Jack Armstrong: All American Boy
CBS / NBC Blue
CBS / NBC Blue · 1940–1950
Broadcasts
108
Cadence
Weekly
Rated
PG
Since
1940
The run
- Network
- CBS / NBC Blue
- Years active
- 1940–1950
- Surviving broadcasts
- 108
- Genre
- kids
"Jack Armstrong, Jack Armstrong, Jack Armstrong, Jack Armstrong the Alllllllllll American Boy" was your archetypal teenage athlete who encountered not so average adventures. Sponsored by General Mills, kids and pre-teens alike were instructed to tell their moms to buy Wheaties. Text on OTRCAT.com ©2001-2022 OTRCAT INC All Rights Reserved. Reproduction is prohibited. Jack's companions, Billy and Betty Fairfield were often in need of rescue by the brave and daring All American Boy, Jack. Their Uncle Jim (Captain Fairfield) was a pilot of the Silver Albatross and led the adventurous group to locations around the world. Uncle Jim added a mature and fatherly component to the show guiding and instructing the Jack and his friends. Though some episodes were so far-fetched to the point of being ridiculous, this is one of the most entertaining juvenile shows ever made. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “jack-armstrong”; these recordings are in the public domain.
Source collection
Internet Archive audio collections
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
7 dated broadcasts across 17 years on the air, with 14 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1934, in original transmission order.
- 1. Rescue all pelican Crew · 4 Jan 1934
- 2. Mysterious Token from Professor Loring · 9 Oct 1940
- 3. Close to the Breakers · 4 Nov 1940
- 01
Rescue all pelican Crew
4 Jan 1934 · 15 min
- 02
Mysterious Token from Professor Loring
9 Oct 1940 · 14 min
- 03
Close to the Breakers
4 Nov 1940 · 14 min
- 04
Suspicious Message from Uncle Jim
20 Nov 1940 · 14 min
- 05
Pursued into the Jungle
2 Dec 1940 · 14 min
- 06
Into an Abandoned Mine
12 Dec 1940 · 14 min
- 07
Escape from Manila Bay
24 Dec 1940 · 14 min
- 08
Conclusion Escape with the Uranium
3 Jan 1941 · 14 min
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