List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts

The DuMont Television Network was launched in 1946 and ceased broadcasting in 1956. Allen DuMont, who created the network, preserved most of what it produced in kinescope format; however, many of these were destroyed around 1958 in order to recover the silver content.^[1]

By the 1970s, however, the DuMont archive was considered worthless – so much so that all remaining kinescopes and videotapes were loaded into three trucks and dumped into Upper New York Bay.^[2]^[3] Since then, there has been extensive research on which DuMont programs have episodes extant.

Due to the possibilities that various unknown collectors may be in possession of programs and/or episodes not listed here, and that the sources below may actually hold more than what is listed (for example, through a mislabeled film can), please note that this list is very likely incomplete.

For a list of program series aired on DuMont, see List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network.

1 Held by the UCLA Film and Television Archive
2 Held by the Paley Center for Media
3 Held by the Museum of Broadcast Communications
4 Held by the Internet Archive
5 Held by others
6 References
7 External links

Held by the UCLA Film and Television Archive

The Admiral Broadway Revue – One episode (March 4, 1949)
A.N.T.A. Album of 1955 – Special shown on March 28, 1955
Boxing from Eastern Parkway – 30 episodes, ranging from December 1, 1952 to October 26, 1953
Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena – Five episodes (including August 6, 1956 finale, the last program aired on DuMont)
Boxing with Dennis James – Three episodes from 1950
Captain Video and His Video Rangers – 24 episodes, ranging from at least 1949-1953
Cavalcade of Stars – 15 episodes, ranging from September 1949 to October 26, 1951
Champagne and Orchids – Two episodes (with guests Eric Thorsen and Yul Brenner)
Charlie Wild, Private Detective – Two episodes (UCLA has 15 episodes, but only two are from DuMont {including May 6})
Colonel Humphrey Flack – 12 episodes, ranging from October 14, 1953 to February 9, 1954
Concert Tonight – One episode from 1954
Dark of Night – One episode (January 30, 1953)
Doorway to Fame – Two episodes (March 30 and April, 1949)
Front Row Center – One episode from 1949
Georgetown University Forum – One episode (December 13, 1951)
The Growing Paynes – One episode from 1949
Gruen Playhouse – Two episodes (May 22 and June 19, 1952)
Guide Right – 18 episodes
International Playhouse – 12 episodes (although not all of them can be confirmed as DuMont episodes)
Jimmy Hughes, Rookie Cop – One episode (network premiere from May 8, 1953)
The Johns Hopkins Science Review – Three episodes (1951; October 7, 1952; and 1953), one of which features Wernher von Braun
Joseph Schildkraut Presents – Seven episodes, ranging from December 4, 1951 to November 18, 1953
Kids and Company – One episode (June 7, 1952), one of the very few surviving daytime DuMont broadcasts
Life Is Worth Living – Four episodes (October 1951 and three from 1955)
The Magic Cottage – Two episodes (1950 and February 27, 1954)
Marge and Jeff – 27 episodes (ranging from September 28, 1953 to September 1, 1954), 1 excerpt (May 20, 1954)
Melody Street – Two episodes (including January 1, 1954), 1 excerpt
The Morey Amsterdam Show – 48 episodes, ranging from November 21, 1949 to August 31, 1950
Newsweek Views the News (also known as Newsweek Analysis) – Two episodes (February 27 and April 17, 1950)
Not for Publication – 12 episodes, including shows ranging from May 13, 1951 to April 15, 1952
The Original Amateur Hour – Three episodes, 1 excerpt
Passaic: Birthplace of Television and the DuMont Story (early television movie) – Live television play aired November 14, 1951
The Paul Dixon Show – One episode (network premiere from September 29, 1952)
Pulse of the City – Three episodes from 1953
Rocky King, Inside Detective – 37 episodes, ranging from 1951-1954
Star Time – Four episodes (November 21 and 28, 1950 plus January 16 and February 6, 1951), 1 excerpt
The Ted Steele Show – One episode (series finale from July 12, 1949)
This is Music – Two episodes (1951 and April 1952)
The Vincent Lopez Show – One episode from 1950
Window on the World – One episode (March 25, 1949)
You Asked for It – One episode

Held by the Paley Center for Media

The Admiral Broadway Revue – 18 episodes of the 19-show run, including the January 28 premiere and June 3 finale
And Everything Nice – One episode from 1949
The Big Issue (aka Keep Posted) – One episode ("Peace in the Middle East", aired November 2, 1952)
Blind Date – One episode (August 25, 1953)
Cavalcade of Stars – 17 episodes, possibly more (the Paley Center has several further Cavalcade kinescopes, for which the exact content is unclear)
Charlie Wild, Private Detective – Four episodes, possibly five
Colonel Humphrey Flack – Two episodes
Court of Current Issues – 14-minute fragment (March 3, 1949)
Dollar a Second – One episode
The Ernie Kovacs Rehearsal – One episode (March 21, 1955); although only aired on flagship station WABD, at least one major historian considers it a DuMont program as the network intended to broadcast it nationally (a plan that came just months before the network's collapse)
Flight to Rhythm – Two episodes (May 15, 1949)
The Growing Paynes – Four episodes, possibly five
Guide Right – Two episodes (including August 14, 1953)
Hold That Camera – One episode (December 1, 1950)
The Johns Hopkins Science Review – Eight episodes, ranging from September 18, 1951 to February 2, 1953 (plus one marked as "series finale")
Kids and Company – Two episodes (March 25, 1951 and 1952)
Life Begins at Eighty – One episode
Life Is Worth Living – Unknown number
The Magic Cottage – One episode (December 28, 1950)
Marge and Jeff – Four episodes from 1954
The Morey Amsterdam Show – Two episodes (April 28 and June 9, 1949; features Art Carney in a supporting role)
New York Times Youth Forum – One episode (September 27, 1952)
Once Upon a Tune – Three episodes from 1951, including May 8 (a rare example of satirical programming from DuMont)
Opera Cameos – Eight episodes, including December 13, 1953 and March 12, 1955
Operation Success – Two episodes from 1948
Photographic Horizons – One episode (August 25, 1948)
Rocky King, Inside Detective – Seven episodes, including November 15, 1953
Stop the Play – One episode
Swing Into Sports – One episode (August 29, 1948)
This is Music – Two episodes

Held by the Museum of Broadcast Communications

The Admiral Broadway Revue – One episode
The Adventures of Ellery Queen – One episode
Captain Video and His Video Rangers – Two episodes
Cavalcade of Stars – One episode
Don McNeill's Breakfast Club – Two episodes
The Johns Hopkins Science Review – One episode
Kids and Company – One episode
Life Is Worth Living – Five episodes
Miss U.S. Television Grand Finals – Special aired September 30, 1950
The Morey Amsterdam Show – Five episodes
Public Prosecutor – One episode
Rocky King, Inside Detective – One episode
Sense and Nonsense – One episode (February 19, 1954); sources indicate that this was a local series aired on WABD
Sports Showcase – One episode
They Stand Accused – One episode
Tom Corbett, Space Cadet – One episode
Twenty Questions – One episode (January 18, 1952)
Washington Journal – One episode (unknown; possibly Washington Report {1951} or Washington Exclusive {1953}, both broadcast by DuMont)

Held by the Internet Archive

The Adventures of Ellery Queen – Four episodes (December 21, 1950 plus March 29, May 10, and November 8, 1951)
The Arthur Murray Show – One episode (October 22, 1950)
Captain Video and His Video Rangers – Three episodes (one from 1949, two from the 1950s)
Cavalcade of Stars – One episode from 1950, hosted by Jerry Lester
Flash Gordon – One episode (March 18, 1955)
Front Page Detective – One episode (March 16, 1951)
Hold That Camera – One episode (December 1, 1950)
The Johns Hopkins Science Review – Two episodes (January 7 and February 18, 1952)
Kids and Company – One episode (1952)
Life Is Worth Living – One episode, discussing angels (according to comments on the upload, not a typical episode)
Miss U.S. Television Grand Finals – Special aired September 30, 1950
The Morey Amsterdam Show – One episode (September 21 or 28, 1950)
Okay, Mother – One episode (July 18, 1950)
The Old American Barn Dance – Five episodes from Summer 1953
On Your Way – One episode (January 1954)
Public Prosecutor – Two episodes from 1951 ("The Man who Wasn't There" and "The Comic-Strip Murder")
Rocky King, Inside Detective – Four episodes (July 13 and August 31, 1952; 1953; and "One Minute for Murder")
The School House – One episode (March 22, 1949)
They Stand Accused – One episode (late 1954)
Tom Corbett, Space Cadet – One episode (May 22, 1954)

Held by others

Fashions on Parade – Two episodes at MacDonald and Associates film archive in Chicago
The Johns Hopkins Science Review – Entire series (186 episodes) held by the Johns Hopkins University, most of which are DuMont episodes
Life Is Worth Living – Unknown number held by The Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Foundation, possibly complete run
Off the Record – One episode (October 18, 1951) from WTTG and with Art Lamb and Aletha Agee at YouTube^[4]
Tom Corbett, Space Cadet – Unknown number held by Wade Williams Productions
The Wendy Barrie Show – One episode at YouTube featuring Jack Shaindlin as guest
What's the Story – One episode (December 1953) at MacDonald and Associates
Other shows at YouTube/Google Video.
Archivist Ira Gallen has an unknown number of DuMont network broadcasts.
WWE has footage of DuMont wrestling matches held in the New York/Washington D.C. area (including footage from Madison Square Garden III among other wrestling footage from this period, most notably featuring Gorgeous George).
More DuMont-era wrestling footage has turned up with a collector in Japan.