World in Action Season 7, Episode 25: The Truants

Everybody's Children

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

The Quiet Mutiny

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

28 min

The Man Who Made Biafra

Pigs?

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

They're Only Human Beings Like Everybody Else

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.

A Business Arrangement

S.A.L.T.

Goodbye Mr. Smith?

The Mountain People

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

The Final Harvest

The Man Who Wouldn't Keep Quiet

The Schemes of Jerome D. Hoffman

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

The Law Shop

Oh! Birmingham

The Dumping Grounds

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

American Radio

A personal view by Denis Mitchell.

Round One

The Dutschke Affair

The Village That Quit

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

The Monday Club

The Breaking Point

Square One

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

Lucky

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.

Ford: The Inside Story

The Man Who Stole Uganda

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

As It Was in the Beginning...

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

The Year Britain Stopped Growing

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

South of the Border

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

The Salvation Army

The Sailors' Jail

Going Private

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

The Tanzam Railway

A 2.9% Swing to Democracy in Bradford

Death Is Afraid of Us

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

Conversations with a Working Man

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

Anthony Mascarenhas

A Woman's Place

The Dust at Acre Mill

Episode 40

Major Khaled's War

End of a Journey

The Man from No. 10