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ABC Scope Season 2 Episodes

Season 2 Episode Guide

52 Episodes 0 - 1966

Episode 1

Episode #2.1

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Episode 2

Episode #2.2

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Episode 3

Episode #2.3

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Episode 4

Episode #2.4

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Episode 5

Episode #2.5

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Episode 6

Gun Fight!

Sat, Oct 9, 1965

An earnest routine report which deals with the controversy sparked by proposed legislation to curb the easy traffic in guns.

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Episode 7

Unwed Mother

Sat, Oct 16, 1965

A treatment of the rising illegitimacy in the U.S., based on interviews with unmarried mothers, an unwed father, several social workers and other professionals involved.

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Episode 8

The Men Around LBJ

Sat, Oct 23, 1965

In this scheduled report, "The Men Around LBJ" discuss the White House mystique and what it's like to work for the President. Participating are appointment secretary Marvin Watson and special assistants to the President McGeorge Bundy (national security); Lawrence O'Brien (legislative matters), who was recently appointed Postmaster General; press secretary Bill D. Moyers; Jack Valenti; and Joseph Califano.

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Episode 9

Episode #2.9

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Episode 10

Congress: The Men and the Problems

Sat, Nov 6, 1965

An examination of how to make Congress more effective and possible policy changes.

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Episode 11

Episode #2.11

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Episode 12

Storm Over Vietnam

Sat, Nov 20, 1965

A report on student protests against US policy in Vietnam.

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Episode 13

Episode #2.13

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Episode 14

Episode #2.14

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Episode 15

Dilemma in Vietnam

Sat, Dec 11, 1965

An interview with ABC News Vietnam reporter Malcolm Browne.

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Episode 16

Episode #2.16

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Episode 17

Next of Kin

Sat, Dec 25, 1965

Cameras visit Columbus, GA, U.S. base of the First Cavalry DI vision (now serving in South Vietnam) and a home for some of the servicemen's families. In interviews with correspondent Bob Young, Army wives discuss their feelings about recent anti-Vietnam demonstrations, and tell why they chose to remain in Columbus rather than return to their home towns.

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Episode 18

A Conversation with Brigitte Bardot

Sat, Jan 1, 1966

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Episode 19

Orphans of the Living

Sat, Jan 8, 1966

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Episode 20

Vietnam: Questions America Is Asking

Sat, Jan 15, 1966

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Episode 21

Episode #2.21

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Episode 22

Vietnam: The Senate Hearings

Sat, Jan 29, 1966

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Episode 23

Vietnam Report: The War in Vietnam I

Sat, Feb 5, 1966

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Episode 24

Vietnam Report: The War in Vietnam II

Sat, Feb 12, 1966

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Episode 25

Vietnam Report: The Chinese Puzzle

Sat, Feb 19, 1966

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Episode 26

Vietnam Report: Bottleneck

Sat, Feb 26, 1966

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Episode 27

Vietnam Report: To Win the People

Sat, Mar 5, 1966

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Episode 28

Vietnam Report: The Cloth and the Sword

Sat, Mar 12, 1966

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Episode 29

Vietnam Report: Mission North

Sat, Mar 19, 1966

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Episode 30

Vietnam Report: Greetings, You Are Hereby Ordered

Sat, Mar 26, 1966

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Episode 31

Vietnam Report: Sukarno, Enigma on the Southern Flank

Sat, Apr 2, 1966

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Episode 32

Vietnam Report: Struggle for Power

Sat, Apr 9, 1966

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Episode 33

Vietnam Report: Tour of Duty

Sat, Apr 16, 1966

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Episode 34

Vietnam Report: The People of War

Sat, Apr 23, 1966

Describes conditions in the village of Hoa Binh in April, 1966. Program repeated, with follow up, eighteen months later in ABC Scope: The Vietnam War: People of War Revisited.

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Episode 35

Vietnam Report: Why They Fight

Sat, Apr 30, 1966

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Episode 36

Vietnam Report: The Young Veterans

Thu, May 5, 1966

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Episode 37

Vietnam Report: Air to Ground

Sat, May 14, 1966

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Episode 38

Vietnam Report: Inside North Vietnam - Part 1

Sun, May 22, 1966

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Episode 39

Vietnam Report: Inside North Vietnam - Part 2

Sun, May 29, 1966

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Episode 40

Vietnam Report: The Town We Almost Won

Sat, Jun 4, 1966

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Episode 41

Vietnam Report: Honor, Duty, and Country

Sat, Jun 11, 1966

Leaders of the 1966 class of West Point express their opinions regarding what kind of man chooses the career of a professional soldier.

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Episode 42

Vietnam Report: Thailand Next?

Sat, Jun 18, 1966

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Episode 43

Vietnam Report: The Lost Revolution

Sat, Jun 25, 1966

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Episode 44

Vietnam Report: The War Comes to Main Street

Sat, Jul 2, 1966

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Episode 45

Vietnam Report: A Father, a Son, and a War

Sat, Jul 9, 1966

Howard K. Smith interviews his son, Jack, a soldier, at An Khe Airbase in South Vietnam. Their discussion includes the battle at Ia Drang Valley, where Jack Smith had been wounded.

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Episode 46

Vietnam Report: Howard K. Smith - One Man's Opinion

Sat, Jul 16, 1966

From Saigon, Smith offers a commentary and analysis on the situation in Vietnam. He says, "What we have here is the most daring challenge America has had since 1789. What we're trying to do is to build a new nation."

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Episode 47

Vietnam Report: The Long Pull Ahead

Sat, Jul 23, 1966

Howard K. Smith interviews Malcolm W. Brown, author of The New Face of War about the Vietnam conflict. Correspondents Brown and Edward R. Murrow discuss with Smith the political and military future of Vietnam.

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Episode 48

Vietnam Report: Mayday

Sat, Jul 30, 1966

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Episode 49

Vietnam Report: Cambodia - Neutral in the Middle

Sat, Aug 13, 1966

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Episode 50

Vietnam Report: The Key to Victory - Know the VC

Sat, Aug 20, 1966

Outlines the combined American-South Vietnamese policy to counter the Viet Cong strategy in the villages and rural areas.

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Episode 51

Vietnam Report: The Key to Victory - Hearts and Minds

Sat, Aug 27, 1966

Examines Ngo Dinh Diem's Strategic Hamlet Program and shows why it failed to win the "hearts and minds" of the villagers.

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Episode 52

Vietnam Report: The Key to Victory - Rice Roots

Sat, Sep 3, 1966

Presents a newly-instituted program in South Vietnam designed to show villagers how to rebuild their homes and fend off further attacks by the Viet Cong.

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