ABC Close-Up!

Season 1

1960 · 18 episodes

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Cast the First Stone

   27 Sept 1960

2. 2

   2. Paradise in Chains

   13 Oct 1960

3. 3

   3. What's the Proposition?

   3 Nov 1960

4. 4

   4. The Money Raisers

   25 Nov 1960

5. 5

   5. Yanki No!

   7 Dec 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. 6

   6. Featherbedding?

   9 Dec 1960

7. 7

   7. The Red and the Black

   22 Jan 1961

8. 8

   8. X-Pilot

   6 Feb 1961

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

9. 9

   9. The Children Were Watching

   6 Mar 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. 10

    10. Adventures on the New Frontier

    28 Mar 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. 11

    11. I Remember

    14 Apr 1961

12. 12

    12. 90 Miles to Communism

    18 Apr 1961

13. 13

    13. C'est la Guerre

    27 Apr 1961

14. 14

    14. Kenya: Land of the White Ghost (Part 1)

    9 May 1961

15. 15

    15. Kenya: Land of the White Ghost (Part 2)

    16 May 1961

16. 16

    16. The Flabby American

    30 May 1961

17. 17

    17. The Troubled Land

    13 Jun 1961

18. 18

    18. Our Durable Diplomats

    22 Jun 1961