Tuesday Documentary

Name: Tuesday Documentary
Released: 1968-09-10T00:00:00.000Z

TV Show

Long-running documentary series covering a wide range of current affairs topics.

1968 · 49m

The Heart of Apartheid

First transmitted in 1968, Black, Coloured and Asian South Africans are interviewed in this eye-opening documentary about their views on apartheid.
Death or Glory

First transmitted in 1968, this documentary shows life in the British Army of the Rhine as seen through the eyes of one of its regiments, the 17th/21st Lancers, on a tour of duty.
The Jumbo Jet

In just four months, the world's first jumbo jet will go into service over the Atlantic. The jumbo has been called a 'pilot's dream.' But will it be an airport's nightmare? (1969)
Engines Must Not Enter the Potato Siding

First transmitted in 1969, this film looks at a handful of the 280,000 railwaymen who work in Britain.
Beyond the Wall

Cold War attitudes were slow to melt in East Germany, but in 1970 the German Democratic Republic opened its borders for three weeks to let in a BBC film crew.
The Block

A moving film about people who live below the poverty line and their struggle to keep afloat. (1972)

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