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. By 1958, however, much of the library had been destroyed to recover the silver content. Most of whatever survived was loaded onto three trucks and dumped into Upper New York Bay in the mid-1970s. 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
A.N.T.A. Album of 1955 – special shown on March 28, 1955
The Admiral Broadway Revue – one episode (March 4, 1949)
All About Baby – three episodes (June–July 1955)
The Bigelow Theatre – nine episodes, including 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 1949-1950, possibly including episodes of Boxing From Jamaica Arena (1948–49), Amateur Boxing Fight Club (1949-50) or Boxing From Sunnyside Gardens (1949–55)
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 Brynner)
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 Page Detective – 17 episodes
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)
Top 12 Business Leaders (30-minute special aired May 28, 1951 from the 21 Club in New York City)
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)
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 presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson hosted by U.S. Representative from Utah Walter K. Granger (14 October 1952)
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
At Home With Billie Burke – one episode
Better Living TV Theater – one episode ("From Every Mountain Top")
The Big Issue (a.k.a. Keep Posted) – one episode ("Peace in the Middle East", aired November 2, 1952)
Blind Date – one episode (August 25, 1953)
The Cases of Eddie Drake – one episode, "Sleep Well, Angel" (May 1, 1952)
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 (March 10, 1949 premiere and 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) of series on WABD
This Is Music – two episodes
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)
The J. Fred & Leslie W. MacDonald Collection, formerly MacDonald & Associates film archive in Chicago, is now held by the Library of Congress. In addition to the below, the collection also holds eighteen 30- and 60-second commercials produced in 1951 for DuMont TV receivers.
The Admiral Broadway Revue – three half-hour segments
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 (a.k.a. Hollywood Half Hour and Marquee Theatre in syndication) – one CBS episode from February 11, 1951 ("Agent from Scotland Yard"), may have aired on DuMont during the fall of 1951
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, weekly series hosted by Eloise McElhone
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 (a.k.a. Counterpoint in syndication) – two episodes
Rocky King, Inside Detective – two episodes
Sports for All – one episode
Star Time – five half-hour segments
Stars on Parade – two episodes
Steve Randall (a.k.a. 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)
TV4U, a service of Margate Entertainment, ceased public operations some time in 2012. Note: Only one episode of the following.
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 (a.k.a. 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)
The Internet Archive collection is limited to those shows which have lapsed into the public domain.
The Adventures of Ellery Queen – four episodes (December 21, 1950 plus March 29, May 10, and November 8, 1951)
The Arthur Murray Show – half a 60-minute episode (October 22, 1950) with Reginald Gardiner and Lily Ann Carol
Captain Video and His Video Rangers – four episodes (one from 1949, one from 1952, and two from the 1950s)
Cavalcade of Stars – two episodes hosted by Jerry Lester (June 3, 1950 and another 1950 show, although it has been suggested that the latter is a collection of skits from two episodes) and several hosted by Jackie Gleason (clips from August 19 and September 2, 1950; August 26, 1950, October 10, 1951, and clips of one or two other episodes)
Flash Gordon – twelve episodes, ranging from October 1, 1954 to June 24, 1955
Front Page Detective – one episode (March 16, 1951)
The Goldbergs – 22 episodes from 1954, ranging from May 4 to the October 19 network finale
Hold That Camera – one episode (December 1, 1950)
Jazz Party – three episodes (September 18, October 9, and December 25, 1958)--the continuation, on the NTA Film Network, of a WABD series, Art Ford's Greenwich Village Party
The Johns Hopkins Science Review – six episodes (March 20, 1951; January 7, February 18, and May 5, 1952; February 17, 1954; and another 1954 episode)
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)
Man Against Crime – "Murder in the Rough" (November 8, 1953) and "Murder Mountain" (December 6, 1953)
Miss U.S. Television Grand Finals – special aired September 30, 1950
The Morey Amsterdam Show – two episodes (April 21, 1949 and September 21 or 28, 1950)
Okay, Mother – one episode (July 18, 1950)
The Old American Barn Dance – seven episodes from Summer 1953
On Your Way – one episode (January 1954)
Public Prosecutor – "The Case of the Comic-Strip Murder" (September 20, 1951) and "The Case of the Man Who Wasn't There" (January 17, 1952)
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 (a.k.a. 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 – at least four episodes from 1951 (February 8, April 5, April 12 or 19, April 26, July or so); the Archive has several other episodes, but it is not certain whether those are DuMont-era shows
Concert Tonight – one episode (November 18, 1953) held by the Peabody Award collection
Jazz Party – three episodes (September 18, October 9, and December 25, 1958) at YouTube
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 Award collection
Life Is Worth Living – unknown number held by The Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Foundation, possibly complete run
Man Against Crime – 28 episodes available on DVD (out of 84 episodes total)
Meet the Boss – one episode held by the Peabody Award 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. (See 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
Twenty Questions – one episode (November 16, 1953) held by DePauw University and at YouTube
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.
DuMont historian and radio broadcaster Clarke Ingram has an unknown number of DuMont network broadcasts, including the only known surviving footage of Happy's Party.
The estate of Dennis James may own a substantial amount of programming with him as host (some of which may have been the original source of programs in other collections); James kept an archive with samples of his work as a résumé supplement during his lifetime.
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), which is from WWE's direct corporate predecessor, Capitol Wrestling Corporation. The McMahon family (in particular patriarch Jess McMahon and later Vince McMahon, Sr.), owners of the then-CWC, archived this footage on their own and not through DuMont.
More DuMont-era wrestling footage has turned up with a collector in Japan.
