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Years in home video:	1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
Years in film:	1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
Years in television:	1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
Years:	1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985

[edit] Industry milestones

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] Movie releases

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

• Babes in Toyland
• Chariots of Fire
• Fort Apache, The Bronx
• Fun and Fancy Free - November 1982
• The Great Muppet Caper
• Herbie Goes Bananas
• Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
• History of the World: Part I
• Neighbors
• Night Crossing
• Oklahoma!
• The Parent Trap - November 1982
• Poltergeist
• The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
• Scanners
• South Pacific
• Star Wars
• Swiss Family Robinson
• The Thing