PBS Frontline: War on Nicaragua (1987) FRONTLINE PBS I Non-Official Archive [CC] 2021-04-10 | As the Iran-contra scandal was still unfolding, Frontline correspondent William Greider revealed how the US began supporting the contras in Nicaragua and why our involvement there continues. The program is a meticulous reconstruction of US policy toward Nicaragua, and an investigation into how US foreign policy is made.Original recording provided by Ratterfat McWhiskers | Archive.org
PBS Frontline: Street Cop (1987) FRONTLINE PBS I Non-Official Archive [CC] 2021-04-10 | Frontline takes a gritty look at street cops. In Boston’s busiest, most violent police district, they confront the never-ending calls for help and the never-ending chase after drugs.Original recording provided by Ratterfat McWhiskers | Archive.org
PBS Frontline: The Bombing of West Philly (1987) FRONTLINE PBS I Non-Official Archive [CC] 2021-04-10 | ‘I could hear the bullets all around me, hitting all around the house. I was forced back by gunfire,’ says Ramona Africa, the only adult survivor of MOVE, a small, violent, urban cult. Years of tension ended May 13, 1985, when police bombed Africa’s house. The surrounding neighborhood burned out of control, leaving 250 homeless. Frontline correspondent Leon Dash examines why the bombing really happened.Original recording provided by Ratterfat McWhiskers | Archive.org
PBS Frontline: Stopping Drugs Part II (1987) [CC] FRONTLINE PBS I Non-Official Archive [CC] 2021-04-10 | A two-part special examining efforts to stamp out drugs. Part 1 examines the personal struggles of addicts trying to kick the habit and the effectiveness of drug treatment programs. Part 2 journeys into America’s schools to find out if drugs are really a major problem and if anti-drug efforts are working.Original recording provided by Ratterfat McWhiskers | Archive.org
PBS Frontline: Stopping Drugs Part I (1987) [CC] FRONTLINE PBS I Non-Official Archive [CC] 2021-04-10 | A two-part special examining efforts to stamp out drugs. Part 1 examines the personal struggles of addicts trying to kick the habit and the effectiveness of drug treatment programs. Part 2 journeys into America’s schools to find out if drugs are really a major problem and if anti-drug efforts are working.Original recording provided by Ratterfat McWhiskers | Archive.org
PBS Frontline: Keeping the Faith (1987) FRONTLINE PBS I Non-Official Archive [CC] 2021-04-10 | The black church was once the soul of its community. It was a rallying point and a force for change. Now, as the black middle class grows and the church evolves, correspondent Roger Wilkins asks whom does it serve and to what end?Original recording provided by Ratterfat McWhiskers | Archive.org
PBS Frontline: Israel The Price of Victory (1987) FRONTLINE PBS I Non-Official Archive [CC] 2021-04-10 | The Six Day War was a decisive victory for Israel. But many Israelis feel that something has gone wrong. On the war’s twentieth anniversary, Frontline finds a nation struggling with its image and its role as a democracy and reveals what has happened to the dream.Original recording provided by Ratterfat McWhiskers | Archive.org
PBS Frontline: Death of a Porn Queen (1987) FRONTLINE PBS I Non-Official Archive [CC] 2021-04-10 | She was from Minnesota. Young, pretty, and fresh. She went to Hollywood in search of a dream and found herself in X-rated movies, on drugs, and estranged from her family and friends. Correspondent Al Austin retraces her story, discovering why after two years as a porn queen, she took her own life.Original recording provided by Ratterfat McWhiskers | Archive.org
PBS Frontline: Desperately Seeking Baby (1987) FRONTLINE PBS I Non-Official Archive [CC] 2021-04-10 | Two million American couples desperately want babies and can’t have them. They are turning to private adoption deals brokered by lawyers and counselors. Sometimes they get a new baby and a happy home; sometimes their hearts are broken. Frontline looks at a system filled with ambiguity and heartbreak.Original recording provided by Ratterfat McWhiskers | Archive.org
PBS Frontline: Comrades XII: Leningrad Movie (1986) FRONTLINE PBS I Non-Official Archive [CC] 2021-04-10 | Soviet film directors have one advantage over Westerners: the state takes care of the budget. But in return, the state expects firm control over all productions. Dinara Asanova, one of the few female directors of Soviet features, knows how to bend the rules-departing from approved scripts and changing characters and locations, with controversial results.Original recording provided by Ratterfat McWhiskers | Archive.org
PBS Frontline: Comrades XI: October Harvest (1986) FRONTLINE PBS I Non-Official Archive [CC] 2021-04-10 | The Kulinich family lives and works on a collective farm in southern Russia. Frontline follows the Kulinichs through their daily lives during harvest time and takes a close look at the workings of the collective farm system to find that they, like many other Russian peasants, have discovered their own version of the Communist way of life-Leninism with loopholes.Original recording provided by Ratterfat McWhiskers | Archive.org
PBS Frontline: Comrades X: Soldier Boy (1986) FRONTLINE PBS I Non-Official Archive [CC] 2021-04-10 | For the first time on Western television, Frontline details a recruit’s life inside a Soviet Army barracks. Frontline cameras follow Valera Krylov, 18, through the exertion and boredom of basic training in the military and focuses on his parents, who worry that in the next two years he may be fighting in Afghanistan.Original recording provided by Ratterfat McWhiskers | Archive.org
PBS Frontline: Comrades IX: Baltic Chic (1986) FRONTLINE PBS I Non-Official Archive [CC] 2021-04-10 | Fashion-conscious Estonians living on the Gulf of Finland are inspired by the Western styles of Dallas and Dynasty which are picked up from Finnish TV in Helsinki, fifty miles away. Frontline profiles Krista Kajandu, the chief designer of a fashion house in the town of Tallin the ‘Paris of the North,’ who tries to raise the design standards of the Soviet fashion industry.Original recording provided by Ratterfat McWhiskers | Archive.org
PBS Frontline: Comrades VIII: Doctor in Moscow (1986) FRONTLINE PBS I Non-Official Archive [CC] 2021-04-10 | Svyatoslav Nilolaevich Fyodorov is an outspoken and provocative eye surgeon whose surgical technique for correcting nearsightedness has made him famous. He lives like a superstar with a chauffeur, a sumptuous apartment in Moscow, and a house in the country. Frontline follows Fyodorov through his day and reveals what life is really like for privileged Soviet Citizens.Original recording provided by Ratterfat McWhiskers | Archive.org
PBS Frontline: Comrades VII: Steel Mill Soccer (1986) FRONTLINE PBS I Non-Official Archive [CC] 2021-04-10 | Frontline profiles the lives of players on a factory soccer team in the southern Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan as they fight for the town championship.Original recording provided by Ratterfat McWhiskers | Archive.org
PBS Frontline: Comrades VI: Pacific Outpost (1986) FRONTLINE PBS I Non-Official Archive [CC] 2021-04-10 | Frontline gained unique access in filming the inner workings of the local government system in Nakhodka, a town six thousand miles and seven time zones from Moscow. Here, Frontline profiles the workaholic lifestyle of Tatyana Naumova, a communist zealot and town official in Nakhodka, and the tensions it creates with her husband, who cares for their two daughters.Original recording provided by Ratterfat McWhiskers | Archive.org
PBS Frontline: Comrades V: Master of Samarkand (1986) FRONTLINE PBS I Non-Official Archive [CC] 2021-04-10 | Abdugaffar Khakkulov is a master craftsman of Uzbek heritage who for 35 years has been restoring the great Islamic mosques in Samarkand. Frontline examines daily life in a Muslim community and explores the uneasy relationship between Islamic faith and Soviet power.Original recording provided by Ratterfat McWhiskers | Archive.org
PBS Frontline: Comrades IV: The Trial of Tamara Russo (1986) FRONTLINE PBS I Non-Official Archive [CC] 2021-04-10 | Frontline examines the differences in Soviet and Western justice systems as it contrasts the lives of Tamara Russo, a 50-year-old hospital orderly on trial for theft in Soviet Moldavia, and Lyubov Bubulic, the female judge presiding over Russo’s case.Original recording provided by Ratterfat McWhiskers | Archive.org
PBS Frontline: Comrades III: All that Jazz (1986) FRONTLINE PBS I Non-Official Archive [CC] 2021-04-10 | Sergei Kuryokhin is a popular Russian jazz and rock musician who is disapproved of by the state because his music is difficult to control. Made without the permission of Soviet authorities on a home video camera, Frontline takes a look at the Soviet music subculture and this one talented musician.Original recording provided by Ratterfat McWhiskers | Archive.org
PBS Frontline: Comrades II: Hunter and Son (1986) FRONTLINE PBS I Non-Official Archive [CC] 2021-04-10 | For four months every year, Mikhail Kuzakov and his son, Yuri, leave the comforts of home for the Siberian wilderness, where they hunt on horseback for sable and other valuable fur animals. Frontline examines life in the taiga and follows the hunt of father and son.Original recording provided by Ratterfat McWhiskers | Archive.org
PBS Frontline: Comrades I: The Education of Rita (1986) FRONTLINE PBS I Non-Official Archive [CC] 2021-04-10 | Rita Tikhonova, 21, is a model Russian citizen. The lifestyle and ambitions of an outstanding Young Communist League member in Moscow are depicted as she completes her education at a prestigious school and begins her first teaching job.Original recording provided by Ratterfat McWhiskers | Archive.org
PBS Frontline: Tobacco on Trial (1986) FRONTLINE PBS I Non-Official Archive [CC] 2021-04-10 | Life-long smokers who say their health has been destroyed by cigarettes are suing tobacco companies. Frontline correspondent Judy Woodruff takes an inside look at the preparation of these massive lawsuits, concentrating on a suit that would later reach the Supreme Court as well as presenting the emphatic denials of the tobacco industry, which says smoking is a simple question of personal choice and responsibility.Original recording provided by Sven Maier | Archive.org
PBS Frontline: Holy War Holy Terror (1986) FRONTLINE PBS I Non-Official Archive [CC] 2021-04-10 | Frontline correspondent John Laurence examines the background of the Islamic Revolution, the roots of radical Shiism and reveals why Iran’s war with Iraq is an important step in spreading their brand of Islam throughout the world.
PBS Frontline: Taxes Behind Closed Doors (1986) FRONTLINE PBS I Non-Official Archive [CC] 2021-04-10 | For more than a year, Frontline has been behind the scenes with congressmen and lobbyists covering the deals, dollars, and politics of tax reform. Correspondent William Greider investigates how Washington really works as seen through this exclusive access to the inner circles of Congress.Original recording provided by Ratterfat McWhiskers | Archive.org
PBS Frontline: Hostage in Iran (1986) FRONTLINE PBS I Non-Official Archive [CC] 2021-04-10 | While the whole world watched, 52 Americans were held hostage in Iran by Islamic revolutionaries for 444 days. On the fifth anniversary of their release, using never-before-seen footage from inside the American embassy compound in Tehran, the hostages tell the story of their long ordeal.Original recording provided by Ratterfat McWhiskers | Archive.org
PBS Frontline: Divorce Wars (1986) FRONTLINE PBS I Non-Official Archive [CC] 2021-04-10 | Half of all American marriages end in divorce. Using unique access to mediation and court proceedings, Frontline profiles the couples, the lawyers, the judges, and most poignantly, the children caught between parents.Original recording provided by Ratterfat McWhiskers | Archive.org
PBS Frontline: Inside the Jury Room (1986) FRONTLINE PBS I Non-Official Archive [CC] 2021-04-10 | For the first time on American television, Frontline cameras move inside a jury room to record the deliberations in a Wisconsin criminal trial. The results yield a view of 12 Americans grappling with guilt, innocence, and the nature of justice as never before seen.Original recording provided by Ratterfat McWhiskers | Archive.org
PBS Frontline: Growing Up Poor (1986) FRONTLINE PBS I Non-Official Archive [CC] 2021-04-10 | The children of Chester, Pennsylvania are plagued by poor health, malnutrition, drugs, and family problems. Half of them live below the poverty line. Frontline follows them through the maze of social service programs available to them and discovers what it is like growing up poor.Original recording provided by Ratterfat McWhiskers | Archive.org
PBS Frontline: Will There Always Be an England (1986) FRONTLINE PBS I Non-Official Archive [CC] 2021-04-10 | England is a country divided. One in five workers in northern England is unemployed, while in the south of the country, power, privilege prevail. Ofra Bikel explores Britain’s social structure, cultural values, and attitudes toward enterprise and work.Original recording provided by Ratterfat McWhiskers | Archive.org
PBS Frontline: The Bloods of Nam (1986) FRONTLINE PBS I Non-Official Archive [CC] 2021-04-10 | A high percentage of men on the frontlines in Vietnam were young, poor, undereducated, and black. By most accounts, they had the highest casualties. But these young men say they were fighting two wars-against the enemy and against discrimination. Correspondent Wallace Terry, the author of ‘Bloods,’ the national bestseller on which this film is based, talks with black veterans who fought discrimination in Vietnam and who later confronted disillusionment when they came home.Original recording provided by groovieloo2 | Youtube.com
PBS Frontline: Assault on Affirmative Action (1986) FRONTLINE PBS I Non-Official Archive [CC] 2021-04-10 | The Supreme Court ruled against a Memphis firefighter who successfully fought for an affirmative action plan for the hiring of fellow firefighters in 1984. As a result, the Justice Department asked 50 cities to tighten their affirmative action policies. Correspondent George Curry examines the 20 year conflict over these policies and reveals the point of view of those whom it affects.Original recording provided by Ratterfat McWhiskers | Archive.org
PBS Frontline: A Matter of the Mind (1986) FRONTLINE PBS I Non-Official Archive [CC] 2021-04-10 | Millions of Americans are mentally ill. They live in a world that is fragile and often frightening. Inside a halfway house in St. Paul, Minesota, Frontline examines mental illness from the point of view of those who struggle with it as they fight their psychological demons and confront the social stigma of their disease.Original recording provided by Ratterfat McWhiskers | Archive.org
PBS Frontline: Men Who Molest (1985) FRONTLINE PBS I Non-Official Archive [CC] 2021-04-02 | 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. Many also commit adult rape-and they come from every social background. Should they be treated, punished, or both? Frontline examines a controversial Seattle, Washington, program aimed at treating child sexual abusers.Original recording provided by Ratterfat McWhiskers | Archive.org
PBS Frontline: What About Mom and Dad? (1985) FRONTLINE PBS I Non-Official Archive [CC] 2021-04-02 | Americans over the age of 75 are the fastest growing segment of the nation's population. Many have spent all their lives planning carefully for retirement. But they find their savings destroyed by nursing home care and federal programs for medical costs covering much less than they ever thought. When they turn to their families for help, difficult emotional and financial choices must be made.Original recording provided by Ratterfat McWhiskers | Archive.org
PBS Frontline: The Lifer and The Lady (1985) FRONTLINE PBS I Non-Official Archive [CC] 2021-04-02 | He was a convicted murderer. She was a prison volunteer. They fell in love. Frontline follows the story of Ron Cooney, who tries to work his way through the prison system to parole from a life sentence, and Lesley Earl, the woman who wants to help him go straight.Original recording provided by Greg Hill | Vimeo.com
PBS Frontline: Vietnam Under Communism (1985) FRONTLINE PBS I Non-Official Archive [CC] 2021-04-02 | Frontline takes a rare look inside the new Vietnam, 10 years after the fall of Saigon and the US pullout. While the Vietnamese celebrate their victory, the countryside remains scarred and war-torn. Frontline examines the legacies of the longest and most unpopular war in American history on the country where it was fought.Original recording provided by Ratterfat McWhiskers | Archive.org
PBS Frontline: Retreat from Beirut (1985) FRONTLINE PBS I Non-Official Archive [CC] 2021-04-02 | They went to keep the peace. But 241 died-caught in a military and political cross fire. One year after the pullout of American Marines from Lebanon, Frontline correspondent William Greider examines the decision and asks: Where should Americans die, and what should they die for?Original recording provided by Ratterfat McWhiskers | Archive.org
PBS Frontline: Catholics in America: Is Anything Sacred? (1985) FRONTLINE PBS I Non-Official Archive [CC] 2021-04-02 | One in four American citizens is Catholic, yet few seem to agree with-or follow-every doctrine and practice of their church. Frontline examines the conflicts within the American Catholic Church and its ongoing struggle with the Vatican.Original recording provided by Ratterfat McWhiskers | Archive.org
PBS Frontline: Mans Best Friends (1984) FRONTLINE PBS I Non-Official Archive [CC] 2021-04-02 | Frontline examines the ethical arguments over the use of animal testing in American laboratories, hospitals, and medical schools. Some animal rights groups have even broken into labs to steal research animals. But many scientists say that eliminating or severely restricting animal testing means an end to medical progress.Original recording provided by VeganForVendetta | Youtube.com
PBS Frontline: For the Good All (1983) FRONTLINE PBS I Non-Official Archive [CC] 2021-04-02 | When a national recreation site between Cleveland and Akron was first mandated by Congress in 1974, everyone applauded the project. But Frontline found that park policies of condemning hundreds of businesses and homes soon generated intense local opposition as well as charges that the homes of politically influential citizens were being spared.Original recording provided by AmericanLandRights | Youtube.com
PBS Frontline: The Mind of a Murderer Part II (1984) FRONTLINE PBS I Non-Official Archive [CC] 2021-04-01 | Part 2 raises serious questions about the use of psychiatric evidence in criminal proceedings. Kenneth Bianchi convinced experts that he had multiple personalities and was mentally unfit to stand trial for his cirmes. Before Frontline cameras, Bianchi is unmasked and is proved to be an accomplished faker.Original recording provided by Ratterfat McWhiskers | Archive.org
PBS Frontline: The Mind of a Murderer Part I (1984) FRONTLINE PBS I Non-Official Archive [CC] 2021-04-01 | A terrifying look into the mind of mass murderer Kenneth Bianchi, who killed two women in Bellingham, Washington, and was one of the Hillside Strangler murderers in Los Angeles. Yet, he almost escaped punishment for these crimes because he convinced a group of experts that he had multiple personalities and was not mentally competent to stand trial.Original recording provided by Ratterfat McWhiskers | Archive.org
PBS Frontline: The Campaign for Page One (1984) FRONTLINE PBS I Non-Official Archive [CC] 2021-04-01 | On the eve of the 1984 New Hampshire primary, Frontline presents the first of four national election reports. Correspondent Richard Reeves takes a behind-the-scenes look at the presidential candidates and the political reporters who cover them, examining the story behing the story and who writes it.Original recording provided by Ratterfat McWhiskers | Archive.org
PBS Frontline: So You Want to Be President (1984) FRONTLINE PBS I Non-Official Archive [CC] 2021-04-01 | From the lonely, early days of presidential ambition, through the months of promise, to the day of denial, Frontline follows the 1984 presidential campaign of Gary Hart, revealing presidential politics as it has never before been seen on television.Original recording provided by Ratterfat McWhiskers | Archive.org
PBS Frontline: We are Driven (1984) FRONTLINE PBS I Non-Official Archive [CC] 2021-04-01 | The industrial might of Japan has taken the U.S. by storm as American corporations begin to adopt the Japanese style of management, stressing worker involvement in a family-like corporate environment. Frontline looks at the darker side of Japanese labor relations through the tough management style of the Nissan Motor Company in Japan and Smyrna, Tennesee.Original recording provided by Ratterfat McWhiskers | Archive.org
PBS Frontline: The Arab and the Israeli (1984) FRONTLINE PBS I Non-Official Archive [CC] 2021-04-01 | Two men, a Palestinian and an Israeli, born thirty miles apart, journey to America. In synagogues and universities, on television talk shows and interviews, they try to project a message: that a solution for the West Bank is possible.Original recording provided by Ratterfat McWhiskers | Archive.org
PBS Frontline: Red Star Over Khyber (1984) FRONTLINE PBS I Non-Official Archive [CC] 2021-04-01 | In 1979, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. On the fifth anniversary of the invasion, Frontline correspondent Richard Reeves reports from Afghanistan and Pakistan, examining the stalemate in the Persian Gulf and the pressure placed on Pakistan to accept over one million Afghan refugees.Original recording provided by Ratterfat McWhiskers | Archive.org
PBS Frontline: Living Below the Line (1984) FRONTLINE PBS I Non-Official Archive [CC] 2021-04-01 | It could never happen to you. One day it happened to Farrell Stallings. After 28 years at the same job, he was laid off-a victim of the recession. Now he’s broke, afraid, and at the mercy of the welfare system. Frontline follows him into the maze of the bureaucracy.Original recording provided by Ratterfat McWhiskers | Archive.org
PBS Frontline: Crisis at General Hospital (1984) FRONTLINE PBS I Non-Official Archive [CC] 2021-04-01 | Most Americans regard health care as a social responsibility undertaken for the common good. We assume government and charity programs will allow for everyone with serious health problems-no matter how poor-to be provided treatment. Frontline examines how many investor-owned, for-profit hospital chains are aggressively marketing themselves to treat only the insured, or wealthy patient.Original recording provided by Ratterfat McWhiskers | Archive.org
PBS Frontline: Better Off Dead? (1984) FRONTLINE PBS I Non-Official Archive [CC] 2021-04-01 | Frontline goes inside the hospitals where every day doctors, lawyers, and parents face the agonizing choice: how far do we go with medical treatment for infants born so physically and mentally damaged that they have no hope of leading normal lives? Several intimate case histories are examined, as are the politics of recent legal decisions and government rules relating to the medical care for critically ill babies.Original recording provided by Ratterfat McWhiskers | Archive.org
