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Season 2 (1969–1970)

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No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleTopic(s)Running
time
Original air dateProd.
code
221"Agnew and the Press"TBA60 minutesNovember 25, 1969 (1969-11-25)S02E01
232"Black Panther Party/Oral contraceptives/Military art"TBA60 minutesJanuary 6, 1970 (1970-01-06)S02E02

243"Gold mining labor conditions/Crime in Washington, D. C./business of gravestones"TBA60 minutesJanuary 20, 1970 (1970-01-20)S02E03

  • Gold mining labor conditions
  • Crime in Washington, D. C.
  • business of gravestones
254"Hollywood cinematic products/Spanish bullfighting/Bernadette Devlin"TBA60 minutesFebruary 3, 1970 (1970-02-03)S02E04

  • “Revolution in the Movies”
  • “The Truth About the Moment of Bullfighting”
  • Interview with Bernadette Devlin
  • “Letters to the Editor.”
265"Cause of avalanches/Federal gun control"TBA60 minutesFebruary 17, 1970 (1970-02-17)S02E05

276"U. S. Defense spending/Record industry/Golda Meir"TBA60 minutesMarch 3, 1970 (1970-03-03)S02E06

287"Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton/Israel war tension/Auto bumpers"TBA60 minutesMarch 24, 1970 (1970-03-24)S02E07

  • Interview with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, who discuss their careers and lifestyles.
  • Report on the war tensions in Israel, filmed in Tel Aviv, the Suez; featured are interviews with Prime Minister Golda Meir and members of the Israeli Army’s “Red Beret” unit.
  • Report on the effectiveness of auto bumpers
298"Emilio Pucci/Egypt war tensions/U.S. federal income tax returns"TBA60 minutesMarch 31, 1970 (1970-03-31)S02E08

309"Rosemary Brown's music/Garbage crisis/Poll on Bill of Rights"TBA60 minutesApril 14, 1970 (1970-04-14)S02E09

  • “Hello Mrs. Brown, This is Franz Liszt” - Interview Mrs. Rosemary Brown, an Englishwoman who transcribed music she claims came from classic composers: Andre Previn and Virgil Thomson evaluate Mrs. Brown's work.
  • “We're Drowning in Garbage” - Report on the garbage crisis and newly developed disposable items.
  • Results of a poll on American’s attitudes and understanding of the Bill of Rights.
3110"Unemployment in the U.S./Bernie Cornfield/Interviews on Bill of Rights"TBA60 minutesApril 28, 1970 (1970-04-28)S02E10

  • "Mr. Williams Needs a Job” - Report on unemployment in the U.S. with unemployed worker in Wichita, Kansas
  • “Who is Bernie Cornfield?” Investors Overseas Service
  • “Bill of Rights Interviews”
  • “Letters to the Editor”
3211TBATBA60 minutesMay 12, 1970 (1970-05-12)S02E11
3312TBATBA60 minutesMay 26, 1970 (1970-05-26)S02E12

  • President Nixon’s daughter Tricia guides viewers on a tour of a section of the White House that is rarely seen: the first family’s living quarters; Mike Wallace and Harry Reasoner accompany her as cameras reveal living and dining rooms, state guest rooms, the Lincoln Sitting Room and Bedroom, and the Truman Balcony, where David and Julie Eisenhower join the group.
  • “Some of Our Children Are Missing” - Report on the thousands of American children who have simply vanished.
  • Debate between Frank McGee and Seymour Hersh on Vietnam and the Mỹ Lai massacre
3413TBATBA60 minutesJune 9, 1970 (1970-06-09)S02E13

  • “A Cry for Help” - Examination into child abuse; interviews with members of the Battered Child Team at Colorado Medical center
  • Profile of RL. Stiles, from Meet the Master, Inc.
  • Report on the controversy surrounding the B-1 bomber
3514TBATBA60 minutesJune 16, 1970 (1970-06-16)S02E14

  • “Vietnam: Coming and Going” Mike Wallace interviews soldiers
  • “American Kids in Foreign Jails”
  • The World's Greatest Jazz Band plays 1930’s-style jazz.
3615TBATBA60 minutesAugust 18, 1970 (1970-08-18)S02E15

Special anthology edition featuring personalities seen in various 60 MINUTES broadcast of the past season.

  1. Atty.Gen. John Mitchell and his wife, Martha (5/12/70)
  2. Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton (3/24/70)
  3. Black Panther Party (1/6/70)
  4. Singer Tom Paxton (3/3/70)
  5. Interior Sec. Walter Nickel and his wife (5/12/70)
  6. Financier Bernie Cornfield (4/28/70)
  7. Child abusing mother (6/9/70)
  8. A minister who aids runaway children (5/26/70)
  9. The World’s Greatest Jazz Band (6/16/70)
  10. Pastor Krogager (5/12/70)
  11. Teenage Panhandlers (9/30/69)
  12. Soldiers flying into and out of Vietnam (6/16/70)
  13. A Catholic Irishman wounded in Belfast fighting (11/11/69)
  14. Crime in Washington, D.C. (1/20/70)
  15. Unemployed J.D. Williams and his wife (Season 2, Episode 10, 4/28/1970)
3716TBATBA60 minutesSeptember 1, 1970 (1970-09-01)S02E16

Repeats of several segments:

  1. Trivia Nixon’s tour of the White House (5/26/70)
  2. “Rehabilitation of U.S. Amputees” (9/30/69)
  3. “The Crowhurst Saga” (10/14/69)

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