This page indexes the individual year in home video pages. ... This is a list of home video-related events in 1979. ... Movie releases The following movies were released on video on the following dates: This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. ... This is a list of home video-related events in 1981. ... This is a list of home video-related events in 1983. ... This is a list of home video-related events in 1984. ... This is a list of home video-related events in 1985. ... This page indexes the individual year in film pages. ... // Events March 5 - Production begins on Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. ... // Events April 30 - The Roger Daltrey film, McVicar, opens in London. ... // January 19 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrent United Artists. ... // January 11 - Production begins on the Star Wars film Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. ... // February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Lets Spend the Night Together opens in New York North Americas Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi Tootsie Trading Places, starring Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy WarGames, starring Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy Superman III Flashdance Staying Alive Octopussy Mr. ... // Events The Walt Disney Company founds Touchstone Pictures to release movies with subject matter deemed inappropriate for the Disney name. ... // Back to the Future, starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd and Lea Thompson Rambo: First Blood Part II, starring Sylvester Stallone Rocky IV, starring Sylvester Stallone The Color Purple, starring Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey, Margaret Avery, Rae Dawn Chong, Adolph Caesar Out of Africa, starring Meryl Streep and... This page indexes the individual year in television pages. ... See also: 1978 in television, other events of 1979, 1980 in television, and the list of years in television. For the United States network television schedule, please see 1979-80 United States network television schedule. ... This is a list of television-related events in 1980. ... This is a list of television-related events in 1981. ... This is a list of television-related events in 1982. ... // February 8 - Minipops premieres on Channel 4 in the UK. Though a ratings success, it is canceled after the first series due to heavy media criticism. ... This is a list of television-related events in 1984. ... This is a list of television-related events in 1985. ... These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999... The 21st century is the present century of the Anno Domini (common) era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ... This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, In the Western world, the focus shifted from the social activism of the sixties to social activities for ones own pleasure, save for environmentalism, which continued in a very visible way. ... The 1980s refers to the years of and between 1980 and 1989. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... The 2000s are the current decade, spanning from 2000 to 2009. ... The 2010s decade is a period of time that consists of the dates from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2019 inclusive. ... This page indexes the individual years pages. ... For the song by the Smashing Pumpkins, see 1979 (song). ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Industry milestones

• 20th Century Fox and CBS merge their home video operations to become CBS/Fox Video.

Twentieth (20th) Century Fox Film Corporation (known from 1935 to 1985 as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation) is one of the major American film studios. ... CBS is one of the largest radio and television networks in the United States. ... CBS/Fox Video was a home video company formed and established in 1982. ...

Home video and politics

• June 12 - Sweden makes it forbidden to rent out video cassettes with violent movies to children who are forbidden by the rating system to see such movies.

June 12 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (164th in leap years), with 202 days remaining. ... The video cassette recorder (or VCR, less popularly video tape recorder) is a type of video tape recorder that uses removable cassettes containing magnetic tape to record audio and video from a television broadcast so it can be played back later. ... Video nasty was a term coined in the United Kingdom in the 1980s that originally applied to a number of films distributed on video that were held by some to be unfit for domestic viewing. ... “Children” redirects here. ... Rating is a means of classifying things in different categories. ...

Movie releases

The following movies were released on video on the following dates:

• Babes in Toyland
• Chariots of Fire
• Fun and Fancy Free
• The Great Muppet Caper
• Herbie Goes Bananas
• Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
• History of the World: Part 1
• Neighbors
• Night Crossing
• Oklahoma!
• Poltergeist
• The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
• Scanners
• South Pacific
• Star Wars
• Swiss Family Robinson
• The Thing