1975

Episodes • 1975

The Killer Dust

1. The Killer Dust

60 min

This investigative report by Horizon covers an investigation into the deaths of people who inhaled asbestos dust at Acre Mill, Yorkshire, England.

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A Time to Be Born

2. A Time to Be Born

50 min

Investigates the growing tendency in hospitals to induce childbirth by injecting hormones into mothers. The practice has become increasingly widespread in recent years, and this film asks if induction is desirable, necessary, and safe.

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The Unsafe Sea

3. The Unsafe Sea

60 min

This episode of Horizon examines the problems of ship safety in the English Channel.

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The Change of Life

4. The Change of Life

60 min

Horizon investigates the symptoms of menopause and the various degrees in which it occurs.

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Project Fido

5. Project Fido

60 min

This episode of Horizon shows the peril to man of the ever increasing dog population in the western world.

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The Planets

6. The Planets

60 min

By the end of 1974, Mars, Venus, Mercury and Jupiter had all been visited by spacecraft. For the first time scientists saw in sharp detail the continents, mountains, valleys and volcanoes of other worlds. Tonight's programme shows how these geological features give clues to the way the planets evolved; how they have helped scientists in their attempt to reach back 5,000 million years to understand the formation of the solar system itself.

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The Long, Long Walkabout

7. The Long, Long Walkabout

60 min

This report by Horizon covers an investigation by a group of Australian scientists that looks into the origins and history of the Australian Aborigines.

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The Overworked Miracle

8. The Overworked Miracle

60 min

This report by Horizon describes the resistance to antibiotics, fast growing in all countries, and the dangers it could mean for the future.

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Not the Cheapest, But the Best

9. Not the Cheapest, But the Best

60 min

Horizon investigates the life and work of the great engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

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A Spoonful of Roughage

10. A Spoonful of Roughage

60 min

Horizon explores the effect of fibre in diet on the diseases of western world.

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Brain Poison

11. Brain Poison

60 min

Horizon presents an investigation into the effects on health of lead in the urban atmosphere.

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The Bulldog's Last Bark?

12. The Bulldog's Last Bark?

60 min

This is a Horizon report on the building of the British military deterrent from the first decision to make it in 1941 until the present state of lethargy.

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Benjamin

13. Benjamin

60 min

This episode of Horizon follows the progress of Benjamin Pile, born on 22 November, 1974, at Oxford in Britain.

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The McMaster Experiment

14. The McMaster Experiment

60 min

This report by Horizon covers an experiment at McMaster University Medical School, in Ontario, Canada.

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The Glazed Outlook

15. The Glazed Outlook

60 min

Horizon investigates the attempts by the University of Newcastle in England to define and create an ideal living and working environment.

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The Three Chord Trick

16. The Three Chord Trick

60 min

Horizon explores the psychology of music, as it explains why music has such a powerful emotive effect in every society.

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The Cleanest Place in the World

17. The Cleanest Place in the World

60 min

This report by Horizon brings you scientists that are using Antarctica as a giant natural lab to study who has polluted Earth most; man or nature.

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Strange Sleep

18. Strange Sleep

60 min

Horizon investigates the discovery of gaseous anaesthetic from 1840 until the early years of 20th century.

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The Greatest Advance Since the Wheel?

19. The Greatest Advance Since the Wheel?

60 min

Horizon reports on the history of superconductivity, from discovery, to the present.

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How Do You Read?

20. How Do You Read?

60 min

In this documentary, Horizon reports on the reading process; how it works for the fluent, and how it should be taught.

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The Sickly Sea

21. The Sickly Sea

60 min

This episode of Horizon describes the various aspects of the pollution problem of the Mediterranean Sea.

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Happy Catastrophe

22. Happy Catastrophe

60 min

In this Horizon episode, Rene Thom's mathematical discovery of the catastrophe theory is investigated.

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To Die, to Live - The Survivors of Hiroshima

23. To Die, to Live - The Survivors of Hiroshima

60 min

This documentary by Horizon commemorates the dropping of the A-bomb on Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945.

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Cannabis

24. Cannabis

60 min

Horizon takes a look at the history of cannabis and the research on the effects of smoking marijuana.

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Meditation and the Mind

25. Meditation and the Mind

60 min

This is a report by Horizon on Transcendental Meditation, or TM, brought to the West by the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

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The Trobriand Experiment

26. The Trobriand Experiment

60 min

This documentary by Horizon is about the Trobriand islanders, whose culture is based on the Kula, a communication system of giving and receiving.

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