Frontline

Season 3 Episode 11: Crisis in Central American Part 1: Yankee Years

44 SeasonsApr 09, 1985TV-PG1h 00m8.6

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

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Season 3 Episodes:

Episode 5 The Child Savers

5. The Child Savers

Aired: Feb 12, 1985

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

Episode 6 Down for the Count

6. Down for the Count

Aired: Feb 19, 1985

Professional boxing is most popular and profitable sports in America. It can ...

Episode 7 Retreat from Beirut

7. Retreat from Beirut

Aired: Feb 26, 1985

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

Episode 8 Buying the Bomb

8. Buying the Bomb

Aired: Mar 5, 1985

Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Seymour Hersh presents his firs...

Episode 9 A Class Divided

9. A Class Divided

Aired: Mar 26, 1985

An expanded edition of William Peters's classic study of the unique eye-color...

Episode 10 Potomac Fever

10. Potomac Fever

Aired: Apr 2, 1985

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

Episode 15 Men Who Molest

15. Men Who Molest

Aired: Apr 16, 1985

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

Episode 18 Memory of the Camps

18. Memory of the Camps

Aired: May 7, 1985

In 1945, camera crews went with the American and British armies in the nazis ...

Episode 21 Breaking the Bank

21. Breaking the Bank

Aired: May 28, 1985

The year 1984 had more bank failures in the US than any other time since the ...


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Network: PBS

Production Country: United States

Genres:Documentary, News