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FRONTLINE; Buying the Bomb

02/25/1985

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Series

FRONTLINE

Program

Buying the Bomb

Program Number

308

Series Description

Premiered January 1983 Since January 1983, FRONTLINE has served as American public television's - PBS - flagship public affairs series. Hailed upon its television broadcast debut as "the last best hope for broadcast documentaries," FRONTLINE's stature over 23 years is reaffirmed each week through incisive documentaries covering the scope and complexity of the human experience. Series release date: 1/1983

Program Description

Pulitzer prize-winning investigative reporter Seymour Hersh, after six months of work, uncovers the story of a Pakistani businessman who tried to ship electrical devices which can be used as nuclear bomb triggers out of the U.S. to Pakistan.

Duration

00:57:51

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Genres

Documentary

Topics

Public Affairs

News

Citation

Chicago: “FRONTLINE; Buying the Bomb,” 02/25/1985, GBH Archives, accessed December 2, 2023, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_4447C6A3996F4194ADADF306FF32B5B5.

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APA: FRONTLINE; Buying the Bomb. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_4447C6A3996F4194ADADF306FF32B5B5