The Science of Spying (1965) | Cold War TV Documentary

This film presents an account of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) activities that had previously been covert, including actions in Iran, Vietnam, Laos, the Congo, Cuba, and Guatemala. The film includes interviews with CIA director Allen Dulles and Dick Bissel. From National Archives. #### As described in the book, Into the Fray: How NBC’s Washington Documentary Unit Reinvented the News By Tom Mascaro The Science of Spying, marked the arrival of Bob Rogers as a field reporter-producer. The program aired May 4, 1965, and tracked the roots of U.S. covert operations back to the 1950s, providing a stark account of clandestine initiatives in a time before public disclosures, congressional investigations, and Hollywood movies made the 1970s a difficult time to be an American spy. The “Pentagon Papers,“ the Pike and Church Committees, and thrillers such as Three Days of the Condor