Season 1
18 episodes · Sep 27, 1960
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- S1E5
Yanki No!
Dec 7, 1960Tracing 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.
- S1E8
X-Pilot
Feb 6, 1961A pilot risks his life in the final test flight of the X-15 rocket-powered plane.
- S1E9
The Children Were Watching
Mar 6, 1961Six-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.
- S1E10
Adventures on the New Frontier
Mar 28, 1961A portrait of John F. Kennedy’s inauguration and early days in office offers an unprecedented look inside the workings of the White House.