Episode
Horizon: Towers of Ilium / The Exploding City
Overview
The location of the historic city of Troy was finally pinned down by the researches of Carl Blegen. By A.D. 2,000, more than half the world's population may be living in cities. The population of some of them may exceed 60 million. This is one of the main preoccupations of the World Institute of Ekistics.
Details
- Series
- Horizon
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 9
- Air date
- 1966-04-24
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Towers of Ilium / The Exploding City is Episode 9 in 1966 of Horizon. It aired on 1966-04-24. The runtime is 60 min.
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