80s videos in Special Interest DVDs & Videos

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While the giant cell phones and simple arcade games of the 1980s are usually celebrated as charming pop-culture artifacts, these now-dated objects were once major technological advances. This History Channel special traces the roots of these inventions, and explores the ways in which the decade's major players (including Sony and Apple) set the stage for a massive digital revolution.

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ABC News revisits the decade of greed and excess with this 10-part chronicle of the events, people, entertainment, sports, science, and technology that shaped the 1980s. Topics include the inauguration of Ronald Reagan, Charles and Diana's wedding, the Iran-Contra affair, Chernobyl, the Challenger disaster, MTV, AIDS, apartheid in South Africa, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and much more.

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This updated version of Rod Serling's original TWILIGHT ZONE series takes place in the 1980s. On the air from 1985 to 1989, the series further explores the bizarre occurrences that could only be explained by what Serling liked to call the "5th dimension." This release covers the whole first season, made up of 24 episodes. Spooky stories come alive with direction from some of the biggest names in horror filmmaking: Wes Craven (director, SCREAM), William Friedan (director, THE EXORSIST), and Tommy Lee Wallace (Stephen King's IT). The season also features episodes written by stars of the science fiction and horror genres, including Stephen King, Harlan Ellison, and Ray Bradbury. Also featured are star performances by Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Piper Laurie (CARRIE), Helen Mirren, Giovanni Ribisi, And Martin Landou.

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Fitness expert Richard Simmons is still around, showing off new ways for getting in shape and toning up with the help of a fun 1980s soundtrack packed with hits like "True Colors," "Mickey," and "Like a Virgin."

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Includes the end of the Soviet bloc, Berlin wall, Manuel Noriega, Exxon Valdez, San Francisco earthquake, war on drugs, student protests in China, Romania, S&L crisis, and Bush.

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Includes environmental issues, Reagan and Gorbachev, Navy in the Persian Gulf, Pan Am Flight 103, election, Wall Street buyouts, PLO renounces terrorism, and Benazir Bhutto.

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Includes the Wall Street crash, AIDS, Jim & Tammy Faye Bakker, papal visit to Poland, Gorbachev in America, Contra affair, Japan in America, and the 200th anniversary of the U.S. Constitution.

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Includes the Challenger disaster, Iceland summit, Oliver North, Chernobyl nuclear accident, homeless in America, Statue of Liberty centennial, Kurt Waldheim, and U.S. bombs Libya.

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Includes Gorbachev coming to power, Live Aid/Farm Aid concerts, terrorism, Apartheid in South Africa, crack, Contras, AIDS, Pete Rose, Poland, and U.S. buyouts of corporations.

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Includes Bhopal disaster, new patriotism, Central America, presidential campaigns, Los Angeles Olympics, Bernard Goetz, Indira Gandhi assassination, and Iran-Iraq War.

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Includes U.S. deployment of nuclear weapons in Europe, Granada invasion, education report, Star Wars, Aquino assassination, firsts in America, and U.S. Embassy/Marine barracks bombed.

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Includes Vietnam memorial, Falkland Islands War, ERA defeat, Israeli invasion of Lebanon, Tylenol poisonings, anti-nuclear protest, artificial heart implanted, and Poland.

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Images from film and television of this exciting era. Includes the Iran hostage crisis, the U.S. Hockey victory, Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Mt. St. Helens, Love Canal, movies of the year, John Lennon assassination, solidarity in Poland, and Chrysler bailout.

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News anchor Peter Jennings narrates this look at the people, places and happenings that made the news and shaped lives in the 1980s.

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Includes Iran hostages released, Reagan inaugurated, MTV, Reagan and Pope John Paul II assassination attempts, PC's & VCR's, Charles & Diana's wedding, AIDS, and Sadat assassination.

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Includes the end of the Soviet bloc, Berlin wall, Manuel Noriega, Exxon Valdez, San Francisco earthquake, war on drugs, student protests in China, Romania, S&L crisis, and Bush.

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Includes environmental issues, Reagan and Gorbachev, Navy in the Persian Gulf, Pan Am Flight 103, election, Wall Street buyouts, PLO renounces terrorism, and Benazir Bhutto.

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Includes the Wall Street crash, AIDS, Jim & Tammy Faye Bakker, papal visit to Poland, Gorbachev in America, Contra affair, Japan in America, and the 200th anniversary of the U.S. Constitution.

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Includes the Challenger disaster, Iceland summit, Oliver North, Chernobyl nuclear accident, homeless in America, Statue of Liberty centennial, Kurt Waldheim, and U.S. bombs Libya.

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Includes Gorbachev coming to power, Live Aid/Farm Aid concerts, terrorism, Apartheid in South Africa, crack, Contras, AIDS, Pete Rose, Poland, and U.S. buyouts of corporations.

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Includes Bhopal disaster, new patriotism, Central America, presidential campaigns, Los Angeles Olympics, Bernard Goetz, Indira Gandhi assassination, and Iran-Iraq War.

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Includes U.S. deployment of nuclear weapons in Europe, Granada invasion, education report, Star Wars, Aquino assassination, firsts in America, and U.S. Embassy/Marine barracks bombed.

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Includes Vietnam memorial, Falkland Islands War, ERA defeat, Israeli invasion of Lebanon, Tylenol poisonings, anti-nuclear protest, artificial heart implanted, and Poland.

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Includes Iran hostages released, Reagan inaugurated, MTV, Reagan and Pope John Paul II assassination attempts, PC's & VCR's, Charles & Diana's wedding, AIDS, and Sadat assassination.

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Images from film and television of this exciting era. Includes the Iran hostage crisis, the U.S. Hockey victory, Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Mt. St. Helens, Love Canal, movies of the year, John Lennon assassination, solidarity in Poland, and Chrysler bailout.

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News anchor Peter Jennings narrates this look at the people, places and happenings that made the news and shaped lives in the 1980s.

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