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Curse of the Subway Vigilante, graphic, 1984
March 21, 1985

Subway vigilante Bernhard Goetz

  1985   Eyewitness News, Geraldo Rivera covers the story of Bernhard Goetz in detail with a re-creation of the crime scene on that fateful subway car. We hear audio from Mr. Goetz shortly after his surrender to police, as...
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Geraldo Rivera in Lebanon, 1983
November 10, 1983

The front lines in Lebanon

  1983   Geraldo Rivera, reporting for Eyewitness News in 1983, takes us to the front lines outside Tripoli where Yassir Arafat’s forces are fighting against Syrian-backed PLO rebels. We then go to Beirut, Lebanon and see the conditions of...
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Machine guns on a table
December 9, 1982

Machine guns in America

  1982   Geraldo Rivera investigates the prevalence of fully automatic weapons in 1982, starting with militia groups in central Ohio. Many who own these powerful weapons of war are teachers, fathers, plumbers. We look at the reasons these sorts...
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Migrants walking, 1982
October 27, 1982

Migrants crossing the border

  1982   Geraldo Rivera’s eye-opening report on migrants crossing the Mexico-Arizona border airs on 20/20 Eyewitness News. In this segment we see the actual processes used in crossing, with informative detail. Are these methods still in use today?  ...
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Migrants and a revolving door, 1982
October 27, 1982

Why cross the border?

  1982   Why do migrants take the risk of illegally crossing the border? As we discover, the root cause is poverty back home. This 1982 news clip has Geraldo Rivera on the ground at the border discussing the issue...
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Tommy Chong & Cheech Marin, 1980
July 31, 1980

An interview with Cheech & Chong

  1980   Geraldo Rivera interviews Cheech & Chong for Eyewitness news, studying their success at a time marijuana was anything but legal or mainstream in the 50 states. In 1980 their “Cheech & Chong’s Next Movie” had just come...
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Frank Sinatra, 1980s
January 5, 1980

An interview with Frank Sinatra

  1980   In the early 1980s, Mr. Sinatra performs in Egypt. Eyewitness News gets the chance to catch up with him prior to the performance. How would he characterize his personal method of singing? This interview is interspersed with...
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Geraldo Rivera boxing, 1978
January 1, 1978

A round of boxing

  1978   In 1978 Geraldo Rivera takes up the fight for One To One charity, an organization dedicated to improving conditions for the developmentally disabled. The boxing match was not long after a major concert held for the same...
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Mary Welsh Hemingway, 1977
July 13, 1977

Ernest Hemingway’s house

  1977   Geraldo Rivera goes to Cuba for Eyewitness news in 1977, this time to Ernest Hemingway’s house. We learn about the author and see things as they were left, as well as speak to his widow Mary Welsh...
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Kris Kristofferson, 1977
January 27, 1977

An interview with Kris Kristofferson

  1977   Geraldo Rivera has dinner with Kris Kristofferson and Barbra Streisand about their recent film ‘A Star is Born’. Jon Peters, the film’s producer, is also present. A casual interview with Kris Kristofferson about the movie, his role...
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