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S1 · E1 — Cast the First Stone

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Cast the First StoneE1 · 45 min
Paradise in ChainsE2 · 45 min
What's the Proposition?E3 · 45 min
The Money RaisersE4 · 45 min
Yanki No!E5 · 45 min

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.

Featherbedding?E6 · 45 min
The Red and the BlackE7 · 45 min
X-PilotE8 · 45 min

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

The Children Were WatchingE9 · 45 min

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.

Adventures on the New FrontierE10 · 45 min

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

I RememberE11 · 45 min
90 Miles to CommunismE12 · 45 min
C'est la GuerreE13 · 45 min
Kenya: Land of the White Ghost (Part 1)E14 · 45 min
Kenya: Land of the White Ghost (Part 2)E15 · 45 min
The Flabby AmericanE16 · 45 min
The Troubled LandE17 · 45 min
Our Durable DiplomatsE18 · 45 min

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Paradise in Chains

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Episodes

Now playing
Cast the First StoneE1 · 45 min
Paradise in ChainsE2 · 45 min
What's the Proposition?E3 · 45 min
The Money RaisersE4 · 45 min
Yanki No!E5 · 45 min

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.

Featherbedding?E6 · 45 min
The Red and the BlackE7 · 45 min
X-PilotE8 · 45 min

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

The Children Were WatchingE9 · 45 min

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.

Adventures on the New FrontierE10 · 45 min

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

I RememberE11 · 45 min
90 Miles to CommunismE12 · 45 min
C'est la GuerreE13 · 45 min
Kenya: Land of the White Ghost (Part 1)E14 · 45 min
Kenya: Land of the White Ghost (Part 2)E15 · 45 min
The Flabby AmericanE16 · 45 min
The Troubled LandE17 · 45 min
Our Durable DiplomatsE18 · 45 min