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.

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. 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), 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.

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
 * The Bigelow Theatre – Two episodes (October 4, 1951 and series finale from December 27 )
 * 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 (including May 6, 1952; UCLA has another 13 episodes from the CBS and ABC eras)
 * 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 Goldbergs – 71 restored episodes, including DuMont, available on DVD
 * 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 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 – One episode (November 18, 1953); another six episodes, ranging from December 4, 1951 to April 23, 1952, are from the earlier ABC series Personal Appearance Theatre, which also featured Schildkraut and may have been shown on DuMont stations
 * Kids and Company – One episode (series finale from June 1, 1952), one of the very few surviving daytime DuMont broadcasts; while host Johnny Olson states that the program is going on a ten-week hiatus, he and the crew (appearing onstage) nonetheless sing Auld Lang Syne
 * 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), one excerpt (May 20, 1954)
 * Melody Street – Two episodes (including January 1, 1954), one 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, one excerpt
 * Pantomime Quiz – Two episodes, plus a larger amount of CBS episodes
 * 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), one excerpt
 * The Stranger – One episode (November 12, 1954 )
 * 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)
 * Wisdom of the Ages – One episode (June 16, 1953)
 * You Asked for It – Two episodes (#8 and #31)

Held by the Paley Center for Media
In addition to the below, there is one listing each for Famous Jury Trials and Small Fry Club, neither of which have any information other than the catalog number.


 * Adlai Stevenson Speech from Salt Lake City – Telecast of a speech by US presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson
 * 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
 * Better Living TV Theater – One episode ("From Every Mountain Top" )
 * 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 Show/The Ernie Kovacs Rehearsal – One episode (March 21, 1955); although only airing on flagship station WABD, at least one major historian considers it a DuMont program since 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, 1952 and June 1 series finale, the former erroneously stated as being from 1951)
 * 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 an episode of 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 – Half an 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 (although it has been suggested that it is a collection of skits from two episodes)
 * Flash Gordon – Three episodes ("Flash Gordon and the Planet of Death" {October 1, 1954 premiere}, "Deadline at Noon" {June 24, 1955}, and "Subworld Revenge" {July 15, 1955 series finale} )
 * 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 (series finale from June 1, 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)
 * Sense and Nonsense – One episode (February 19, 1954)
 * Steve Randall (aka Hollywood Off Beat) – One episode (September 11, 1952)
 * They Stand Accused – One episode (late 1954)
 * Tom Corbett, Space Cadet – One episode (network finale from May 22, 1954)
 * Twenty Questions – One episode (January 18, 1952)
 * You Asked for It – Five episodes from 1951 (February 8, April 5, April 12 or 19, April 26, July or so, and a general episode)

Held by the Library of Congress
More specifically, the J. Fred & Leslie W. MacDonald Collection, formerly the MacDonald & Associates film archive in Chicago. In addition to the below, the collection also holds eighteen 30- and 60-second commercials produced in 1951 for DuMont TV receivers.


 * The Adventures of Ellery Queen – One episode (December 21, 1950)
 * The Alan Dale Show – One episode (June 1948 )
 * The Armed Forces Hour – Two 15-minute segments
 * The Arthur Murray Party – One hour-long episode, one half-hour episode, and four half-hour segments
 * The Bigelow Theatre (aka Hollywood Half Hour in syndication) – One episode from 1951 ("Agent from Scotland Yard")
 * Captain Video and His Video Rangers – One episode
 * Cavalcade of Stars – One full Gleason episode and three segments
 * Chance of a Lifetime – One episode
 * Dilemma – One episode
 * Easy Aces – One episode
 * Eloise Salutes the Stars – Two episodes
 * Fashions on Parade – Two episodes
 * Flash Gordon – Two episodes, "Escape into Time" (October 8, 1954) and "The Witch of Neptune" (March 4, 1955)
 * Hold That Camera – One episode (October 20, 1950)
 * It's a Small World – One episode from 1953
 * Life Begins at Eighty – Two episodes
 * Life Is Worth Living – Six episodes
 * The Morey Amsterdam Show – Two half-hour segments
 * Night Editor – Entire series (46 episodes)
 * The Old American Barn Dance – Three episodes
 * Pentagon Washington – One episode (series finale from November 24, 1952)
 * The Plainclothesman – One episode
 * Rebound (aka Counterpoint in syndication) – Two episodes
 * Rocky King, Inside Detective – Two episodes
 * Sports for All – One episode
 * Stars on Parade – Two episodes
 * Star Time – Three half-hour segments
 * Steve Randall (aka Hollywood Off-Beat) – Four episodes from 1952 (June 12, July 3, August 14, and September 11)
 * They Stand Accused – One episode (December 23, 1950)
 * Twenty Questions – One episode (January 18, 1952)
 * What's the Story – One episode (December 1953), featuring interviews with Allen B. DuMont and Dr. Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr.
 * Who's Who with Wendy Barrie – One episode (June 1949)

Held by TV4U
TV4U, a service of Margate Entertainment, ceased public operations some time in 2012.


 * The Admiral Broadway Revue – One episode
 * Captain Video and His Video Rangers – One episode
 * The Cases of Eddie Drake – One episode
 * Cavalcade of Stars – One episode
 * Don McNeill's Breakfast Club – One episode
 * Front Page Detective – One episode
 * Hold That Camera – One episode (December 1, 1950)
 * The Morey Amsterdam Show – One episode
 * Okay, Mother – One episode (July 18, 1950)
 * Rebound (aka Counterpoint in syndication) – One episode
 * Rocky King, Inside Detective – One episode
 * Sense and Nonsense – One episode (February 19, 1954)
 * Star Time – One episode
 * Tom Corbett, Space Cadet – One episode
 * Twenty Questions – One episode (January 18, 1952)

Held by others

 * Concert Tonight – One episode (November 18, 1953) held by the Peabody collection
 * The Johns Hopkins Science Review – Entire series (186 episodes) held by Johns Hopkins University, most of which are DuMont episodes
 * Keep Posted – One episode from 1952 ("Should Truman be Renominated?") held by the Peabody collection
 * Life Is Worth Living – Unknown number held by The Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Foundation, possibly complete run
 * Meet The Boss – One episode held by the Peabody collection
 * Off the Record – One episode (October 18, 1951) from WTTG with Art Lamb and Aletha Agee at YouTube
 * Studio 57 – Entire series (including DuMont-aired episodes) is very likely held by Universal Television. Unlike most DuMont series, it was produced directly on film by an outside production company (Revue Productions), whose successor renewed the copyrights to the episodes, including those aired on DuMont, which may confirm their existence (check US copyright office website for registrations).
 * This Is the Life – One episode (September 9, 1952 premiere) at YouTube
 * Tom Corbett, Space Cadet – Unknown number held by Wade Williams Productions
 * The Wendy Barrie Show – One episode at YouTube featuring Jack Shaindlin as guest
 * 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.