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Episodes

EP 2: Shootout on Imperial Highway (1)

Seventy-two year-old James Hawkins,Sr. has turned his home and business into an armed camp. Living in the Watts section of Los Ang...

EP 3: Shootout on Imperial Highway (2)

The trial of gang members accused of conspiracy concludes this special two-part report. Through interviews in prison and inside th...

EP 4: The Lifer and the Lady

He was a convicted murderer. She was a prison volunteer. They fell in love. Frontline follows the story of Ron Cooney, who tries t...

EP 5: The Child Savers

Over a million cases of child abuse were reported in 1984-and the figure is growing. Frontline follows a dedicated group of case w...

EP 6: Down for the Count

Professional boxing is one of the most popular and profitable sports in America. It can also be fatal. Frontline goes inside the w...

EP 7: Retreat from Beirut

They went to keep the peace. But 241 died-caught in a military and political cross fire....

EP 8: Buying the Bomb

Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Seymour Hersh presents his first television investigation for Frontline. After six m...

EP 9: A Class Divided

One day in 1968, Jane Elliott, a teacher in a small, all-white Iowa town, divided her third-grade class into blue-eyed and brown-e...

EP 10: Potomac Fever

Every two years, a desire to represent their home districts in Washington brings a group of first-time freshmen congressmen to the...

EP 11: Crisis in Central America 1: Yankee Years

From the Spanish-American War in 1898 until the 1950's, US preeminence in Central America and the Caribbean was never successfully...

EP 12: Crisis in Central America 2: Castro's Challenge

The Cuban revolution of the 1950's was the first successful challenge to US preeminence in the Western hemisphere. Part 2 looks at...

EP 13: Crisis in Central America 3: Revolution in Nicaragua

In 1979, the Sandinistas led a revolution that overthrew the Somoza dynasty which had ruled Nicaragua for almost 50 years. It was ...

EP 14: Crisis in Central America 4: Battle for El Salvador

Many Americans had never heard of El Salvador until a few years ago. It is now the focus of American policy in Central America. Pa...

EP 15: 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 ...

EP 16: 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. Front...

EP 17: The American Way of War

Frontline examines the complex relationship between the US Army, its fighting doctrine, the American people, and the government in...

EP 18: Memory of the Camps

Forty years ago, Allied troops invaded Germany and liberated Nazi death camps. They found unspeakable horrors which still haunt th...

EP 19: 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 u...

EP 20: What About Mom and Dad?

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EP 21: Breaking the Bank

In 1984, there were more bank failures in the US than at any time since the Great Depression. Correspondent Judy Woodruff investig...

Overview

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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Vietnam Under Communism

Episode 1

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Shootout on Imperial Highway (1)

Episode 2

Seventy-two year-old James Hawkins,Sr. has turned his home and business into an ...

Shootout on Imperial Highway (2)

Episode 3

The trial of gang members accused of conspiracy concludes this special two-part ...

The Lifer and the Lady

Episode 4

He was a convicted murderer. She was a prison volunteer. They fell in love. Fron...

The Child Savers

Episode 5

Over a million cases of child abuse were reported in 1984-and the figure is grow...

Down for the Count

Episode 6

Professional boxing is one of the most popular and profitable sports in America....

Retreat from Beirut

Episode 7

They went to keep the peace. But 241 died-caught in a military and political cro...

Buying the Bomb

Episode 8

Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Seymour Hersh presents his first t...

A Class Divided

Episode 9

One day in 1968, Jane Elliott, a teacher in a small, all-white Iowa town, divide...

Potomac Fever

Episode 10

Every two years, a desire to represent their home districts in Washington brings...

Crisis in Central America 1: Yankee Years

Episode 11

From the Spanish-American War in 1898 until the 1950's, US preeminence in Centra...

Crisis in Central America 2: Castro's Challenge

Episode 12

The Cuban revolution of the 1950's was the first successful challenge to US pree...

Crisis in Central America 3: Revolution in Nicaragua

Episode 13

In 1979, the Sandinistas led a revolution that overthrew the Somoza dynasty whic...

Crisis in Central America 4: Battle for El Salvador

Episode 14

Many Americans had never heard of El Salvador until a few years ago. It is now t...

Men Who Molest

Episode 15

Experts estimate there are at least four million child sexual abusers in the US,...

Catholics in America: Is Nothing Sacred?

Episode 16

One in four American citizens is Catholic, yet few seem to agree with-or follow-...

The American Way of War

Episode 17

Frontline examines the complex relationship between the US Army, its fighting do...

Memory of the Camps

Episode 18

Forty years ago, Allied troops invaded Germany and liberated Nazi death camps. T...

You Are in the Computer

Episode 19

You go to rent an apartment and are turned down without any obvious reason. Then...

What About Mom and Dad?

Episode 20

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Breaking the Bank

Episode 21

In 1984, there were more bank failures in the US than at any time since the Grea...