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Horizon - 1968
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Title: Horizon

Overview: Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.

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Horizon - An Ingenious Man - Sir H. John Baker (1968 - Episode 1)

Horizon reports on Prof. Sir John Baker who is a distinguished British engineer, tracing his career beginning from his early work on airships.

Horizon - Man's Best Friend (1968 - Episode 2)

This episode covers interviews with surgeons and research workers discussing the need for animal experimentation in medical work.

Horizon - Once a Junkie (1968 - Episode 3)

In England addicts get their heroin, and often cocaine, on the National Health Service: our system has prevented the growth of a drug-based criminal world, but Americans say that our system only worked when we did not have a serious addiction problem. Now we do. Does our present system make it too easy for the casual drug experimenter to become a hard-core addict? Is there anything we can learn from the American situation?

Horizon - Towns, Traffic and Tomorrow (1968 - Episode 4)

Horizon explores the problem of increasing traffic in Britain.

Horizon - The Man Makers (1968 - Episode 5)

In this episode, Horizon looks into the advances in medical science.

Horizon - Man in Search of Himself (1968 - Episode 6)

This episode presents the view by G. M. Carstairs, social psychiatrist, about the pleasures and problems of life in Britain in 1968.

Horizon - Investigating Murder (1968 - Episode 7)

Horizon looks into modern methods of crime investigation.

Horizon - The Equation of Murder (1968 - Episode 8)

Horizon follows reporter Paul Ferris as he examines the causes and motitives for murder.

Horizon - The Lindemann Enigma (1968 - Episode 9)

This is the story of the life and career of Winston Churchill's scientific advisor, Lord Cherwell, during World War II.

Horizon - From Field to Factory (1968 - Episode 10)

Horizon explores "factory farming" techniques for chickens and other livestock.

Horizon - Comfort on Aging (1968 - Episode 11)

In this episode, Dr. Alex Comfort looks at the scientific evidence for old age and the problems caused by ageing.

Horizon - Experiments in War (1968 - Episode 12)

Horizon investigates how science is used to enhance weapons of war, tactics, and strategy.

Horizon - Medecine in Russia (1968 - Episode 13)

In 1917, Russia had fewer than twenty doctors for every million of her people. Today, the figure is over 2,000: almost twice as many as in this country. The organisational changes that were necessary to build a Health Service in the country with the largest share of the earth's surface were vast. The resulting system is very different from ours.

Horizon - African Medicine (1968 - Episode 14)

In this episode, Horizon looks into controversial medicine practices in Nigeria.

Horizon - The Broken Bridge (1968 - Episode 15)

This episode by Horizon is about Irene Kassorlas, who's new treatment for autism has produced positive results with mute children.

Horizon - Children Without Words (1968 - Episode 16)

Horizon reports on speech and comprehension disorders in children, and how to educate them.

Horizon - The Computer Revolution (1968 - Episode 17)

Horizon explores how computers are changing our way of life.

Horizon - Doctor's Dilemma (1968 - Episode 18)

Horizon reports on the effects of the birth control pill on the body and how the pill can effect the changes in glucose metabolism.

Horizon - In the Matter of Dr. Alfred Nobel (1968 - Episode 19)

This is the fictional drama about the evidence for and against the charges that Dr. Alfred Noble misused his invention of dynamite.

Horizon - Wheels Within Wheels (1968 - Episode 20)

Horizon explores the possibility that our civilization as a whole can be viewed as a pattern based on the wheel.

Horizon - Black Man, White Science (1968 - Episode 21)

In this episode, Horizon investigates the study of science by african americans.

Horizon - The Hidden World (1968 - Episode 22)

In this episode, Horizon reports on the exploration and survey of the oceans of the world.

Horizon - The Talgai Skull (1968 - Episode 23)

Prof. N.W.G. MacIntosh investigates the origin of the Talgai Skull found in Australia in 1886.

Horizon - Phantasmagoria or The Story of the Magic Lantern (1968 - Episode 24)

In this episode of Horizon, Michael Balfour invites us to share in the mystery and magic of the "Magic Lantern".

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