Prime-time network TV listings for Tuesday December 21, 1971:
Program details:
| [CBS 7:30] What's Happened To The Army?
CBS News presents an overview of problems confronting the U.S. Army -- drugs, race relations, morale, discipline and corruption -- and how the Army is trying to combat them. The hour focuses on three military establishments -- Fort Hood, Tex., Fort Benning, Ga. and West Point -- which illustrate the Army's plight. Included are interviews with Gen. William Westmoreland, Army Chief of Staff, and controversial Army critic Col. Anthony Herbert. John Hart is anchorman.
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| [ABC 7:30] A Christmas Carol [special]
W: Charles Dickens D: Richard Williams Animated version of Charles Dickens' classic utilizing drawing done in the fashion of Dickens' time. Narration by Sir Michael Redgrave, Alistair Sim as Scrooge and Michael Horton as Marley's ghost.
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| [NBC 7:30] December 6, 1971, A Day In The Presidency
Covering President Nixon through 15 working hours. John Chancellor narrates the film, which was directed and produced by Stuart Scholberg.
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| [ABC 8:00] Undersea World Of Jacques Cousteau: Octopus, Octopus
Oceanographer Jacques Yves Cousteau heads a study of the facts and fables surrounding the octopus. Filmed in the Mediterranean and the Pacific Ocean off Seattle.
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| [CBS 8:30] Hawaii Five-O [Reg]: Highest Castle, Deepest Grave
Season 4, episode 1 W: Jerome Coopersmith D: Charles S. Dubin With Al Eben (Doc), William Quinn (Shawn), Moe Keale (Tiyoko), France Nuyen (Sirone Mondrago), Jeff Corey (Andrew Duncan), Herbert Lom (Mondrago). The series about the Hawaiian police launches its fourth season. A 10-year-old missing persons case is reopened by McGarrett when the bodies of a man and woman are found during an archaeological exploration. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/14/1971)
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| [NBC 8:30] Vietnam Hindsight: Part One -- How It Began
Officials of the Kennedy administration give their views on the dramatic decisions and events that led to the nation's deepening involvement in the Vietnam war.
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| [ABC 9:00] Land Of The Small [special]
Gregory Peck narrates this exploration of the insect realm as it mirrors our human society. Through the medium of photomicrography, director-photographer Robert H. Crandall takes viewers into the microcosm of an ant tunnel and studies spiders, caterpillar-butterflies, a praying mantis and a lycid beetle.
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| [CBS 9:30] Cannon [Reg]: Call Unicorn
Season 1, episode 3 W: David Moessinger, Paul Playdon D: E. Arthur Kean With Wayne Rogers (Steve), Patricia Smith (Gwen), Charles Cioffi (Marty), Joe Maross (Dave). Frank Cannon poses as a truck driver -- and the new husband of a company's dispatcher -- to investigate a series of hijackings. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/28/1971)
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| [NBC 9:30] Nichols [Reg]: The Siege
Season 1, episode 2 W: Shimon Wincelberg D: Frank R. Pierson With Ricardo Montalban (Col. Alcazar), Armand Alzamora (Raoul), Stefan Gierasch (Doc Bernstein), Wayne Heffley (Cavalry Major), Barbara Collentine (Charlotte), Vernon Weddle (Reporter), John Harding (Salter), James Lee Reeves (Fearless). A notorious Mexican guerrilla leader takes over the town of Nichols while having emergency dental work done. Sheriff Nichols is hard pressed to keep local hotheads from starting a small war with the outlaw. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/23/1971)
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| [ABC 10:00] Danny Thomas Special - City Versus Country [special]
Musical debate with Tennesse Ernie Ford, Florence Henderson and Anne Murray.
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