Tập
Horizon: Episode 8
Tóm tắt
Europe's heritage of pictures, statues, and buildings is being destroyed at a frightening rate by atmospheric pollution, but an American scientist has just invented a method of preserving limestone. In 1908, a vast explosion shook the Tungus district of Siberia: was it due to the biggest meteorite ever to hit the earth, or something odder?
Chi tiết
- Phim bộ
- Horizon
- Mùa
- Mùa 3
- Tập
- Tập 8
- Ngày phát sóng
- 1966-04-10
- Thời lượng
- 60 min
Thông tin tập
Episode 8 là tập 8 trong Season 3 của Horizon. Tập này phát sóng ngày 1966-04-10. Thời lượng là 60 min.
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