Episode
Horizon: Wheels Within Wheels
Overview
Horizon explores the possibility that our civilization as a whole can be viewed as a pattern based on the wheel.
Details
- Series
- Horizon
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 20
- Air date
- 1968-11-28
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Wheels Within Wheels is Episode 20 in 1968 of Horizon. It aired on 1968-11-28. The runtime is 60 min.
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