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Air Power is a historical educational television series broadcast in the 1950s over the CBS television network dealing with the rise of aviation as a military weapon. It was produced in cooperation with the U.S. Air Force. The series also featured a musical score composed by Norman Dello Joio and conducted by Alfredo Antonini.
Original Release
11/11/1956 on CBS
US Release
11/11/1956
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Walter Cronkite | Narrator / Self - Narrator / Self - Host |
| Michael Redgrave | Self - Narrator |
| Art Carney | Narrator |
| James Doolittle | Self |
| Winston Churchill | Self |
| Eddie Rickenbacker | Self |
| Hermann Göring | Self |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Day North America Is Attacked | Sunday, 11 November 1956 |
| 2 | The Early Days | Sunday, 18 November 1956 |
| 3 | The Luftwaffe | Sunday, 25 November 1956 |
| 4 | Pearl Harbor | Sunday, 02 December 1956 |
| 5 | Battle of Britain | Sunday, 09 December 1956 |
| 6 | Counterblast | Sunday, 16 December 1956 |
| 7 | Fools, Daredevils, and Geniuses | Sunday, 23 December 1956 |
| 8 | 1930s | Sunday, 30 December 1956 |
| 9 | Target Ploesti | Sunday, 06 January 1957 |
| 10 | Schweinfurt | Sunday, 13 January 1957 |
| 11 | Conquest of the Air | Sunday, 20 January 1957 |
| 12 | The Japanese Perimeter | Sunday, 27 January 1957 |
| 13 | Interdiction and Blockade | Sunday, 03 February 1957 |
| 14 | Operation Strangle | Sunday, 10 February 1957 |
| 15 | Pacific Pattern | Sunday, 17 February 1957 |
| 16 | Advance the Bomber Line | Sunday, 24 February 1957 |
| 17 | The Winning of France | Sunday, 03 March 1957 |
| 18 | Superfort | Sunday, 10 March 1957 |
| 19 | Victory in Europe | Sunday, 17 March 1957 |
| 20 | Kamikaze | Sunday, 24 March 1957 |
| 21 | Defeat of Japan | Sunday, 31 March 1957 |
| 22 | The Cold Decade: Airlift | Sunday, 07 April 1957 |
| 23 | The Cold Decade: To the Yalu | Sunday, 14 April 1957 |
| 24 | The Cold Decade: Korean Stalemate | Sunday, 21 April 1957 |
| 25 | Starfighter | Sunday, 28 April 1957 |
| 26 | The New Doctrine | Sunday, 05 May 1957 |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Walter Cronkite | Narrator / Self - Narrator / Self - Host |
| Michael Redgrave | Self - Narrator |
| Art Carney | Narrator |
| James Doolittle | Self |
| Winston Churchill | Self |
| Eddie Rickenbacker | Self |
| Hermann Göring | Self |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Perry Wolff | Producer |
| James B. Faichney | Producer |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1957 | Emmy | Best New Program Series | Nominated |
