• 1960
  • 30m
ABC News Close-Up

Summary 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. View more details

  • 1960
  • 30m

ABC News Close-Up

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : John Daly Pierre Salinger Marshall Frady Joseph Julian

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Sep 26, 1960

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Production companies : ABC News ABC News Closeup

Summary 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. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Sep 26, 1960

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Production companies : ABC News ABC News Closeup

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Episodes

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Sep 26, 1960
Cast the First Stone
Oct 12, 1960
Caribbean Dilemma
Dec 07, 1960
Yanki, No!
A close look at anti-American sentiments in Cuba and Latin America.
Dec 08, 1960
Featherbedding
Jan 21, 1961
The Red and the Black
Feb 15, 1961
The Children Were Watching
Robert Drew, whose film "Primary," from 1960, launched the documentary form of direct cinema in the United States, here immersively films the effort to desegregate public schools in New Orleans, encompassing both the violent opposition of white residents and the experiences of Black families who are the targets of violence.
Mar 27, 1961
Adventures on the New Frontier
A look at the daily business of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, with a focus on some of the political issues he faces six weeks into his term.
Apr 13, 1961
I Remember
Apr 17, 1961
90 Miles to Communism
Apr 26, 1961
C'est la guerre
May 08, 1961
Land of the White Ghost
May 15, 1961
Land of the Black Ghost
Jun 21, 1961
Our Durable Diplomats
Sep 18, 1961
Walk in My Shoes
Nominated for Emmy for "Program of the Year." First look at the lives of Negros on American television - in their own word. Produced/Directed by Nicholas Webster, co-written by Webster an Louis Lomax.
Oct 30, 1961
Automation: The Awesome Servant
Nov 13, 1961
Behind the Wall
Nov 22, 1961
West of the Wall
Nov 27, 1961
Heresy in Red
Dec 04, 1961
Drop-Out
Dec 09, 1961
The Remarkable Comrades
Jan 29, 1962
The Great Conversation
Apr 09, 1962
Do Not Enter
Apr 16, 1962
Back to Bhowani
Apr 23, 1962
Britain: Ally on the Verge
May 14, 1962
The Vanishing Oasis
May 21, 1962
The Overseas Chinese: Report from Singapore
Jun 11, 1962
What's So Funny?
Sep 27, 1962
Meet Comrade Student
Oct 29, 1962
The Big Revolving Door: Part 1
Nov 12, 1962
The Big Revolving Door: Part 2
Nov 16, 1962
The Turbulent Jordan
Nov 19, 1962
The Lost Neighborhood
Nov 26, 1962
India: The Troubled Giant
Dec 03, 1962
Gamble at the Keyboard
Dec 10, 1962
The Unpaid and the Unsung
Dec 17, 1962
Seven-Year-Old Kids
Dec 31, 1969
Cambodia: The Peaceful Paradox
Apr 08, 1963
The Miners' Lament
Apr 13, 1963
The Vatican
Apr 22, 1963
The Vanishing Breed: Portrait of a Country Editor
Apr 29, 1963
Smog: The Silent Killer
Mar 19, 1974
The Oil Policy
Nov 29, 1974
Hoffa
Profiles controversial union leader and former President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, James Riddle "Jimmy" Hoffa.
Jul 20, 1977
The Inheritance
Profile of a New England family suffering from a fatal genetic disease, exclusive to one family. There is no known cure; the only way to stamp it out is to not have children.
Jan 29, 1978
Hostage!
Takes a look at the situations arising from the taking of hostages: the motivations of the terrorists, the negotiations, the Stockholm Syndrome, etc.
Jun 27, 1978
Youth Terror: The View from Behind the Gun
Street gangs and the violence associated with them have always been predominantly an urban phenomenon. The combination of extreme poverty, overcrowding and alienation makes urban ghettos breeding grounds for criminal activity.
Oct 29, 1978
Terror in the Promised Land
This program examines Palestinians, particularly members of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) who employ violent means to achieve their ends. Reynolds establishes the premise that while Israelis consider these PLO members terrorists and murderers, they are heroes and martyrs in their countrymen's eyes. Traces the history of the Palestinian fight with Israel for their homeland, each considers their own and includes comments of PLO leader Yasser Arafat. Others defend the PLO and charge Israel with acts of terrorism. A man allegedly involved with "The Black September" terrorists vows that killing will continue until the Palestinian cause prevails.
Jan 29, 1979
Mission - Mind Control
An investigative report on the U.S. Army and the CIA's 30-year quest for the discovery or development of a mind controlling drug. Discusses brainwashing techniques used, exploitation of unwitting victims, and experiments with psychosurgery, parapsychology, and brain implants.
Dec 17, 1979
Homosexuals
This program explores the experiences of several gay men and women living in New York City, New Orleans, and San Francisco.
Mar 28, 1980
This Shattered Land
This ABC News Closeup's program chronicles the destruction of Cambodia from 1970 to 1979, the Khmer Rouge Regime and the Cambodian famine of 1979-1980. Jim Laurie travels the country at the invite of the neighboring Vietnamese authorities.
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