1972 (1972)
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Episodes 33
The Missing Link
In this episode of Horizon, you find out how feasible it is to build a 35 mile long tunnel between Britain and France.
Read MoreNavajo - The Last Red Indians
Horizon explores the American Navajo indian tribe of New Mexico, in the United States.
Read MoreHow Much Do You Smell?
Why do humans have such a poor sense of smell as compared to animals? Horizon investigates why.
Read MoreThe Parasite of Paradise
This story by Horizon reports on Malaria in the country of Gambia, in West Africa.
Read MoreThe Day it Rained Periwinkles
Horizon investigates reports of strange phenomena and about what the scientific theory is about these phenomena.
Read MoreAre You Doing This for Me Doctor, or Am I Doing It for You?
Horizon explores if a doctor's treatment of the patient is always in the best interest of the patient.
Read MoreHow They Sold Doomsday
In this episode, Horizon looks the the ecological movement, and the resistance against the movement in Britain, and the USA.
Read MoreFor Love or Money?
In this report by Horizon, the effect of boring jobs on industrial relations is looked at, along with work and job satisfaction.
Read MoreWhales, Dolphins and Men
Horizon looks at the life of whales and dolphins, and how they interact with man.
Read MoreWhat Is Race?
Horizon investigates the various conceptions of "race" that have arisen since the 17th century.
Read MoreThe Man-Made Lakes in Africa
Horizon investigates the use of hydroelectric power in Africa, at Lake Kariba, Lake Volta, and Lake Nasser.
Read MoreSurvival in the Sahara
This episode of Horizon follows the expedition of two German naturalists exploring the Northwestern desert of the Sahara in Africa.
Read MoreMind Over Body
This story by Horizon is about American research into techniques for controlling bodily functions with the mind.
Read MoreOut of Volcanoes
In this report, Horizon looks at the various aspects of volcanoes and explaining the views of some vulcanologists.
Read MoreThe Wizard Who Spat on the Floor
Horizon presents a study of Thomas Alva Edison and his achievements as an inventor.
Read MoreRail Crash
Horizon reviews the history of train accidents and the new safety precautions to prevent them.
Read MoreDo You Dig National Parks?
Horizon investigates the threat to the Snowdonia National Park in Britain, from mining companies.
Read MoreSorry I Opened My Mouth
Horizon reports on modern research in the prevention of tooth decay.
Read MoreThe Way We Move
How do muscles contract and how are they are controlled from the brain through nerve fibers are the subjects of this Horizon episode.
Read MoreThe Life that Lives on Man
This episode of Horizon explores bacteria and other creatures that live on our skin and in our hair.
Read MoreSex Can Be a Problem
In this episode by Horizon, we take a look at sexual problems, particularly for impotence, frigidity, and premature ejaculation.
Read MoreThe Surgery of Violence
Horizon explores the development and techniques of brain surgery from the 1950's to present-day in Britain and the USA.
Read MoreHospital, 1922
Horizon reconstructs a day in the life of the old Charing Cross Hospital in Britain just fifty years ago.
Read MoreWhen Polar Bears Swam in the Thames
This episode of Horizon looks the how the ice age physically shaped the British landscape.
Read MoreThe Making of the English Landscape
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.
Read MoreShadows of Bliss
Horizon reports that High Energy Physics shows a pattern of thought that challenges the very roots of commonplace belief.
Read MoreThe Billion-Dollar Marsh
This episode of Horizon is about the east coast marshes of America, called the "Wetlands" and the effects of urban development on the wildlife.
Read MoreDo You Sincerely Want a Long Life?
Horizon investigates the research that is going into the ageing process to find out its causes and possible prevention.
Read MoreThe Making of a Natural History Film
This epidsode of Horizon reports on how a group of zoologists at Oxford Scientific Films in England makes films.
Read MoreAlaskan Pipe-Dream
This episode of Horizon centers on the exploitation of oil in Alaska, and the effects of it on the Eskimoes and the local wildlife.
Read MoreTheir Life in Your Hands
Horizon reports on people suffering from kidney diseases and the current forms of treatment.
Read MoreNavigating Europe
Horizon documents how in Europe, they are using water canals for industrial transport, as an alternative to roads.
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