Cavalcade of America - Season 2 Episode 13 Mr. Peale's Dinosaur
A drama relating the events which led to Charles Willson Peale's conception of the idea of establishing in Philadelphia a national museum of natural history and his efforts to provide the museum with noteworthy exhibits. Time: 1794. Painter Charles Wilson Peale risks his career and possessions to excavate and reconstruct a fossilized mastadon, the greatest skeleton ever seen in his day.
Keyword : anthology
Episode
Sam and the Whale
The Stolen General
Breakfast at Nancy's
Sunset at Appomattox
And to Fame Unknown
A Time to Grow
Tiger's Tail
The Last Will of Daniel Webster
Major Pauline
Betrayal
Riders of the Pony Express
One Nation Indivisible
Mr. Peale's Dinosaur
G for Goldberger
Smyrna Incident
Man of Glass
The Plume of Honor
Margin of Victory
The Absent Host
Duel at the OK Corral
The Splendid Dream
Young Andy Jackson
Escape
Riddle of the Seas
Crazy Judah
A Strange Journey
The Paper Sword
Saturday Story
Spindletop
Moonlight School
Cat With Crimson Eyes
The Skipper's Lady
Courage in Connecticut