1982 in home video:
Industry milestones[]
January[]
- January - The VHD format is unveiled at CES.[1]
May[]
- May 10 - Roadshow Home Video releases its first titles in Australia.
June[]
- 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.[2] 20th Century Fox and CBS merge their home video operations to become CBS/Fox Video.
October[]
- October 30 - Columbia Pictures and RCA merge their home video operations to become RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video.
Film releases[]
The following films were released on video on the following dates:
| U.S./Canada Release Date |
Title | Studio | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July–September | |||||
| J U L Y |
6 | The Great Muppet Caper | CBS/Fox Video | Betamax VHS release | |
| S E P T E M B E R |
1 | Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope | CBS/Fox Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| November–December | |||||
| N O V E M B E R |
4 | Fun and Fancy Free | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| The Parent Trap (1961) | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Rocky III | CBS/Fox Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | Paramount Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| The Three Caballeros | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| 27 | Charlotte's Web (1973) | Paramount Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
| D E C E M B E R |
7 | Annie (1982) | RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| 10 | Tron | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
| 17 | Babes in Toyland (1961) | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
| Chariots of Fire | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Fort Apache, The Bronx | Vestron Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly | CBS/Fox Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| The Great Muppet Caper | CBS/Fox Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| A Day at Disneyland | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| History of the World: Part I | CBS/Fox Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Horton Hears a Who! | MGM/UA Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| How the Grinch Stole Christmas! | MGM/UA Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Justin Morgan Had A Horse | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Neighbors (1981) | RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Night Crossing | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Oklahoma! | CBS/Fox Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Poltergeist (1982) | MGM/UA Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| South Pacific (1958) | CBS/Fox Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Swiss Family Robinson | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
References[]
- ↑ CED in the History of Media Technology (accessed 8 April 2011)
- ↑ Horisont 1982, Bertmarks förlag, page 154 - Lag stiftad mot videovåld
External links[]
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