Horizon 17
1980-01-14 | Documentary | 25 episodes60 Seasons
Episode
The Ghost Of The Amoco Cadiz (1980)
Documentary examination of the causes and conditions of the sinking of the Amoco Cadiz oil-tanker, in 1978.
You Are Old, Father William (1980)
Documentary examination on the process of ageing and some things that can be done about the problems of senility in old people.
Cleared for Take-Off (1980)
Documentary which looks at the danger points in flying an airliner on a routine flight from Gatwick to Los Angeles. Danger points are identified and we see research into airtraffic control, aircraft design, the role of the stewardess, avoiding mid-air collisions, electronic flight desks, whirlwind vortices and a new fuel additive that may virtually eliminate the instant conflagrations.
A Sporting Chance (1980)
Documentary on the ways in which athletes from different countries prepare for the Olympic Games and the artificial methods of improving performance, drugs and physiological methods
The Cancer Detectives of Lin Xian (1980)
Documentary film on cancer research in the remote Chinese valley of Lin Xian where the population suffers more than 100 times the incidence of oesophagal cancer than normal.