Episode
Horizon: Virus
Overview
This is an episode on problems dealing with viral diseases such as measles.
Details
- Series
- Horizon
- Season
- Season 7
- Episode
- Episode 24
- Air date
- 1970-09-14
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Virus is Episode 24 in 1970 of Horizon. It aired on 1970-09-14. The runtime is 60 min.
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