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Summary Since it began in 1983, ‘Frontline' has been airing public-affairs documentaries that explore a wide scope of the complex human experience. Frontline's goal is to extend the impact of the documentary beyond its initial broadcast by serving as a catalyst for change.

Directed By: Mark Obenhaus

  • TV-MA
  • PBS
  • Mar 5, 1985
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  • PBS
  • Mar 5, 1985
Frontline
S3 • Episode 8
Buying the Bomb
Air Date: Mar 5, 1985
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Summary Since it began in 1983, ‘Frontline' has been airing public-affairs documentaries that explore a wide scope of the complex human experience. Frontline's goal is to extend the impact of the documentary beyond its initial broadcast by serving as a catalyst for change.

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Season Episodes

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Episode 1 • Jan 15, 1985
Vietnam Under Communism
Frontline takes a rare look inside new Vietnam, 10 years after fall of Saigon and US pullout.
Episode 2 • Jan 22, 1985
Shootout on Imperial Highway: Part 1
Seventy-two year-old James Hawkins,Sr. has turned his home and business into an armed camp.
Episode 3 • Jan 29, 1985
Shootout on Imperial Highway: Part 2
The trial of gang members accused of conspiracy concludes this special two-part report.
Episode 4 • Feb 5, 1985
The Lifer and the Lady
He was a convicted murderer. She was a prison volunteer. They fell in love. Frontline follows story of Ron Cooney.
Episode 5 • Feb 12, 1985
The Child Savers
Over a million cases of child abuse were reported in 1984-and figure is growing. Frontline follows a dedicated group of case workers from Emergency Children's Service of New York into homes.
Episode 6 • Feb 19, 1985
Down for the Count
Professional boxing is most popular and profitable sports in America. It can also be fatal.
Episode 7 • Feb 26, 1985
Retreat from Beirut
They went to keep peace. But 241 died-caught in a military and political cross fire.
Episode 8 • Mar 5, 1985
Buying the Bomb
Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Seymour Hersh presents his first television investigation for Frontline.
Episode 9 • Mar 26, 1985 • 1 h
A Class Divided
Episode 10 • Apr 2, 1985
Potomac Fever
Every two years, a desire to represent their home districts in Washington brings a group of first-time freshmen congressmen to nation's capital on shores of Potomac river.
Episode 11 • Apr 9, 1985
Crisis in Central American Part 1: Yankee Years
From Spanish-American War in 1898 until 1950's, US preeminence in Central America and Caribbean was never successfully challenged.
Episode 12 • Apr 10, 1985
Crisis in Central America Part 2: Castro's Challenge
The Cuban revolution of 1950's was first successful challenge to US preeminence in Western hemisphere.
Episode 13 • Apr 11, 1985
Crisis in Central America Part 3: Revolution in Nicaragua
In 1979, Sandinistas led a revolution that overthrew Somoza dynasty which had ruled Nicaragua for almost 50 years.
Episode 14 • Apr 12, 1985
Crisis in Central America Part 4: Battle for El Salvador
Many Americans had never heard of El Salvador until a few years ago. It is now focus of American policy in Central America.
Episode 15 • Apr 16, 1985
Men Who Molest
Experts estimate there are at least four million child sexual abusers in the US, and they do not fit our stereotypes. Almost half of those guilty of incest also molest children outside the family.
Episode 16 • Apr 23, 1985
Catholics in America: Is Nothing Sacred?
One in four American citizens is Catholic, yet few seem to agree with-or follow-every doctrine and practice of their church.
Episode 17 • Apr 30, 1985
The American Way of War
Frontline examines complex relationship between US Army, its fighting doctrine, American people, and government to understand army's role in fighting modern wars.
Episode 18 • May 7, 1985 • 56 m
Memory of the Camps
Episode 19 • May 14, 1985
You Are in the Computer
You go to rent an apartment and are turned down without any obvious reason. Then you find out your name is in a computer file of undesirable tenants and every other landlord in city has access to information.
Episode 20 • May 21, 1985
What About Mom and Dad?
Americans over age of 75 are fastest growing segment of nation's population. Many have spent all their lives planning carefully for retirement.
Episode 21 • May 28, 1985
Breaking the Bank
43 Seasons

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Will Lyman

Narrator, Self - Narrator, Self

Sarah Childress

Self - Reporter, Reporter, Self

Priyanka Boghani

Self - Reporter, Reporter, Digital Reporter

Arun Rath

Self - Reporter, Self, Reporter

Judy Woodruff

Self - Host, Self, Self - Anchor

Katie Worth

Self - Reporter, Reporter, Digital Reporter

Martin Smith

Self - Correspondent, Self, Correspondent

Jessica Savitch

Self - Host, Narrator, Self - Host (1983)

Jim Gilmore

Self - Reporter, Self, Reporter

Mike McNally

Self - Narrator, Narrator

Peter Baker

Self, Self - The New York Times, Self - Co-Author, Kremlin Rising, Self - Author, Self - Author, Days of Fire, Self - Author, Obama: The Call of History, Self - Co-author Kremlin Rising, Self - Co-author, Kremlin Rising, Self - co-author of 'Kremlin Rising'

Jeremiah Kissel

Self, Self - Narrator, Self - Reporter, Voiceover

Dan Balz

Self - The Washington Post, Self, Self, journalist, The Washington Post

Lowell Bergman

Self, Self - Correspondent, Correspondent, Self - Reporter, Self - Correspondnet, Self - Frontline

Peter Haydu

Self, Voiceover

Jane Mayer

Self - The New Yorker, Self, Reporter, Self - Author, The Dark Side, Self, investigative journalist for The New Yorker

Steve Coll

Self - Author, 'Ghost Wars', Self - The New Yorker, Self, Self - Author, Self - Author, Private Empire, Self - Staff Writer, The New Yorker, Self - The New Yorker, Author: Ghost Wars

Peter Berkrot

Narrator, Self - Narrator

Susan Glasser

Self, Self - Co-Author, Kremlin Rising, Self - Co-author Kremlin Rising, Self - Co-author, Kremlin Rising, Self - The New Yorker, Self - The Washington Post (1998-2008)

Charles Linshaw

Self, Narrator

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