Episode
Horizon: Journey Through the Human Body
Overview
Horizon examines the work of Dr. Lennart Nilsson who has filmed the complete arterial system of the human body.
Details
- Series
- Horizon
- Season
- Season 16
- Episode
- Episode 11
- Air date
- 1979-05-14
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Journey Through the Human Body is Episode 11 in 1979 of Horizon. It aired on 1979-05-14. The runtime is 60 min.
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