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Series
The Twentieth Century
US
The Twentieth Century is a long-running CBS documentary television series that aired from 1957 to 1966, sponsored throughout its run by the Prudential Insurance Company and narrated by Walter Cronkite. Drawing on the resources of CBS News, the series produced both historical compilation documentaries and originally photographed contemporary reports, presenting major political, cultural, scientific, and social developments that shaped the modern world. Episodes combined newsreel footage, eyewitness testimony, and on-location reporting, covering subjects ranging from global conflicts and political change to arts, science, and international social transformation. Popular with audiences and critically respected, the series functioned as a formative model for later American television documentary programming and helped establish the compilation-documentary format as a central mode of broadcast nonfiction.
Seasons & Episodes
E1
Churchill, Man of the Century
1957-10-20
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E2
Guided Missile
1957-10-27
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E3
Story of the F.B.I.
1957-11-03
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E4
Toward the Unexplored: The Flight of the X-2
1957-11-10
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E5
Mach Busters
1957-11-17
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E6
Brainwashing
1957-11-24
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E7
Vertijets
1957-12-01
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E8
Middle East Smoke Screen
1957-12-08
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E9
Mussolini
1957-12-15
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E10
The Windsors
1957-12-29
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E11
War in Spain
1958-01-19
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E12
The Face of Crime
1958-01-26
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E13
D-Day Buildup
1958-02-02
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E14
D-Day Attack
1958-02-09
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E15
Crime and the Committee
1958-02-16
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E16
Enter with Caution: The Atomic Age
1958-02-23
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E17
Trial at Nuremberg
1958-03-02
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E18
Hiroshima
1958-03-09
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E19
Gandhi
1958-03-16
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E20
Class of '58
1958-03-23
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E21
Riot in East Berlin
1958-03-30
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E22
Victory Over Polio
1958-04-06
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E23
F.D.R.: Third Term to Pearl Harbor
1958-04-13
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E24
Ceiling Unlimited
1958-04-20
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E25
The Crowded Air
1958-04-27
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E26
War in China
1958-05-04
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E27
Auto Biography
1958-05-11
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E1
October Classic
1958-09-28
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E2
The Red Sell: The Propaganda Mill
1958-10-26
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E3
The Red Sell: Report from the Targets
1958-11-02
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E4
Rockne of Notre Dame
1958-11-09
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E5
The Russo-Finnish War
1958-11-16
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E6
Peron and Evita
1958-11-23
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E7
The Addicted: Profile of a Young Addict
1958-11-30
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E8
The Addicted: Criminal or Patient?
1958-12-07
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E9
Revolt in Hungary
1958-12-14
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E10
Mission Outer Space
1958-12-21
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E11
Woodrow Wilson: The Fight for Peace
1958-12-28
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E12
The Remagen Bridge
1959-01-04
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E13
Jet Carrier
1959-01-11
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E14
The Delinquents: A Boy Named Bob
1959-01-18
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E15
The Delinquents: The Highfields Story
1959-01-25
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E16
Liberation of Paris
1959-02-01
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E17
The Frozen War
1959-02-08
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E18
The Incredible Turk
1959-02-15
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E19
Freedom for the Philippines
1959-02-22
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E20
Generation Without a Cause: Self Portrait
1959-03-01
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E21
Generation Without a Cause: The Searchers
1959-03-08
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E22
Burma Road and the Hump
1959-03-15
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E23
The Silent Sentinel
1959-03-22
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E24
The Times of Teddy Roosevelt
1959-03-29
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E25
From Kaiser to Fuehrer
1959-04-05
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E26
Submarine
1959-04-12
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E27
Stalingrad
1959-04-19
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E1
Reaching for the Moon
1959-09-20
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E2
The Movies Learn to Talk
1959-10-25
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E3
Suicide Run to Murmansk
1959-11-01
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E4
Age of the Jet
1959-11-08
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E5
Fall of China
1959-11-15
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E6
Goering
1959-11-22
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E7
Poland on a Tightrope: Satellite Back in Orbit
1959-11-29
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E8
Poland on a Tightrope: The Commissar and the Cardinal
1959-12-06
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E9
End of the Battlewagon
1959-12-20
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E10
The Olympics
1959-12-27
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E11
Crisis at Munich
1960-01-03
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E12
The Week That Shook the World
1960-01-10
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E13
Dirigible
1960-01-17
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E14
Sabotage
1960-01-24
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E15
Battle of the Bulge
1960-01-31
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E16
The Dust Bowl
1960-02-07
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E17
Tarawa
1960-02-14
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E18
Downrange
1960-02-21
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E19
The Turn of the Century
1960-02-28
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E20
Japan's Changing Face: Part 1
1960-03-06
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E21
Japan's Changing Face: Part 2
1960-03-13
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E22
Patton and the Third Army
1960-03-20
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E23
The Power of the Sea: Part 1
1960-03-27
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E24
The Power of the Sea: Part 2
1960-04-03
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E25
Rommel
1960-04-10
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E26
Paris in the Twenties
1960-04-17
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E27
La Guardia
1960-04-24
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The Violent World of Sam Huff
1960-10-30
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E2
The White House Story
1960-11-06
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E3
Sub Killers
1960-11-13
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E4
Traffic Jam Upstairs
1960-11-20
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E5
Over Here
1960-11-27
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E6
The Doolittle Raid
1960-12-04
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E7
The Berliners: Life in a Gilded Cage
1960-12-18
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E8
Admiral Byrd
1960-12-25
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E9
P.O.W.: Korea
1961-01-01
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E10
P.O.W.: The Road to Resistance
1961-01-08
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E11
Battle of Cassino
1961-01-15
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E12
City Under the Ice
1961-01-22
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E13
Ireland: The Tear and the Smile, Part 1
1961-01-29
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E14
Ireland: The Tear and the Smile, Part 2
1961-02-05
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E15
The Collage Panic
1961-02-12
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E16
Minister of Hate
1961-02-19
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E17
France in Ferment
1961-02-26
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E18
The Burma Surgeon Today
1961-03-05
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E19
The New Marine
1961-03-12
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E20
Minuteman!
1961-03-19
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E21
As Others See Us
1961-03-26
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E22
New York in the Twenties
1961-04-02
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E23
Sweden: Trouble in Paradise? Part 1
1961-04-09
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E24
Sweden: Trouble in Paradise? Part 2
1961-04-16
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E25
General Marshall
1961-04-23
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E26
Alert! Defense in the Missile Age
1961-04-30
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E1
Hungary Today
1961-10-29
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E2
Al Smith
1961-11-05
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E3
Guerrilla, Part 1
1961-11-12
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E4
Guerrilla, Part 2
1961-11-19
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E5
Typhoon at Okinawa
1961-11-26
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E6
The Man Who Spied on Pearl Harbor
1961-12-03
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E7
The Story of Wendell L. Willkie
1961-12-17
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E8
The Great Weather Mystery
1961-12-24
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E9
The Jazz of Dave Brubeck
1961-12-31
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E10
Siege at Malta
1962-01-07
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E11
Sports Cars: The Rage to Race
1962-01-14
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E12
The Airport Jam
1962-01-21
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E13
Crisis at Suez
1962-01-28
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E14
Puerto Rico: The Peaceful Revolution
1962-02-04
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E15
Partisan: The Nazi-Soviet War
1962-02-11
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E16
Frank Lloyd Wright
1962-02-18
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E17
The Age of Anxiety: Part 1
1962-02-25
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E18
The Age of Anxiety: Part 2
1962-03-04
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E19
The Women Get the Vote
1962-03-18
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E20
Get the Graf Spee
1962-03-25
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E21
First Man on the Moon
1962-04-01
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E22
Czechoslovakia: From Munich to Moscow
1962-04-08
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E23
End of an Empire
1962-04-15
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E24
Let's Go to the Fair
1962-04-22
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E25
The Creative Thirties
1962-04-29
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E26
The Satellite That Talks
1962-05-06
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Pollsters and Politics
1962-10-07
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E2
I Remember: Dag Hammarskjold
1962-10-28
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E3
Germany: Red Spy Target
1962-11-04
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E4
Norstad of NATO: War or Peace?
1962-11-11
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E5
The Fighting E
1962-11-18
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E6
So That Men Are Free
1962-11-25
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E7
Laval: Portrait of a Traitor
1962-12-02
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E8
Army of the Damned
1962-12-16
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E9
Zero Hour in Greece
1963-01-06
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E10
From Jet to Dyna-soar
1963-01-13
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E11
Air Drop at Arnheim
1963-01-20
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E12
Italy's Booming North
1963-01-27
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E13
Finland's Tug of War
1963-02-03
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E14
Beachhead at Anzio
1963-02-10
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E15
We Fed Our Enemies
1963-02-17
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E16
Attack on Singapore
1963-02-24
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E17
Franco Spain: Part 1
1963-03-03
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E18
Franco Spain: Part 2
1963-03-10
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E19
Rhodes Scholar
1963-03-17
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E20
Red Ships Off Our Shores
1963-03-24
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E21
Ethiopia: The Lion and the Cross, Part 1
1963-03-31
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E22
Ethiopia: The Lion and the Cross, Part 2
1963-04-07
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E23
The Booming World of Boats
1963-04-14
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E24
The Western Hero
1963-04-21
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E25
Frogmen of the Future
1963-04-28
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Keep It Cool
1963-10-27
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E2
Mountbatten, Man of Action
1963-11-03
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E3
The Road to Berlin
1963-11-10
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E4
A Child Is to Love
1963-11-17
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E5
The Battle for Norway
1963-12-01
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E6
Verdun: End of the Nightmare
1963-12-08
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E7
SAC: Aloft and Below - Part 1
1963-12-15
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E8
SAC: Aloft and Below - Part 2
1963-12-22
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E9
Too Young to Hate
1963-12-29
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E10
The Plots Against Hitler, Part 1
1964-01-05
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E11
The Plots Against Hitler, Part 2
1964-01-12
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E12
Invasion of Sicily
1964-01-19
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E13
Firebrand on Ice: Stan Mikita
1964-02-02
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E14
The Songs of Harold Arien
1964-02-09
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E15
Deep in the Heart of Houston
1964-02-16
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E16
Depressed Area, U.S.A.
1964-02-23
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E17
The Agony of Austria
1964-03-01
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E18
Traffic Round the World
1964-03-08
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E19
John L. Lewis
1964-03-22
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E20
Up Jet
1964-03-29
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E21
Yugoslavia: Bridge or Tightrope?
1964-04-05
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E22
Jimmy Walker
1964-04-12
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E23
Man with a Mission: Dr. Howard A. Rusk
1964-04-19
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E24
Cameras Aloft, Secrets Below
1964-04-26
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E25
Lenin and Trotsky
1964-05-03
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E1
Smear, the Game of Dirty Politics
1964-10-25
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E2
Who Killed Anne Frank?
1964-12-13
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E3
Duke Ellington Swings Through Japan
1964-12-20
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E4
Anthony Eden
1964-12-27
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E5
TAC: The Lightning Punch
1965-01-03
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E6
Target: North Africa
1965-01-10
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E7
Korea, the Line
1965-01-17
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E8
The Strange Case of Rudolf Hess
1965-01-24
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E9
The Nisei: The Pride and the Shame
1965-01-31
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E10
The Sailing Oysterman
1965-02-07
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E11
Heartbreak Country, Italy's South
1965-02-14
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E12
Siege of Leningrad
1965-02-21
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E13
Pop Buell, Hoosier at the Front
1965-02-28
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E14
The Navajos and Annie Wauneka
1965-03-07
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E15
Taming of the Mekong
1965-03-14
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E16
The Warsaw Uprising
1965-03-21
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Man with a Violin: Isaac Stern
1965-04-04
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E18
The Dissenter, Norman Thomas
1965-04-11
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E19
The Supersonic Jet Race
1965-04-18
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E20
The Farmer, Feast or Famine
1965-04-25
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E1
Man of the Month: Dean Rusk
1965-10-31
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E2
Operation Gwamba
1965-12-19
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E3
Man of the Year: Pope Paul VI
1965-12-26
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E4
Air Rescue: The Making of Men
1966-01-02
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E5
Air Rescue: Vietnam
1966-01-09
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The Majestic, Polluted Hudson
1966-01-23
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E7
Man of the Month: Ho Chi Minh
1966-01-30
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E8
How to Fight a Guerrilla War
1966-02-06
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E9
What a Way to Run a Railroad
1966-02-13
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E10
Moscow U
1966-02-20
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E11
Man of the Month: Dr. Michael Ellis DeBakey
1966-02-27
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E12
Nehru: Man of Two Worlds
1966-03-06
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E13
Synanon in Prison
1966-03-13
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E14
Woman Doctor in Vietnam
1966-03-20
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E15
Woman of the Month: Indira Gandhi
1966-03-27
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E16
Integration in the Military
1966-04-03
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E17
Jackpot in Libya
1966-04-10
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E18
Man of the Month: The Draftee
1966-04-17
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