Transmission
4 October
1953
The Six Shooter
Stampede
Network
NBC
Slot
Sunday
Running time
28 min
Originally broadcast on NBC, 4 October 1953. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Internet ArchiveOTRR_The_Six_Shooter_SinglesListenable · 65 kbps
Stroke Of Fate
Radio
Stroke Of Fate
NBC
NBC · 1953–1953
Broadcasts
16
Cadence
Weekly
Rated
PG
Since
1953
The run
- Network
- NBC
- Years active
- 1953–1953
- Surviving broadcasts
- 16
- Genre
- docudrama
Joe Webb From October to December 1953 NBC aired a curious historical series, Stroke of Fate . NBC’s inspiration was the successful CBS radio and television series You Are There . That series started in 1947 as CBS is There and soon adopted the more listener-focused name that made it famous. In 1953, the television version of the series started. NBC and others saw an opportunity to do something historical but with a twist. Rather than dropping modern day reporters into historical events, Stroke of Fate offered a cerebral “what if?” approach with dramas of historical persons in hypothetical circumstances. This was an…
Source collection
Old Time Radio Researchers Group
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
Every broadcast below carries its own provenance sheet — transfer quality, file source and rights.Archive record: OTRR_Stroke_of_Fate_Singles
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
3 dated broadcasts across 1 years on the air. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
JFMAMJJASOND
1953
Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording
Episodes
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Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1953, in original transmission order.
- 1. Robert E. Lee · 4 Oct 1953
- 2. Earl of Essex [followed by NBC News] · 11 Oct 1953
- 3. The Burr Hamilton Duel · 18 Oct 1953
- 01
Robert E. Lee
4 Oct 1953 · 25 min
Broadcast 4 October 1953. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 02
Earl of Essex [followed by NBC News]
11 Oct 1953 · 28 min
Broadcast 11 October 1953. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 03
The Burr Hamilton Duel
18 Oct 1953 · 24 min
Broadcast 18 October 1953. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 04
Escape of Marie Antoinette
25 Oct 1953 · 25 min
Broadcast 25 October 1953. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 05
Lincoln's Consular Service
1 Nov 1953 · 24 min
Broadcast 1 November 1953. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 06
Benedict Arnold
8 Nov 1953 · 29 min
Broadcast 8 November 1953. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 07
Caesar and Cleopatra
15 Nov 1953 · 29 min
Broadcast 15 November 1953. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 08
Germany Invades the Rhineland
22 Nov 1953 · 29 min
Broadcast 22 November 1953. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Same night on the air
4 Oct 1953
Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 4 Oct 1953.
Transmission
4 October
1953
Theatre Royal
Theatre Royal 53-10-04 (01) Queen of Spades
Network
Syndicated
Slot
Sunday
Running time
29 min
Broadcast on Syndicated.
Internet ArchiveOTRR_Theatre_Royal_SinglesCondition unmeasured
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NBC in 1953–1953
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