ABC Close-Up!

1960 - 1963

Cast the First Stone

27th September 1960

Episode 1

No overview available.

Paradise in Chains

13th October 1960

Episode 2

No overview available.

What's the Proposition?

3rd November 1960

Episode 3

No overview available.

The Money Raisers

25th November 1960

Episode 4

No overview available.

Yanki No!

7th December 1960

Episode 5

Tracing anti-U.S. sentiment as it builds in Latin America, Yanki No! juxtaposes the candid humanity of life in a Caracas slum with the actions of diplomats and political figures, including Cuba’s Fidel Castro addressing a rally of one million people.

Featherbedding?

9th December 1960

Episode 6

No overview available.

The Red and the Black

22nd January 1961

Episode 7

No overview available.

X-Pilot

6th February 1961

Episode 8

A pilot risks his life in the final test flight of the X-15 rocket-powered plane.

The Children Were Watching

6th March 1961

Episode 9

Six-year-old Yolanda Gabrielle, escorted by her mother, becomes the target of the taunts of a crowd of shouting segregationists as she makes her way to school, one of the few white children to continue attending after four African-American students were admitted to her first-grade class. Tessie Prevost, also 6, receives the protection of U.S. Marshals to enter and leave the nearly empty school, as do the other three African-American children. The ugly crowd swarms the Gabrielle’s home after school, and Yolanda’s father comes home only to tell his wife that he’s been provoked by angry co-workers to quit his job.

Adventures on the New Frontier

28th March 1961

Episode 10

A portrait of John F. Kennedy’s inauguration and early days in office offers an unprecedented look inside the workings of the White House.

I Remember

14th April 1961

Episode 11

No overview available.

90 Miles to Communism

18th April 1961

Episode 12

No overview available.

C'est la Guerre

27th April 1961

Episode 13

No overview available.

Kenya: Land of the White Ghost (Part 1)

9th May 1961

Episode 14

No overview available.

Kenya: Land of the White Ghost (Part 2)

16th May 1961

Episode 15

No overview available.

The Flabby American

30th May 1961

Episode 16

No overview available.

The Troubled Land

13th June 1961

Episode 17

No overview available.

Our Durable Diplomats

22nd June 1961

Episode 18

No overview available.

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