ABC Close-Up! - Season 1
1 - Cast the First Stone
Air Date: September 27, 1960
2 - Paradise in Chains
Air Date: October 13, 1960
3 - What's the Proposition?
Air Date: November 3, 1960
4 - The Money Raisers
Air Date: November 25, 1960
5 - Yanki No!
Air Date: December 7, 1960
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.
6 - Featherbedding?
Air Date: December 9, 1960
7 - The Red and the Black
Air Date: January 22, 1961
8 - X-Pilot
Air Date: February 6, 1961
A pilot risks his life in the final test flight of the X-15 rocket-powered plane.
9 - The Children Were Watching
Air Date: March 6, 1961
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.
10 - Adventures on the New Frontier
Air Date: March 28, 1961
A portrait of John F. Kennedy’s inauguration and early days in office offers an unprecedented look inside the workings of the White House.
11 - I Remember
Air Date: April 14, 1961
12 - 90 Miles to Communism
Air Date: April 18, 1961
13 - C'est la Guerre
Air Date: April 27, 1961
14 - Kenya: Land of the White Ghost (Part 1)
Air Date: May 9, 1961
15 - Kenya: Land of the White Ghost (Part 2)
Air Date: May 16, 1961
16 - The Flabby American
Air Date: May 30, 1961
17 - The Troubled Land
Air Date: June 13, 1961
18 - Our Durable Diplomats
Air Date: June 22, 1961