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.
Episodes in Season 2
Sam and the Whale
60 min
The Stolen General
60 min
Breakfast at Nancy's
60 min
Sunset at Appomattox
60 min
And to Fame Unknown
60 min
A Time to Grow
60 min
Tiger's Tail
60 min
The Last Will of Daniel Webster
60 min
Major Pauline
60 min
Betrayal
60 min
Riders of the Pony Express
60 min
One Nation Indivisible
60 min
Mr. Peale's Dinosaur
60 min
G for Goldberger
60 min
Smyrna Incident
60 min
Man of Glass
60 min
The Plume of Honor
60 min
Margin of Victory
60 min
The Absent Host
60 min
Duel at the OK Corral
60 min
The Splendid Dream
60 min
Young Andy Jackson
60 min
Escape
60 min
Riddle of the Seas
60 min
Crazy Judah
60 min
A Strange Journey
60 min
The Paper Sword
60 min
Saturday Story
60 min
Spindletop
60 min
Moonlight School
60 min
Cat With Crimson Eyes
60 min
The Skipper's Lady
60 min
Courage in Connecticut
60 min