Seasons & episodes
S7 · E25Water, Water 1970-09-21 · 60 min
Horizon looks at the work of scientists as they unravel the problems of providing us with water.
S7 · E26All Creatures Great and Small 1970-09-28 · 60 min
In this story, Horizon investigates the issue of controversial animal experiments between anti-vivisectionists and scientists.
S7 · E27A Child for a Lifetime 1970-10-05 · 60 min
Horizon reports on the future of 30,000 children in Britain that are mentally retarded.
S7 · E28Something for Our Children 1970-10-12 · 60 min
Horizon reports on the work of the British Nature Conservancy and how scientists are trying to find out about nature.
S7 · E29Million Ton Tanker 1970-11-02 · 60 min
This episode of Horizon reports on the revolution in the size of oil tankers showing present and future planned methods of construction.
S7 · E30The Insect War 1970-11-09 · 60 min
Horizon looks at problems caused by the rapid reproduction rate of insects and their increasing resistance to pesticides.
S7 · E31The Savage Mind 1970-11-16 · 60 min
Horizon reports on Professor Claude Levi-Strauss who has been studying and analyzing the so-called primitive man for more than 30 years.
S7 · E32Tanks 1970-11-23 · 60 min
This episode of Horizon investigates the history of tanks in the last fifty years and the dominant role they have played in land warfare.
S7 · E33Mind the Machine 1970-11-30 · 60 min
In this story, Horizon investigates the artificial intelligence of computers by watching a chess game.
S7 · E34Square Pegs 1970-12-07 · 60 min
Horizon examines some of the techniques used by the boom industry of Management Selection.
S7 · E35Earthquakes, The City that Waits to Die 1970-12-14 · 60 min
Horizon investigates the work of geologists and seismologists trying to predict the date of the next great earthquake in San Francisco, California.
S7 · E36The Man who Talks to Frogs 1970-12-21 · 60 min
Horizon reports on some of the pure scientific research work carried out at the Smithsonian Tropical Research institute.
S7 · E37The Gargantuan Triumph of Science 1970-12-28 · 60 min
This episode by Horizon is a dramatized reconstruction from original transcripts of the inquiry into the Tay Bridge disaster.