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The Great Adventure (1963)

Drama

The Great Adventure is a historical anthology series that appeared on CBS for the 1963-1964 television season. The series, narrated each week by Van Heflin, and featuring theme music by Richard Rodgers, presented a weekly one-hour dramatization of the lives of famous Americans and important historical events in American History.

IMDb rating
8.2 (149 votes)
Seasons
1
Language
EN
Type
TV series

Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 1 season indexed

Seasons

Season 1 (1963)

7.81 avg 13 episodes 8.8 → 7.2 60 min avg

Ep 1: 8.8 · 16 votesEp 3: 7.6 · 7 votesEp 4: 7.5 · 8 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 9 votesEp 6: 8.7 · 14 votesEp 11: 7.8 · 8 votesEp 12: 8.2 · 11 votesEp 15: 8.2 · 14 votesEp 16: 7.6 · 11 votesEp 18: 7.2 · 7 votesEp 20: 6.8 · 7 votesEp 23: 7.9 · 10 votesEp 24: 7.2 · 12 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Hunley8.816
3The Massacre at Wounded Knee7.67
4Six Wagons to the Sea7.58
5The Story of Nathan Hale8.09
6Go Down, Moses8.714
11A Boy at War7.88
12Wild Bill Hickok - the Legend and the Man8.211
15Rodger Young8.214
16The Testing of Sam Houston7.611
18The Night Raiders7.27
20The Pathfinder6.87
23Kentucky's Bloody Ground7.910
24The Siege of Boonesborough7.212