lessons of leadership, competition, and cooperation in the struggle for the Intramural Athletic Award. One cadet in particular has to confront his attempts that seem always to go wrong.

A cadet is being considered for a cadet command next year. When his parents come in a surprise visit to West Point, he is embarrassed by their "commonplace" demeanor. His tactical officer is worried about the way he treats his parents and how that reflects on his leadership. On the DVD set, this episode is entitled: Duty, Honor, and Trouble.

Cadet wrestles with non-academic pursuits as he worries about maintaining high grade marks.

Just as a cadet receives a major promotion, he learns of health problems of his father. He debates leaving the Academy to take over the family business for his father, but tries to orchestrate a transition for the business and the family.