Episode
NOVA: The Cobalt Blues
Overview
An investigative report on US dependence on foreign sources of strategic minerals, vital to the aerospace and steel industries, which examines and questions Reagan Administration policies toward those international sources.
Details
- Series
- NOVA
- Season
- Season 9
- Episode
- Episode 15
- Air date
- 1982-11-23
- Runtime
- 55 min
Episode context
The Cobalt Blues is Episode 15 in Season 9 of NOVA. It aired on 1982-11-23. The runtime is 55 min.
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