Viewers are taken into places usually closed to the public, from aircraft carriers and the Pentagon to the Betty Ford Center and backstage Las Vegas showrooms. The show first aired on ABC as occasional specials before becoming a regular series on A&E.
| Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Episode 1 | The Cape Canaveral Story | 1958-10-02 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 2 | Flight to Freedom | 1958-10-09 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 3 | Double Jeopardy | 1958-10-16 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 4 | Mig 9 | 1958-10-23 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 5 | Trouble in Test Cell 19 | 1958-10-30 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 6 | Man in the Moon | 1958-11-06 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 7 | The Nike Story | 1958-11-13 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 8 | It Was Learned on High Authority | 1958-11-20 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 9 | The Enemy on the Flank | 1958-12-04 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 10 | A Cover of Art | 1958-12-11 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 11 | The Middle East Story | 1958-12-18 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 12 | The Brioni Story | 1958-12-25 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 13 | The Obelisk | 1959-01-01 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 14 | Message From Mardenburg | 1959-01-08 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 15 | Alkaloid Angle | 1959-01-22 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 16 | Crypto 40 | 1959-01-29 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 17 | The Alaskan Story | 1959-02-05 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 18 | The Quemoy Story | 1959-02-12 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 19 | The Vicec Story | 1959-02-19 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 20 | The Geneva Story | 1959-02-26 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 21 | The Meeting | 1959-03-05 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 22 | Mightier Than the Sword | 1959-03-12 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 23 | The Gamble | 1959-03-19 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 24 | Double Agent | 1959-03-26 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 25 | The Antidote | 1959-04-02 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 26 | Assignment Prague | 1959-04-09 | 30 min |
