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1. Cast the First Stone

Air Date: 1960-09-27

2. Paradise in Chains

Air Date: 1960-10-13

3. What's the Proposition?

Air Date: 1960-11-03

4. The Money Raisers

Air Date: 1960-11-25

5. Yanki No!

Air Date: 1960-12-07

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. Featherbedding?

Air Date: 1960-12-09

7. The Red and the Black

Air Date: 1961-01-22

8. X-Pilot

Air Date: 1961-02-06

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

9. The Children Were Watching

Air Date: 1961-03-06

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. Adventures on the New Frontier

Air Date: 1961-03-28

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. I Remember

Air Date: 1961-04-14

12. 90 Miles to Communism

Air Date: 1961-04-18

13. C'est la Guerre

Air Date: 1961-04-27

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

Air Date: 1961-05-09

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

Air Date: 1961-05-16

16. The Flabby American

Air Date: 1961-05-30

17. The Troubled Land

Air Date: 1961-06-13

18. Our Durable Diplomats

Air Date: 1961-06-22

1. Walk in My Shoes

Air Date: 1961-09-19

2. The Awesome Servant

Air Date: 1961-10-31

3. Behind the Wall

Air Date: 1961-11-14

4. West of the Wall

Air Date: 1961-11-23

5. Heresy in Red

Air Date: 1961-11-28

6. Dropout

Air Date: 1961-12-05

7. The Remarkable Comrades

Air Date: 1961-12-10

8. It's a Small World

Air Date: 1961-12-13

9. The Great Conversation

Air Date: 1962-01-30

10. Cambodia: The Peaceful Paradox

Air Date: 1962-03-27

11. Do Not Enter

Air Date: 1962-04-10

12. Back to Bhowani

Air Date: 1962-04-17

13. Britain: Ally on the Verge

Air Date: 1962-04-24

14. The Vanishing Oasis

Air Date: 1962-05-15

15. The Overseas Chinese

Air Date: 1962-05-22

16. What's So Funny?

Air Date: 1962-06-12

1. Meet Comrade Student

Air Date: 1962-09-28

2. The Big Revolving Door (Part 1)

Air Date: 1962-10-30

3. The Big Revolving Door (Part 2)

Air Date: 1962-11-13

4. The Turbulent Jordan

Air Date: 1962-11-17

5. The Lost Neighborhood

Air Date: 1962-11-20

6. India: The Troubled Giant

Air Date: 1962-11-27

7. Gamble at the Keyboard

Air Date: 1962-12-04

8. The Unpaid and the Unsung

Air Date: 1962-12-11

9. The Wonderful World of Seven

Air Date: 1962-12-18

10. The Irreplaceables

Air Date: 1963-03-07

11. The Miners' Lament

Air Date: 1963-04-09

12. The Vatican

Air Date: 1963-04-14

13. A Vanishing Breed: Portrait of a Country Editor

Air Date: 1963-04-23

14. Smog: The Silent Killer

Air Date: 1963-04-30

15. Money for Burning

Air Date: 1963-05-07

16. 23rd Precinct

Air Date: 1963-05-21

17. Return from Darkness

Air Date: 1963-06-04