ABC Scope

Episode 1

Vietnam Report: Vietnam Election - A Vote for the Future

Sat, Sep 10, 1966

Episode 2

Vietnam Report: Five Ways to Beat the VC

Sat, Sep 17, 1966

Interview with Sir Robert Thompson, former Malayan Defense Secretary, and a leader in the twelve year struggle against Communist guerrillas there.

Episode 3

Vietnam Report: John Kraft Poll - The War and U.S. Elections

Sat, Sep 24, 1966

Episode 4

Vietnam Report: The Call to Manila

Sat, Oct 1, 1966

Reports on the Manila Conference, in which President Johnson and the chiefs of state of all Asian nations concerned in the defense of South Vietnam will participate.

Episode 5

Vietnam Report: Fighting the Gun Runners

Sat, Oct 8, 1966

Shows the US Navy waging war against infiltrators carrying armaments and supplies to the enemy.

Episode 6

Vietnam Report: The President's Trip - Part I

Sat, Oct 22, 1966

Episode 7

Vietnam Report: The President's Trip - Part II

Sat, Oct 29, 1966

Episode 8

Vietnam Report: John Kraft Survey - Vietnam in the Polling Booth

Sat, Nov 5, 1966

Soldiers in Vietnam discuss their political views and pollster John Kraft surveys effects of the war on the forthcoming 1966 elections. Current attitudes are compared with those poll results taken from the past summer.

Episode 9

Vietnam Report: Rebuttal

Sat, Nov 12, 1966

A rebuttal is offered to Howard K. Smith's commentary as seen on the program on 16 July 1966.

Episode 10

Vietnam Report: The View from Hanoi

Sat, Nov 19, 1966

Howard K. Smith conducts a discussion about life in Hanoi with correspondents John Rolfson and Jean Raffaelli.

Episode 11

Vietnam Report: Viet Rock - Play of Protest

Sat, Nov 26, 1966

A rock musical by Megan Terry that served as inspiration to the musical Hair. A violent denunciation of the American involvement in the Vietnam War, the play was described by its author as a "folk war movie" comprising scenes of disillusionment and protest to the American military presence in Southeast Asia.

Episode 12

Vietnam Report: The Authoritative Source

Sat, Dec 3, 1966

A top Pentagon official (Col. Roger Bankson) offers a briefing on the military situation in Vietnam.

Episode 13

Vietnam Report: The Singing Soldier

Sat, Dec 10, 1966

Presents songs written by and sung by Capt. Herschel Gober, stationed in Vietnam as an adviser and known as the singing soldier. His songs sum up the feeling of the American soldiers and are accompanied by appropriate scenes of the war.

Episode 14

Vietnam Report: Help Yourself to Freedom

Sat, Dec 17, 1966 60 mins

Examines a pacification program at work in a hamlet near Saigon. Everett Baumgardner, who was chief adviser to the Ministry of Revolutionary Development, discusses future prospects for the program at work there.

Episode 15

Vietnam Report: Home for Christmas

Sat, Dec 24, 1966 60 mins

Scenes of family reunions in US and servicemen in Vietnam ending tours of duty there.

Episode 16

Vietnam Report: The View from Europe

Sat, Dec 31, 1966

Various correspondents discuss the effects of the Vietnam War on Europe and how the war is regarded by Eurooeans.

Episode 17

Vietnam Report: Questions

Sat, Jan 7, 1967

What do Americans think about the war in Vietnam? ABC foreign correspondents who recently toured the Nation discuss their impressions of present American opinions on the war. Correspondents: Ray Moloney, Lou Cioff, Sam Jaffe, Charles Arnot and Lou Rukeyser.

Episode 18

Black and White

Sat, Jan 14, 1967

What does the Black GI think about his role in the Vietnamese war, and does the civilian Black share the same opinions? Host John Scali examines both questions. Included are interviews in Vietnam, New York City's Harlem and Jackson, Mississippi. Also: Films show Stokely Carmichael addressing a rally of SNCC members.