1983

S1.E1 ∙ An Unauthorized History of the NFL

Sun, Jan 16, 1983

A look at the connections between organized crime, gambling and professional football in the United States.

7.5 /10

S1.E2 ∙ 88 Seconds in Greensboro

Sun, Jan 23, 1983

James Reston investigates the role of a police informant in the 1979 murder of five civil rights demonstrators by a group of Klan and Nazi Party members in Greensboro, North Carolina.

7.4 /10

S1.E3 ∙ In the Shadow of the Capitol

Sun, Jan 30, 1983

Frontline correspondent Charles Cobb journeys to a Washington, DC that tourists rarely see.

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S1.E4 ∙ A Chinese Affair

Sun, Feb 06, 1983

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

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S1.E5 ∙ God's Banker

Sun, Feb 13, 1983

A probing documentary probing ties between Roberto Calvi, an Italian banker, found hanging from a London bridge and Archbishop Paul Marcinkus, head of the Vatican bank.

6.3 /10

S1.E6 ∙ Pentagon, Inc.

Sun, Feb 20, 1983

Frontline investigates power of Pentagon as a business and economic force in domestic economy.

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Frontline looks beyond cliches and stereotypes in debate over gun control. Visiting prison inmates, victims of gun crime, and sharpest minds on both sides, Frontline explores underlying fears make gun control such an emotional issue.

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S1.E8 ∙ Children of Pride

Sun, Mar 06, 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.

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S1.E9 ∙ A Journey to Russia

Sun, Mar 20, 1983

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

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S1.E10 ∙ Daisy: Story of a Facelift

Sun, Mar 27, 1983

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

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S1.E11 ∙ Space: The Race for High Ground

Sun, Apr 10, 1983

This episode included a story about The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) which was proposed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan on March 23, 1983. The opening sequence shows Jessica Savitch seated next to a laser that she used to destroy a model of a communication satellite. The demonstration was perhaps the first televised use of a weapons grade laser. No theatrical effects were used. The model was actually destroyed by the heat from the laser. The model and the laser were provided by Marc Palumbo, a High Tech Romantic artist from the Center for Advanced Visual Studies at MIT.

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S1.E12 ∙ Abortion Clinic

Sun, Apr 17, 1983

Abortion Clinic tells the stories of four young women who are confronted by unplanned pregnancies. Two of them decide to carry their pregnancies to term; two chose to have abortions performed at a local clinic.

6.6 /10

S1.E13 ∙ Crisis in Zimbabwe

Sun, Apr 24, 1983

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

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S1.E14 ∙ Air Crash

Sun, May 01, 1983

Frontline investigates frightening aftermath of worst air disasters in US history-June 9, 1982 crash of Pan Am flight 759 at New Orleans airport.

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S1.E15 ∙ Looking for Mao

Sun, May 08, 1983

This documentary film is a search for the cultural and political legacy of Mao Tse-tung six years after his death. Filmed in Beijing, Shanghai, Changsha and Shaoshan, this film is described by Arthur Unger of Christian Science Monitor as "one of the best documentaries in the Frontline series" and an "incisive quest for the truth."

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