Frontline (1983)

Episode 2: 88 Seconds in Greensboro

Jan 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 Greensboro, North Carolina...

Episode 3: In the Shadow of the Capitol

Jan 31, 1983

Frontline correspondent Charles Cobb journeys to a Washington, DC that tourists rarely see. The nation's capital, seventy-five percent black, fac...

Episode 4: A Chinese Affair

Feb 07, 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 mainland China. Now...

Episode 5: God's Banker

Feb 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 bank and chief ...

Episode 6: Pentagon, Inc.

Feb 21, 1983

Frontline investigates the power of the Pentagon as a business and economic force in the domestic economy. Politicians find themselves chasing Pentago...

Episode 7: Gunfight USA

Feb 28, 1983

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

Episode 8: Children of Pride

Mar 07, 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 wanted the youngster. Eac...

Episode 9: A Journey to Russia

Mar 21, 1983

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

Episode 10: Daisy - Story of a Facelift

Mar 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 through all the proce...

Episode 11: Space - The Race for High Ground

Apr 11, 1983

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

Episode 12: Abortion Clinic

Apr 18, 1983

For the first time on American television, Frontline's cameras record the most intimate details and one of the most personal decisions a woman ca...

Episode 13: Crisis in Zimbabwe

Apr 25, 1983

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

Episode 14: Air Crash

May 02, 1983

Frontline investigates the frightening aftermath of one of the worst air disasters in U.S. history-the June 9, 1982 crash of Pan Am flight 759 at the ...

Episode 15: Looking for Mao

May 09, 1983

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

Episode 16: Israel: Between the River and the Sea

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 Television. This is...

Episode 17: In Our Water

May 23, 1983

Frank Kaler's story begins simply enough when he requests a water test. Why? Because his children develop skin lesions after bathing in it. Front...

Episode 18: Vietnam Memorial

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 dedication of the Vietnam...

Episode 19: For the Good of All

Jun 06, 1983

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

Episode 20: The Russians are Here

Jun 13, 1983

Episode 21: Who Decides Disability?

Jun 20, 1983

Frontline investigates the Reagan administration's effort to remove tens of thousands of people from the Social Security disability rolls. Disabl...

Episode 22: Crossfire in El Salvador

Jun 27, 1983

In 1983, El Salvador was a nation where murder and torture were an everyday occurrence, a place where loved ones disappear and truth remains elusive. ...

Episode 23: Sanctuary

Jul 04, 1983

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

Episode 24: Moneylenders

Jul 11, 1983

Developing countries have borrowed hundreds of billions of dollars from Western banks. Some of the biggest borrowers, Brazil and Mexico,are struggling...

Episode 25: Klaus Barbie: the American Connection

Jul 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 would reveal embarras...