Broadcast: 22nd April 1936

Starring: Various

Added: May 31 2004

In the Cavalcade of America the instinct for self-preservation finds expression in the slogan “safety first” or as Poor Richard puts it, “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure!” In December 1733 Benjamin Franklin, creator of Poor Richard published an article on fire and how to extinguish them. He deplores the fact that the city has no fire company. The state of unprepared ness against fire continues until 1736 in a street in Philadelphia...