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Search for the Lost Self
This film documents activities at League School for seriously disturbed children in Brooklyn, and focuses on one boy, David, as he progresses over a period of two years.
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The Lion and the Eagle
Alastair Cooke examines the relationship between Britain and the USA over a twenty five year period from Pearl Harbour to the Vietnam War.
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The Poor Pay More

Sun, Jan 08, 1967
A devastating expose of the likes of the A&P and Sloan food chains, the New York telephone company, ghetto furniture dealers, the food freezer racket and short-changing butchers.
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Every Seventh Child
A study of the Catholic school system in the U.S.and an interesting glimpse of the new "spirit of inquiry" among Catholics, both as to religion and the maintenance of a separate school setup.
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Farewell Arabia

Sun, Jun 18, 1967
The story of how Sheikh Zaeid and his clan founded Emirates out of the deserts of Arabia by using the precious oil of Arabian gulf.
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Midsummer 1967

Mon, Aug 14, 1967
A dialogue between Newark Negros ans Whites in the aftermath of the riots in the New Jersey city added a clear dimension to understanding the motivation of the violence.
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A Conversation with Svetlana Alliluyeva
A live interview telecast from New York City with Stalin's daughter. Svetlana Alliluyeva, who defected to the U.S. She has since become the subject of admiration and speculation in the free world-and the object of the Soviet Government's bitter condemnation. (Premier Kosygin recently called her "unstable" and a "sick person). Mrs. Allilyeva is expected to discuss the suppression of Russian intellectuals, her defection (for a time it appeared that she might not be granted asylum in this country) and her book "Twenty Letters to a Friend." She wrote her memoirs in Russia, and smuggled them out of the country when she visited India last year. The book recalls everyday life with her family; Kremlin figures such as Lavrenti Beria, Georgi Malenkov and Anastas Mikoyan; and memories of her mother's suicide and her father's political purges.
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The Right of Privacy
An examination of eavesdropping and other prying tactics of business and government. Films show wire-tapping and lie-detector operations that can determine anything from a man's political affiliations to his sexual habits. Also studied is the possible danger of future genetic tampering and the proposed National Data Center. Among those interviewed: Supreme court justice William 0. Douglas; Ralph Nader, who discusses an industry investigation of his private life; and psychologist James Farr. Host: Philip Sterling.
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Justice and the Poor
A report on inequities and reforms in the legal system, examining the plight of the poor who are often badly represented, and unable to take advantage of the bail system. Films present police treatment of the summer rioters, the efforts of anti-poverty groups such as Mobilization for Youth, and a California question-and-answer forum between teenagers and police. Supreme Court Justice William 0. Douglas and Bernard Botein of the New York Appellate Court are interviewed.
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Episode dated 24 October 1967
On the anniversary of the Welfare Rights Organization, a nation-wide voice for the needy, this program examines the living conditions of welfare recipients and the inadequacy of a system which can supply poor with housekeepers sooner than clothes or food. .Also: the "Welfare Trap which makes it impractical for a welfare recipient to get a job.
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Report from Cuba

Sun, Oct 29, 1967
This in-depth report surveys the progress of Castro's revolution. The hour biends films showing many aspects of life in Cuba; Interviews with political figures and observers: and conversations with the people, who-for the most part-are solidly behind their leader. Among those discussing Castro and Cuba and James Reston of the New York Times and Lee Lockwood , author of "Castro's Cuba, Cuba's Fidel."
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Russia: The Unfinished Revolution
Discusses the thesis that Russia's revolution is unfinished, since it has not yet come into harmony with the talents of the Russian people. Shows scenes of life in Russia today and presents interviews with leading persons in economics, medicine, science, children's literature and poetry.
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Where Is Prejudice?
A look at a dynamic experiment in human relations. College students of different faiths and races confront each other in a week-long series of sessions. The workshop is organized by Dr. Max Birnbaum, director of Boston University's Human Relations Laboratory. Films show how the students, under the increasing pressures of group discussions, peel away each other's protective facades. Initially a conversational topic, prejudice reveals itself in developing antagonism-and then open hostility.
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April Is the End of Summer
Thailand, an American fortress which is potentially "a second Vietnam," is the subject of this documentary. From Bangkok in the south to northern villages that are targets of communist insurgency, Thailand is shown in its simmering heat and its international undercurrents. Films show the traditional practices of opium trading; a women's militia drill; Bangkok as an emerging tourist destination; and a Buddhist temple procession.
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The World of Piri Thomas
An effecting impression of New York's Spanish Harlem, combined narration by the black Puerto Rican poet-writer with location shooting in the streets and two reenactments of two crucial events in his life..
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The Drinking American
An excellent documentary and exploration of the problem in candid and fascinating detail, that viewer's knowledge of the pleasure and pitfalls of drinking strongly expanded.
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