The United States Steel Hour
The Old Lady Shows Her Medals
TV Flash files “The Old Lady Shows Her Medals” as a desk essential hour — The United States Steel Hour (1953–1963) on ABC/CBS, season 10, episode 21, aired 1963-06-12, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S10E21: listed hour 259 of 259 in the The United States Steel Hour guide, last listed hour of season 10. It aired 1963-06-12 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “A Taste of Champagne” (S10E20). No later hour is listed in this guide.
Essential hour: “The Old Lady Shows Her Medals”. The Old Lady Shows Her Medals closes 1963: last titled teleplay, the industrial giant packing a decade of air-theater.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Old Lady Shows Her Medals sit in the The United States Steel Hour guide?
S10E21 is listed hour 259 of 259 — last listed hour of season 10, season 10 episode 21.
When did The United States Steel Hour S10E21 air?
The Old Lady Shows Her Medals aired 1963-06-12 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start?
Start with surviving prestige teleplays — Griffith's No Time for Sergeants breakout if you can get it. Live industrial-sponsor drama is the brief.
In the series
Why this series still plays
The United States Steel Hour was live Golden Age drama with an industrial giant's sheen: serious teleplays, launched stars, theatrical punch. Andy Griffith's No Time for Sergeants breakout happened here. Watch it in 2026 as corporate-sponsored theater of the air — proof a steel company once bankrolled the kind of play networks now fear.
The silhouette is industrial sheen on a live play: a steel logo as a curtain, theatrical punch in a living room, hard-hat prestige. The United States Steel Hour (ABC then CBS, 1953–1963) was Golden Age drama with an industrial giant's polish — serious teleplays, launched stars, The Theatre Guild and U.S. Steel, 259 episodes, ten seasons. Andy Griffith's No Time for Sergeants breakout happened on this stage of the air (1955). **This was not a commercial break; this was a hard launch in corporate light.** Proof a…
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