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The Great Adventure is an American historical anthology series that appeared on CBS for the 1963 – 64 television season. [1] The initial 13 episodes were narrated by Van Heflin, [2] with the second grouping of 13 episodes narrated by Russell Johnson. [3]
The Great Adventure: With Russell Johnson, Van Heflin, Eddie Little Sky, Kent Smith. A filmed series of one-hour dramatizations of the lives of famous historical people, as well as important historical events.
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- 1963-09-27
- Drama
- 60
Jul 7, 2024 · This playlist contains episodes from The Great Adventure (1963-1964) TV Series.
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- September 27, 1963
- 1x01 The Hunley. 1963-09-27T04:00:00Z — 44m 1 9 During the Civil War, an engineer working for the Confederacy develops a primitive submarine that can evade the Union ships blockading Southern ports.
- 1x02 The Death of Sitting Bull. 1963-10-04T04:00:00Z — 44m 1 8 The first of a two part episode, the US Government believes that Sitting Bull has joined the Ghost Dancers, a Sioux religious movement the government believes will lead to another Indian War, and take action that ends in a double tragedy.
- 1x03 The Massacre at Wounded Knee. 1963-10-11T04:00:00Z — 44m 8 The second of a two part episode. Days after Sitting Bull's death, the US Army's bungled attempt to disarm a party of Sioux results in the unnecessary deaths of over 300 men, women and children.
- 1x04 Six Wagons to the Sea. 1963-10-18T04:00:00Z — 44m 9 The attempt in 1894 by farmers from California's Central Valley to get their produce to market by wagon despite attempts by the Southern Pacific Railroad to foil their efforts and preserve their monopoly of transporting produce.
S1.E16 ∙ The Testing of Sam Houston. Fri, Jan 31, 1964. In 1817, Andrew Jackson appoints a young Sam Houston to oversee the forced relocation of the Cherokee from Tennessee. He soon clashes with both Jackson and the US Government over his fair and humane treatment of the Cherokee.
S1.E2 ∙ The Death of Sitting Bull. The first of a two part episode, the US Government believes that Sitting Bull has joined the Ghost Dancers, a Sioux religious movement the government believes will lead to another Indian War, and take action that ends in a double tragedy.
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