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Season 1 (1968–1969)

60 Minutes's the first season, ten episodes from September 1968 to April 1969.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Topic(s)	Running time	Original air date	Prod. code
1	1	"U.S. Presidential Candidates"	TBA	60 minutes	September 24, 1968 (1968-09-24)	S01E01
Behind-the-scenes look at presidential candidate Richard Nixon and his family in their Miami suite during the summer nomination convention for the GOP party. It also showed interviews of three European thinkers about the elections. Viewpoints introduce regular feature with guest opnion colmnists "Cops" relationship between Americans and law enforcement officials with an interview with U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark. Excerpts from the short film Why Man Creates by Saul Bass.
2	2	"Richard Nixon Interview"	TBA	60 minutes	October 8, 1968 (1968-10-08)	S01E02
Examined U.S. Defense research into germ and gas warfare. "Red, White and Maddoix" - profile of Lester Maddox, Georgia governor Profile of Graham Hill, Formula One driver Interview with Richard Nixon the Republican Party candidate for president.
3	3	"Hubert H. Humphrey Interview"	TBA	60 minutes	October 22, 1968 (1968-10-22)	S01E03
Interview with Democratic Presidential Candidate and current Vice President Hubert Humphrey during the summer nomination convention for Democratic party Interview George Wallace, Independent Presidential Candidate Second part of an investigative story on U.S. germ and gas warfare research Marriage of Jacueline Kennedy to Aristotle Onassis
4	4	"Richard Nixon campaign/Joe Namath/invasion of Czechoslovakia/Percy Foreman"	TBA	60 minutes	November 12, 1968 (1968-11-12)	S01E04
Review previous week's election of Richard Nixon for President. Video footage of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia filmed during Prague Spring Report on French President Charles de Gaulle. Profile of NFL football star Joe Namath quarterback of the New York Jets. Profile of Percy Foreman, defense attorney in Texas.
5	5	"Jacqueline Grennan/Laurent Restaurant/Edmund Muskie"	TBA	60 minutes	November 26, 1968 (1968-11-26)	S01E05
Interviews recently re-elected Senator Edmund Muskie. Interview former nun and current president of Webster College Jacqueline Grennan who left the Roman Catholic Church challenging its stance on birth control. Visit famous Laurent restaurant in New York City with Craig Claiborne, food critic for New York Times.
6	6	"Assaults in U.S. prisons"	Incarceration in the United States	60 minutes	December 10, 1968 (1968-12-10)	S01E06
Interview with W. Averell Harriman. Report on homosexual assaults in American prisons with Philadelphia District Attorney Arlen Spector, who discusses the results of an investigation into the problem. “Dirty Football” “Shoplifting” “The international Money Game"
7	7	"Family of Martin Luter King, Jr./Ethel Kennedy/Jesus Christ"	TBA	60 minutes	December 24, 1968 (1968-12-24)	S01E07
In Atlanta, Georgia, interview of the family of the late activist Martin Luther King, Jr. during Christmas. Report on illiteracy in the U.S. Interview with Ethel Kennedy the widow of the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Essay by Andy Rooney on what Jesus Christ looked like.
8	8	"Review 1968/Spiro Agnew/Smothers Brothers/Otto Skorzeny"	TBA	60 minutes	January 7, 1969 (1969-01-07)	S01E08
“The World of '68” - Stills and films offer a review of the news events of the past year. Interview with Vice President-elect Spiro Agnew. Profile of the Smothers Brothers comedy duo, including films taken while their The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour was being put together Review of comics Dan Rowan and Dick Martin. Former Nazi SS colonel Otto Skorzeny relates how he headed the team that spirited Mussolini out of Italy to Germany in September 1943. Interviewed by Robert Trout.
9	9	TBA	TBA	60 minutes	January 14, 1969 (1969-01-14)	S01E09
TBD
10	10	"Middle East tensions/American whiskey"	TBA	60 minutes	January 21, 1969 (1969-01-21)	S01E10
Report on Middle East tensions between Israel and regional Arab neighbors, filmed in Israel and Lebanon. “Essay on Whiskey” - how whiskey is made and consumed in America “Enzymes”
11	11	"Duke and Duchess of Windsor/Airline Hijacking/Eric Hoffer"	TBA	60 minutes	February 4, 1969 (1969-02-04)	S01E11
Interview with the Duke and Duchess of Windsor with a tour of their country home outside Paris Report on the current wave of airline hijackings. Reactions to the CBS News Special “The Savage Heart: A Conversation with Eric Hoffer” from Jan. 28, 1969.
12	12	"Welface/Sking/Danny the Red/NYC Snow"	TBA	60 minutes	February 18, 1969 (1969-02-18)	S01E12
The Welfare Mess: Country Style” “The Billion Dollar Ski Boom” - CBS Sports commentator Heywood Hale Broun examines the surging popularity of skiing in the U.S. and on the large expense needed to finance the hobby. “Daniel Cohn-Bendit” - interview conducted in Frankfurt, with 23-year-old German student activist “Danny the Red” Cohn-Bendit, who discusses the French student revolt of 1968, his personal philosophy and his candid opinions on LBJ, President Nixon, Martin Luther King and Karl Marx. Mike Wallace conducts the interview. Report on recent heavy snowstorms in New York City.
13	13	"Fillmore/Presidental press conference/Pearl Harbor"	TBA	60 minutes	March 4, 1969 (1969-03-04)	S01E13
"Carnegie Hall for the Hip” - Report on The Fillmore rock auditorium in San Fransciso. “An Essay on Ugly.” Analysis of President Nixon’s recent news conference. Report on a group of Japanese who toured Pearl Harbor.
14	14	"Welfare/Palm Beach/John Mitchell/Baseball"	TBA	60 minutes	March 18, 1969 (1969-03-18)	S01E14
“Welfare in the City.” “Palm Beach with Charlotte Curtis.” Profile of Atty. Gen John Mitchell. Report on an old-timers’ baseball game
15	15	"H.L. Hunt/Post-war German children/Heroin addiction"	TBA	60 minutes	April 1, 1969 (1969-04-01)	S01E15
“Money Talks” - Interview with multi-billionaire H. L. Hunt, who discusses his right-wing ideas on politics and women, philanthropy, and why he feels that Calvin Coolidge was the last first-rate U.S. President. Report on fatherless German war babies. Some reflections on the death of Dwight D. Eisenhower. Report on heroin addiction in the U.S.
16	16	TBA	TBA	60 minutes	April 22, 1969 (1969-04-22)	S01E16
Interview with Alice Roosevelt Longworth, daughter of Theodore Roosevelt. “Why Man Creates” - Saul Bass’s animated film on the development of human creativity. “Negative Income Tax” “Nudity in the Arts”
17	17	TBA	TBA	60 minutes	May 13, 1969 (1969-05-13)	S01E17
“Tora Tora, Tora.” Report on American draft resisters who have found a refuge in Canada, focusing on four young men now living in Ontario; in interviews, they discuss the reasons why they left the U.S., their feelings on Vietnam and American politics, and their new way of life; also interviewed is a University of Waterloo professor who aids draft resisters and military deserters in adjusting to their new lives. “The Clio Awards” - Highlights from the annual awards presentation which honors the past year’s best commercials, with excerpts from nominated ads.
18	18	TBA	TBA	60 minutes	June 10, 1969 (1969-06-10)	S01E18
Report on the war between Biafra and Nigeria, featuring a look into the causes and possible solutions to the conflict. Included are interviews with political and military leaders from both nations, among them Biafra’s Gen. Philip Effiong. Report on a vaccine for German measles. Films of a production of Fiddler on the Roof performed by black and Puerto Rican young people in New York City.
19	19	TBA	TBA	60 minutes	June 24, 1969 (1969-06-24)	S01E19
“The Death of Venice” - Examination of the beautiful Italian city’s plight as it sinks into the sea. “American Detention Camps” - Report on the establishment of various detention centers in the U.S. and on the associated controversy Interview with Yugoslavia’s Marshal Tito, focusing on how response to youths’ cries for more freedom of expression. Interviewer by Sir Fitzroy MacLean British journalist and former British liaison officer to Tito’s World War II partisans. Excerpts of Hair, the musical from a Yugoslavian production.
20	20	TBA	TBA	60 minutes	July 8, 1969 (1969-07-08)	S01E20
In a conversation telecast on Philadelphia’s WCAU-TV, Harry Reasoner and his son Stuart discuss the youth rebellion and generation gap; topics include the seriousness with which young people approach the world’s problems and the Establishment’s attitudes and systems concerning morality and ethics. “German Gas Warfare” - Rebroadcast of 10/8 & 10/22/68: A look at U.S. efforts to develop a weapons system potentially more dangerous than our nuclear arsenal.
21	21	TBA	TBA	60 minutes	July 22, 1969 (1969-07-22)	S01E21
Rebroadcast of three segments: Interview with the Duke and Duchess of Windsor (Repeat S01E11 from February 4, 1969) “Money Talks” - Interview with H.L. Hunt (Repeat S01E15 from April 1, 1969 ) “Essay on Whiskey” (Repeat S01E10 from January 21, 1969)