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The DuPont Company of Wilmington, Delaware, makers of better things for better living through chemistry, presents the Cavalcade of America. Tonight's star, Richard Widmark, in The Man with the Cargo of Water. Tonight's DuPont Cavalcade starring Richard Widmark as Frederick Tudor takes us back some years to the middle of the last century. The place, a private dining room at the Stag's Head Hotel in Saugus near Lynn, Massachusetts. A gathering of Boston businessmen and ship ow…

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In The Man with the Cargo of Water, we are transported to the mid-19th century, where Frederick Tudor, played by Richard Widmark, is introduced at a gathering of Boston's elite businessmen and ship owners. The atmosphere is celebratory as Tudor is honored for his daring enterprise, which aims to bring ice to the sweltering West Indies. The story unfolds in a private dining room at the Stag's Head Hotel in Saugus, Massachusetts, where Tudor's ambitious idea is met with both intrigue and skepticism.

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Cavalcade of America, Episode 665

The Man with the Cargo of Water

Tuesday, September 12, 1950 · 25:14

Cavalcade of America, Episode 665

The Man with the Cargo of Water

Tuesday, September 12, 1950 · 25:14

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Frederick Tudor, a visionary entrepreneur, proposes an audacious plan to export ice to the hot climates of the West Indies, challenging the skepticism of his peers and family. As he navigates their doubts, he is determined to turn his dream into reality.

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