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American Trail

Heard
1953
Episodes
30

THE AMERICAN TRAIL

More about it

The American Trail was originally broadcast in 1953 as a 13 part serial. The series chronicles American history, including the exploration and settlement of the American west. The American Trail was sponsored by the VFW Ladies Auxiliary. From the Old Time Radio Researchers Group. See "Notes" Section below for more information on the OTRR.

Episodes, in broadcast order

  1. Dispatch to New York

    · No. 1 · 15 min

  2. The Northwest Ordinance

    · No. 2 · 14 min

  3. The Louisiana Purchase

    · No. 3 · 15 min

  4. The Lewis & Clarke Expedition

    · No. 4 · 16 min

  5. The Louis and Clark Expedition

    · No. 4 · 14 min

  6. Samuel Slator's Machine

    · No. 5 · 12 min

  7. Samuel Slater's Machine

    · No. 5 · 15 min

  8. The Golden Ocean

    · No. 6 · 15 min

  9. The Magic Wire

    · No. 7 · 15 min

  10. On to Monterey

    · No. 8 · 15 min

  11. The California Goldrush

    · No. 9 · 13 min

  12. The California Gold Rush

    · No. 9 · 14 min

  13. The Rich Desert

    · No. 10 · 14 min

  14. The New South

    · No. 11 · 15 min

  15. The Blue Yonder

    · No. 12 · 14 min

  16. The Brave Flag

    · No. 13 · 15 min

  17. The American Trail Series synopsis

    No date given · 0:28

  18. TheAmericanTrail Ep0001 DispatchToNewYork 1953

    No date given · No. 1 · 15 min

  19. TheAmericanTrail Ep0002 TheNorthwestOrdinance 1953

    No date given · No. 2 · 14 min

  20. TheAmericanTrail Ep0003 LouisianaPurchase 1953

    No date given · No. 3 · 15 min

  21. TheAmericanTrail Ep0004 LewisAndClarkExpedition 1953

    No date given · No. 4 · 14 min

  22. TheAmericanTrail Ep0005 SamuelSlatorsMachine 1953

    No date given · No. 5 · 15 min

  23. TheAmericanTrail Ep0006 TheGoldenOcean 1953

    No date given · No. 6 · 15 min

  24. TheAmericanTrail Ep0007 TheMagicWire 1953

    No date given · No. 7 · 15 min

  25. TheAmericanTrail Ep0008 OnToMontarey 1953

    No date given · No. 8 · 14 min

  26. TheAmericanTrail Ep0009 TheCaliforniaGoldRush 1953

    No date given · No. 9 · 15 min

  27. TheAmericanTrail Ep0010 TheRichDesert 1953

    No date given · No. 10 · 15 min

  28. TheAmericanTrail Ep0011 TheNewSouth 1953

    No date given · No. 11 · 15 min

  29. TheAmericanTrail Ep0012 The Blue Younder

    No date given · No. 12 · 14 min

  30. TheAmericanTrail Ep0013 The Brave Flag

    No date given · No. 13 · 15 min

Where it comes from 4

The archive items its episodes are played from, best first, with each one’s rights as its archive states them. An episode two sets both hold is played from the first.

  1. American Trail - Single Episodes

    Old Time Radio Researchers · Old Time Radio Researchers Group · 14 episodes here · archive.org (opens in a new tab)

    the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it.

  2. The American Trail 13 Eps

    Old Time Radio · 3 episodes here · archive.org (opens in a new tab)

    Uploader’s mark: Public Domain Mark 1.0: Marked Public Domain Mark 1.0 by its uploader at the Internet Archive; the record gives no basis for it.

  3. American Trail

    Old Time Radio · 10 episodes here · archive.org (opens in a new tab)

    the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it.

  4. American Trail

    Old Time Radio · 3 episodes here · archive.org (opens in a new tab)

    Uploader’s mark: Public domain (Creative Commons dedication): Marked Public domain (Creative Commons dedication) by its uploader at the Internet Archive; the record gives no basis for it.

A set by the Old Time Radio Researchers Group (otrr.org), at the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio collection.

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