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Reflects on the 1948 political conventions held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by both the Republican and Democratic parties; Influence of television on United States presidential candidates, Harry S. Truman, and Thomas Dewey; Role of Don Hewitt of the television network Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS).

Provides a history of the drafting of the U.S. Constitution in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in May 1787. Description of the Federal Convention of 1787; Date of the adjournment of the convention; Attempt of scholar Charles Beard to explain the adoption of the Constitution.

Reports on the events in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1793. Effect of the French revolution to life in the United States (U.S.) ; Concerns on the arrival of French Minister Edmund Charles Genet in the U.S.; Facts on the outbreak of yellow fever in Philadelphia.

Recalls the story of a pair of black clergymen, Richard Allen and Absalom Jones, who took charge of the war against a deadly yellow fever epidemic in the city of Philadelphia in the fall of 1793. Belief that blacks were immune to the disease; Background information on the outbreak; Conduct of the black community during the scourge; Significant roles of Allen and Jones in the black church.

Recounts the hospitality of volunteers from the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Union soldiers traveling south to fight the Civil War. Friendly reception given by the Union Saloon and Cooper Shop Volunteer Refreshment Saloon; Small hospitals and homes for disabled soldiers set up by Philadelphia citizens.

Describes the exhibits on display at Franklin Court, an imaginative complex of buildings at the site of Benjamin Franklin's Market Street house in Philadelphia. City's preparations to mark the bicentenary of Franklin's death in 1790; Brief overview of Franklin's life.

Presents information on the history of the Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia which is now part of a museum. When the hospital was founded; Information on Benjamin Franklin, founder of the hospital; Historical background of hospital; Admittance of hospital's first patients; Reputation of hospital; Influence this hospital had on many; Information on the contents of the archives of the museum.

Gives information about the slaughter of Conestoga Indians by a group of whites known as the Paxton Boys, who were condemned by Benjamin Franklin, in 1763. Way that the Conestoga Indians were peaceful, but were attacked by frontier settlers in retaliation for attacks on whites by other Indian tribes; Condemnation of the acts of the Paxton Boys by Benjamin Franklin, who protected Moravian Indians in Philadelphia and with other Philadelphian citizens, kept the Paxton Boys from murdering the Indians.