Tập
NOVA: Episode 7
Tóm tắt
These days, piracy on the high seas often involves sonar, magnometers, metal detectors and other high-tech equipment for finding and plundering sunken ships. NOVA explores the swashbuckling seafaring pirates of old and their present-day successors.
Chi tiết
- Phim bộ
- NOVA
- Mùa
- Mùa 20
- Tập
- Tập 7
- Ngày phát sóng
- 1993-02-23
- Thời lượng
- 55 min
Thông tin tập
Episode 7 là tập 7 trong Season 20 của NOVA. Tập này phát sóng ngày 1993-02-23. Thời lượng là 55 min.
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