ABC Close-Up!

Name: ABC Close-Up!
Released: 1960-09-27
Rating: 6

1960 · Documentary · 3 Seasons · 51 Episodes · 6.0

This long-running ABC News series of special reports/documentaries explores different aspects of life in the United States, featuring the most prominent ABC News correspondents of their times.

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E11. Cast the First Stone1960-09-27 E22. Paradise in Chains1960-10-13 E33. What's the Proposition?1960-11-03 E44. The Money Raisers1960-11-25 E55. Yanki No!1960-12-07Tracing 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.E66. Featherbedding?1960-12-09 E77. The Red and the Black1961-01-22 E88. X-Pilot1961-02-06A pilot risks his life in the final test flight of the X-15 rocket-powered plane.E99. The Children Were Watching1961-03-06Six-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.E1010. Adventures on the New Frontier1961-03-28A portrait of John F. Kennedy’s inauguration and early days in office offers an unprecedented look inside the workings of the White House.E1111. I Remember1961-04-14 E1212. 90 Miles to Communism1961-04-18 E1313. C'est la Guerre1961-04-27 E1414. Kenya: Land of the White Ghost (Part 1)1961-05-09 E1515. Kenya: Land of the White Ghost (Part 2)1961-05-16 E1616. The Flabby American1961-05-30 E1717. The Troubled Land1961-06-13 E1818. Our Durable Diplomats1961-06-22

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