Frontline

Before President Reagan introduced Star Wars, Frontline examined how in the previous 25 years the US and the Soviet Union had gone from designing satellites to designing weapons to blast them out of the sky. The superpowers were converting space from an arena for communications, to a concept of space as 'high ground,' the battle area to control.

All Episodes - Season 1

Episode 1

An Unauthorized History of the NFL

Episode 2

88 Seconds in Greensboro

Episode 3

In the Shadow of the Capitol

Episode 4

A Chinese Affair

Episode 5

God's Banker

Episode 6

Pentagon, Inc.

Episode 7

Gunfight USA

Episode 8

Children of Pride

Episode 9

A Journey to Russia

Episode 10

Daisy - Story of a Facelift

Episode 11

Space - The Race for High Ground

Episode 12

Abortion Clinic

Episode 13

Crisis in Zimbabwe

Episode 14

Air Crash

Episode 15

Looking for Mao

Episode 16

Israel: Between the River and the Sea

Episode 17

In Our Water

Episode 18

Vietnam Memorial

Episode 19

For the Good of All

Episode 20

The Russians are Here

Episode 21

Who Decides Disability?

Episode 22

Crossfire in El Salvador

Episode 23

Sanctuary

Episode 24

Moneylenders

Episode 25

Klaus Barbie: the American Connection