The Adventures of Lt. Contee
Tribute to one of Commodore Perry's officers, whose personal efforts helped open Japan to foreign trade.
More from Season 4
Episode 1
Dynamite
The Swedish-American inventor of dynamite, established before his death the Nobel Prize to be awarded annually for the best work in the field of physics, medicine and chemistry.
Episode 2
Do Not Cry For Me
Tells the story of the early life of the American composer Stephen Foster. Relates the difficulties Foster encountered when he tried to have his first song performed.
Episode 3
A Man of Many Ideas
The story of John Nelson Wanamaker the 35th United States Postmaster General who was known for buying an abandoned railroad depot and converting it into a department story called "The Grand Depot" which was considered the first department store in Philadelphia.
Episode 4
The Reluctant Redeemer
The story tells of Moses' upbringing by an Egyptian pharaoh, his killing of a cruel overseer and the flight to Media where he marries. When the voice of God comes from the burning bush he returns to Egypt to free his people. Natalie Wood will be featured as the beloved ot Moses when he was a young man.
Episode 5
The Story of Johann Sebastian Bach
From court appointed organist to his triumphant position as Kantor at the Thomasschule his story unfolds as his music was given to the world almost a century after he died after being rediscovered by Felix Mendelssohn.
Episode 6
The Immortal Oath
The tale of Hippocrates, the father of medicine is dramatized.
