ABC Close-Up!

πŸ“Š Series Specifications

Network ABC
Episode Runtime ~ min
Total Seasons 3
Total Episodes 51
Original Language EN

ABC Close-Up! (1960)

⭐ 3.0 / 5 (2 votes) 🎬 3 Seasons πŸ“Ό 51 Episodes 🏷️ Documentary πŸ“‘ Ended
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Synopsis

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.

Seasons & Episodes

E5 Yanki No!

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.

E8 X-Pilot

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

E9 The Children Were Watching

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.

E10 Adventures on the New Frontier

A portrait of John F. Kennedy’s inauguration and early days in office offers an unprecedented look inside the workings of the White House.

E14 Kenya: Land of the White Ghost (Part 1)
E15 Kenya: Land of the White Ghost (Part 2)
Episodes for this season are available via edge tracking. View Episode 1 β†’
Episodes for this season are available via edge tracking. View Episode 1 β†’