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ABC Close-Up! Season 1

Ended 1960–1963 60 Audience

Season 1 Episodes

18 episodes
1
Cast the First Stone
Sep 27, 1960
2
Paradise in Chains
Oct 13, 1960
3
What's the Proposition?
Nov 3, 1960
4
The Money Raisers
Nov 25, 1960
5
Yanki No!
Dec 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?
Dec 9, 1960
7
The Red and the Black
Jan 22, 1961
8
X-Pilot
Feb 6, 1961
A pilot risks his life in the final test flight of the X-15 rocket-powered plane.
9
The Children Were Watching
Mar 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
Mar 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
Apr 14, 1961
12
90 Miles to Communism
Apr 18, 1961
13
C'est la Guerre
Apr 27, 1961
14
Kenya: Land of the White Ghost (Part 1)
May 9, 1961
15
Kenya: Land of the White Ghost (Part 2)
May 16, 1961
16
The Flabby American
May 30, 1961
17
The Troubled Land
Jun 13, 1961
18
Our Durable Diplomats
Jun 22, 1961