1968

Episodes • 1968

An Ingenious Man - Sir H. John Baker

1. An Ingenious Man - Sir H. John Baker

60 min

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

Watch Episode
Man's Best Friend

2. Man's Best Friend

60 min

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

Watch Episode
Once a Junkie

3. Once a Junkie

60 min

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?

Watch Episode
Towns, Traffic and Tomorrow

4. Towns, Traffic and Tomorrow

60 min

Horizon explores the problem of increasing traffic in Britain.

Watch Episode
The Man Makers

5. The Man Makers

60 min

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

Watch Episode
Man in Search of Himself

6. Man in Search of Himself

60 min

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

Watch Episode
Investigating Murder

7. Investigating Murder

60 min

Horizon looks into modern methods of crime investigation.

Watch Episode
The Equation of Murder

8. The Equation of Murder

60 min

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

Watch Episode
The Lindemann Enigma

9. The Lindemann Enigma

60 min

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

Watch Episode
From Field to Factory

10. From Field to Factory

60 min

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

Watch Episode
Comfort on Aging

11. Comfort on Aging

60 min

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

Watch Episode
Experiments in War

12. Experiments in War

60 min

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

Watch Episode
Medecine in Russia

13. Medecine in Russia

60 min

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.

Watch Episode
African Medicine

14. African Medicine

60 min

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

Watch Episode
The Broken Bridge

15. The Broken Bridge

60 min

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

Watch Episode
Children Without Words

16. Children Without Words

60 min

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

Watch Episode
The Computer Revolution

17. The Computer Revolution

60 min

Horizon explores how computers are changing our way of life.

Watch Episode
Doctor's Dilemma

18. Doctor's Dilemma

60 min

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

Watch Episode
In the Matter of Dr. Alfred Nobel

19. In the Matter of Dr. Alfred Nobel

60 min

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

Watch Episode
Wheels Within Wheels

20. Wheels Within Wheels

60 min

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

Watch Episode
Black Man, White Science

21. Black Man, White Science

60 min

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

Watch Episode
The Hidden World

22. The Hidden World

60 min

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

Watch Episode
The Talgai Skull

23. The Talgai Skull

60 min

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

Watch Episode
Phantasmagoria or The Story of the Magic Lantern

24. Phantasmagoria or The Story of the Magic Lantern

60 min

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

Watch Episode