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ABC Close-Up!

6.0·3 seasons·51 episodes

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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Cast the First Stone
Cast the First StoneUp next
Sep 27, 1960
02
Paradise in Chains
Paradise in Chains
Oct 13, 1960
03
What's the Proposition?
What's the Proposition?
Nov 3, 1960
04
The Money Raisers
The Money Raisers
Nov 25, 1960
05
Yanki No!
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.

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Featherbedding?
Featherbedding?
Dec 9, 1960
07
The Red and the Black
The Red and the Black
Jan 22, 1961
08
X-Pilot
X-Pilot
Feb 6, 1961

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

09
The Children Were Watching
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.

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Adventures on the New Frontier
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.

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I Remember
I Remember
Apr 14, 1961
12
90 Miles to Communism
90 Miles to Communism
Apr 18, 1961
13
C'est la Guerre
C'est la Guerre
Apr 27, 1961
14
Kenya: Land of the White Ghost (Part 1)
Kenya: Land of the White Ghost (Part 1)
May 9, 1961
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Kenya: Land of the White Ghost (Part 2)
Kenya: Land of the White Ghost (Part 2)
May 16, 1961
16
The Flabby American
The Flabby American
May 30, 1961
17
The Troubled Land
The Troubled Land
Jun 13, 1961
18
Our Durable Diplomats
Our Durable Diplomats
Jun 22, 1961

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