World in Action — Season 7

Sept 1970

School children at school are doing a play on freedom and the Vietnam war also playing a general

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Embedded documentary, shot on site during the Vietnam War, showing how young draftees are critical about that war.

Oct 1970

Oct 1970

Members of the Cincinnati Police Force discuss the increasing animosity being dealt out by the public towards policemen.

Oct 1970

There are about 1,500,000 severely physically handicapped people in the United Kingdom. There are, therefore, 1,500,000 handicapped families. This means there are 6,750,000 people directly involved with the problems of the disabled.

Oct 1970

Nov 1970

Nov 1970

Nov 1970

America's poor whites of the Appalachia region, who fear there maybe violence against them in the future.

Nov 1970

Nov 1970

Nov 1970

Follows the trail of New York financier Hoffman, who's empire had just crashed leaving investors in the UK out of pocket.

Dec 1970

Dec 1970

Dec 1970

The problems of malnutrition leading to mental and physical problems among the children of resettled black South African families.

Jan 1971

A personal view by Denis Mitchell.

Jan 1971

Jan 1971

Jan 1971

A village is asked to give up smoking for a week and the results monitored.

Feb 1971

Feb 1971

Feb 1971

With renewed fighting through Ulster, has the conflict gone back to square one?

Feb 1971

Follows the life of an 18 year old from Devon who arrives in London penniless and has to sleep rough, but eventually with help manages to find a job and somewhere to live.

Mar 1971

Mar 1971

World In Action talks to three teenage truants about what they get up to when they "wag off" school.

Mar 1971

A military coup has taken place in Uganda, but what is the real story behind the rumours?

Mar 1971

Uses footage from previous editions of World in Action to present a history of the troubles so far.

Mar 1971

Investigates the claim that lack of investment in the UK will seriously affect its competitiveness with mainland Europe.

Apr 1971

Attitudes in Eire to the IRA and the situation in Ulster.

Apr 1971

Apr 1971

May 1971

Investigates the controversy surrounding private patients and their consultants and whether they are exploiting the NHS.

May 1971

May 1971

May 1971

Some people in the country of Georgia claim to be over a 100 years old and still working like people half their age.

Jun 1971

Following one working class man through the struggles of his average day, to show how the forgotten majority are living in Britain.

Jun 1971

Jun 1971

Jun 1971

Jul 1971

Jul 1971

Jul 1971

Aug 1971