Season 1 (1983)

An Unauthorized History of the NFL
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January 17, 1983

In its premiere broadcast, Frontline investigates the underbelly of the NFL--the secret connections between professional football ...Read more

88 Seconds in Greensboro
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January 24, 1983

On the morning of November 3,1979, five civil rights demonstrators were killed by a group of Klan and Nazi Party members in Greens...Read more

In the Shadow of the Capitol
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January 31, 1983

Frontline correspondent Charles Cobb journeys to a Washington, DC that tourists rarely see. The nation's capital, seventy-five per...Read more

A Chinese Affair
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February 7, 1983

For thirty-four years, those who fled to Taiwan in the wake of the Communist victory have had only their memories and fantasies of...Read more

God's Banker
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February 14, 1983

In 1982,a man was discovered hanging from a bridge over the Thames River in London. He was Roberto Calvi, head of Italy's largest ...Read more

Pentagon, Inc.
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February 21, 1983

Frontline investigates the power of the Pentagon as a business and economic force in the domestic economy. Politicians find themse...Read more

Gunfight USA
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February 28, 1983

Frontline looks beyond the cliches and stereotypes in the debate over gun control. Visiting prison inmates, victims of gun crime, ...Read more

Children of Pride
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March 7, 1983

Kojo Odo, a 42 year-old single black man, took in his first child a decade ago-a 7 year old boy with his arm missing. No one wante...Read more

A Journey to Russia
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March 21, 1983

Before Gorbachev and glasnost, three young Americans journey to the Soviet Union on a whirlwind two-week, six-city debating tour. ...Read more

Daisy - Story of a Facelift
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March 28, 1983

Daisy is 55 and terrified of growing old. She feels she needs a facelift. From the moment of her decision, Frontline follows her t...Read more

Space - The Race for High Ground
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April 11, 1983

Before President Reagan introduced Star Wars, Frontline examined how in the previous 25 years the US and the Soviet Union had gone...Read more

Abortion Clinic
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April 18, 1983 • 57m

For the first time on American television, Frontline's cameras record the most intimate details and one of the most personal decis...Read more

Crisis in Zimbabwe
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April 25, 1983

Rhodesia, a symbol of white racism, has become Zimbabwe and white minority rule has given way to black majority rule. However, the...Read more

Air Crash
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May 2, 1983

Frontline investigates the frightening aftermath of one of the worst air disasters in U.S. history-the June 9, 1982 crash of Pan A...Read more

Looking for Mao
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May 9, 1983

Only seven years after Mao's death, it is clear that China is undergoing another revolution. This is a revolution of political and...Read more

Israel: Between the River and the Sea
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May 16, 1983

For eight years, Rafik Halabi covered the West Bank and Gaza strip-the only Arab reporter working in the Hebrew section of Israeli...Read more

In Our Water
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May 23, 1983

Frank Kaler's story begins simply enough when he requests a water test. Why? Because his children develop skin lesions after bathi...Read more

Vietnam Memorial
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May 30, 1983

Frontline tells the story of five days in the fall of 1982 when more than 150,000 people gathered in Washington D.C. for the dedic...Read more

For the Good of All
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June 6, 1983

When a national recreation site between Cleveland and Akron was first mandated by Congress in 1974, everyone applauded the project...Read more

The Russians are Here
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June 13, 1983

Episode 20 of Season 1 premiered on June 13, 1983

Who Decides Disability?
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June 20, 1983

Frontline investigates the Reagan administration's effort to remove tens of thousands of people from the Social Security disabilit...Read more

Crossfire in El Salvador
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June 27, 1983

In 1983, El Salvador was a nation where murder and torture were an everyday occurrence, a place where loved ones disappear and tru...Read more

Sanctuary
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July 4, 1983

Frontline follows the journey of a Guatemalan family through the 'new underground railroad' and considers the plight of the people...Read more

Moneylenders
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July 11, 1983

Developing countries have borrowed hundreds of billions of dollars from Western banks. Some of the biggest borrowers, Brazil and M...Read more

Klaus Barbie: the American Connection
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July 18, 1983

Klaus Barbie, a hated Nazi war criminal, was returned to France in 1983 to face justice. But some Frenchmen were worried that he w...Read more