
Episodes (33)
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Ep 1
The Missing Link
1972-01-03•60m
In this episode of Horizon, you find out how feasible it is to build a 35 mile long tunnel between Britain and France.
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Ep 2
Navajo - The Last Red Indians
1972-01-10•60m
Horizon explores the American Navajo indian tribe of New Mexico, in the United States.
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Ep 3
How Much Do You Smell?
1972-01-17•60m
Why do humans have such a poor sense of smell as compared to animals? Horizon investigates why.
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Ep 4
The Parasite of Paradise
1972-01-31•60m
This story by Horizon reports on Malaria in the country of Gambia, in West Africa.
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Ep 5
The Day it Rained Periwinkles
1972-02-07•60m
Horizon investigates reports of strange phenomena and about what the scientific theory is about these phenomena.
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Ep 6
Are You Doing This for Me Doctor, or Am I Doing It for You?
1972-02-14•60m
Horizon explores if a doctor's treatment of the patient is always in the best interest of the patient.
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Ep 7
How They Sold Doomsday
1972-02-21•60m
In this episode, Horizon looks the the ecological movement, and the resistance against the movement in Britain, and the USA.
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Ep 8
For Love or Money?
1972-02-28•60m
In this report by Horizon, the effect of boring jobs on industrial relations is looked at, along with work and job satisfaction.
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Ep 9
Whales, Dolphins and Men
1972-03-06•60m
Horizon looks at the life of whales and dolphins, and how they interact with man.
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Ep 10
What Is Race?
1972-03-13•60m
Horizon investigates the various conceptions of "race" that have arisen since the 17th century.
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Ep 11
The Man-Made Lakes in Africa
1972-03-20•60m
Horizon investigates the use of hydroelectric power in Africa, at Lake Kariba, Lake Volta, and Lake Nasser.
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Ep 12
Survival in the Sahara
1972-03-27•60m
This episode of Horizon follows the expedition of two German naturalists exploring the Northwestern desert of the Sahara in Africa.
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Ep 13
Mind Over Body
1972-04-10•60m
This story by Horizon is about American research into techniques for controlling bodily functions with the mind.
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Ep 14
Out of Volcanoes
1972-04-17•60m
In this report, Horizon looks at the various aspects of volcanoes and explaining the views of some vulcanologists.
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Ep 15
The Wizard Who Spat on the Floor
1972-05-01•60m
Horizon presents a study of Thomas Alva Edison and his achievements as an inventor.
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Ep 16
Rail Crash
1972-05-08•60m
Horizon reviews the history of train accidents and the new safety precautions to prevent them.
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Ep 17
Do You Dig National Parks?
1972-05-22•60m
Horizon investigates the threat to the Snowdonia National Park in Britain, from mining companies.
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Ep 18
Sorry I Opened My Mouth
1972-06-12•60m
Horizon reports on modern research in the prevention of tooth decay.
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Ep 19
The Way We Move
1972-07-03•60m
How do muscles contract and how are they are controlled from the brain through nerve fibers are the subjects of this Horizon episode.
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Ep 20
The Life that Lives on Man
1972-07-10•60m
This episode of Horizon explores bacteria and other creatures that live on our skin and in our hair.
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Ep 21
Sex Can Be a Problem
1972-07-24•60m
In this episode by Horizon, we take a look at sexual problems, particularly for impotence, frigidity, and premature ejaculation.
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Ep 22
The Surgery of Violence
1972-07-31•60m
Horizon explores the development and techniques of brain surgery from the 1950's to present-day in Britain and the USA.
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Ep 23
Hospital, 1922
1972-10-12•60m
Horizon reconstructs a day in the life of the old Charing Cross Hospital in Britain just fifty years ago.
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Ep 24
When Polar Bears Swam in the Thames
1972-10-19•60m
This episode of Horizon looks the how the ice age physically shaped the British landscape.
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Ep 25
The Making of the English Landscape
1972-10-26•60m
This episode of Horizon illustrates the ideas of Prof. W.G. Hoskins on the development of the English landscape from Iron Age times to the present.
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Ep 26
Shadows of Bliss
1972-11-02•60m
Horizon reports that High Energy Physics shows a pattern of thought that challenges the very roots of commonplace belief.
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Ep 27
The Billion-Dollar Marsh
1972-11-09•60m
This episode of Horizon is about the east coast marshes of America, called the "Wetlands" and the effects of urban development on the wildlife.
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Ep 28
Do You Sincerely Want a Long Life?
1972-11-16•60m
Horizon investigates the research that is going into the ageing process to find out its causes and possible prevention.
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Ep 29
The Making of a Natural History Film
1972-11-23•60m
This epidsode of Horizon reports on how a group of zoologists at Oxford Scientific Films in England makes films.
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Ep 30
Fire
1972-11-30•60m
Horizon documents fire prevention, and fire fighting.
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Ep 31
Alaskan Pipe-Dream
1972-12-07•60m
This episode of Horizon centers on the exploitation of oil in Alaska, and the effects of it on the Eskimoes and the local wildlife.
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Ep 32
Their Life in Your Hands
1972-12-21•60m
Horizon reports on people suffering from kidney diseases and the current forms of treatment.
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Ep 33
Navigating Europe
1972-12-28•60m
Horizon documents how in Europe, they are using water canals for industrial transport, as an alternative to roads.