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Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.
Episode 37 : For the Safety of Mankind
December. 29,1969
Horizon investigate the dilemma of whether a scientist should put his loyalty to mankind before his loyalty to his country.
Episode 36 : Bread
December. 22,1969
Horizon explores the problem of feeding the growing world population.
Episode 35 : A Game of War
December. 15,1969
Horizon covers a simulated war game of a Middle East crisis, with different teams playing the roles of the major parties involved.
Episode 34 : How Much Do You Drink?
December. 08,1969
Horizon investigates how drinking affects human behavior.
Episode 33 : Don't Cackle, Lay Eggs
December. 01,1969
Horizon reports on the development of the Dutch nation's continuing fight against the encroachment of the sea.
Episode 32 : Fit to Live?
November. 24,1969
Horizon investigates the limits of survival under extreme and normal environmental conditions.
Episode 31 : There's a Rhino in My Sugar
November. 17,1969
For some time now rhinos have been disturbing the workers in the Tanzanian sugar plantation and ripping open the plastic water pipes to get at the water. These incidents, and the hunting of the rhinos by helicopter, are typical of the increasing conflict between wildlife and man for land in East Africa.
Episode 30 : Cancer Now
November. 10,1969
A report on current research into cancer and the subsequent knowledge and problems it brings.
Episode 29 : Snap, Crackle and Bang
November. 03,1969
The props for this programme are pistols, muskets and, above all, explosives. For 30 years now these are what Colonel Brian Shaw, marksman and lecturer in chemistry, has been using in his now famous lecture on explosives. He gave it once again for Horizon before an invited audience at University College, London.
Episode 28 : C.E.R.N.
October. 27,1969
Horizon reports on the research into high-energy physics carried on at C.E.R.N. laboratory located near Geneva, Switzerland.
Episode 27 : Master of the Microscope
October. 20,1969
In this episode, Roman Vishniac talks about his study of living things in their natural habitat as his life's work.
Episode 26 : Father of the Man
October. 13,1969
Horizon investigates surveys being carried out on British children to test Freud's theories.
Episode 25 : Four Fast Legs and a Nose
October. 06,1969
Horizon explores "man's best friend", the dog, and examines its origins and how its special relationship with men came about.
Episode 24 : Problems of Pain
September. 29,1969
In this episode, Horizon reports on the problems of pain, and the theory put forward that pain is closely connected with personality.
Episode 23 : A True Madness
September. 22,1969
Schizophrenia is an unsolved mystery of modern medicine. Horizon looks at some of the possible explanations and their relevance not only to schizophrenics but to the mystery of the human mind.
Episode 22 : Science on Safari
September. 15,1969
The Honorable A. W. Benn addresses young art and technology students on the implications of increased technology.
Episode 21 : Machines and People
June. 05,1969
The Honorable A. W. Benn addresses young art and technology students on the implications of increased technology.
Episode 20 : Discovery
May. 29,1969
Horizon reports on the research being carried out in the fields of botany, astronomy, biochemistry, meteorology, and zoology.
Episode 19 : After Apollo
May. 22,1969
The US spent $40 billion to put man on the moon, yet the real objectives of the space program remain obscure.
Episode 18 : Technology and Self-Determination
May. 15,1969
Sebastian Z. de Ferranti gives the Royal Society lecture for 1969 on technological development.
Episode 17 : Shark
May. 01,1969
In this episode, Horizon examines our attempts to understand one of the oldest inhabitants of the sea, the shark.
Episode 16 : Muck Today, Poison Tomorrow
April. 24,1969
Horizon investigates pollution problems in Britain with sewage and industrial wastes, and at the health risks associated with the pollution.
Episode 15 : King Solomon's Garden
April. 10,1969
This episode of Horizon looks at the communication systems of animals.
Episode 14 : The Physicist in the Kitchen
April. 03,1969
Nicholas Kurti, Professor of Physics at the Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford, specializes in the field of low temperature science. He is acknowledged among his friends as an expert in the kitchen.
Episode 13 : The Unborn Patient
March. 27,1969
Horizon investigates new medical techniques to diagnose and treat unborn infants leading to a higher survival rate.
Episode 12 : The View from Space
March. 20,1969
Horizon looks into what man has seen and done during 10 years of space exploration.
Episode 11 : Powers of Persuasion
March. 13,1969
This episode of Horizon is about advertising, looking at how it works and the application of scientific methods to persuade us to buy.
Episode 10 : The Drift from Science
March. 06,1969
This report by Horizon examines the reason for a fall in the percentage of school children doing science.
Episode 9 : Extra-Sensory Perception
February. 27,1969
In scientific circles extra-sensory perception is a subject which has never failed to arouse controversy and skepticism. Cecil King, having spent a lifetime in Fleet Street, discusses, with due caution, a subject which he believes might be of primary importance to scientists in the coming century.
Episode 8 : Report on V.D.
February. 20,1969
This investigation by Horizon centers on the problems caused by venerial disease both in detection and cure.
Episode 7 : Music and the Mind
February. 13,1969
Horizon looks into music therapy used in the treatment of mental disorders.
Episode 6 : The Last of the Polymaths
February. 06,1969
This episode is a biography of the late professor J. B. S. Haldane whose life is described by his family, friends, and critics.
Episode 5 : The Gifted Child
January. 30,1969
Horizon reports on the problems associated with raising and educating children of very high intelligence.
Episode 4 : The Years of the Locust
January. 23,1969
In this episode, Horizon reports on how in the last 2 years, the desert locust has been breeding in Southern Arabia by the Red Sea.
Episode 3 : The Miraculous Wonder: The Human Eye
January. 16,1969
Horizon investigates the importance of the eye, diseases of the eye, and current research on sight.
Episode 2 : If Only They Could Speak
January. 09,1969
A report by Horizon examining animal intelligence and looking at the reasons why no other animal has matched man in mental ability.
Episode 1 : Inside Every Fat Man
January. 02,1969
Horizon probes into the problems of obesity and investigates cures for obesity using diets and drugs.
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