Horizon
Season 2 Episode 10 - The Long Slide / Men with Gills
7.4 ?
1964
Documentary
When a rubber tyre rolls fast on a wet surface it may rise on a film of water and begin to 'aquaplane.' Scientists are studying this fact which creates a real hazard to aircraft passengers and fast drivers. A new membrane developed in America holds forth the prospect of men being able to live under water.
Episodes in Season 2
1
Learning from Machines
60 min
2
The Technique of Change
60 min
3
Star Gazers
60 min
4
Science and Art
60 min
5
The Great Computer Scandal / H-Bomb Detectors
60 min
6
Forbidden Events / I am a Madman
60 min
7
Restless Genius / Faster, Farther, Higher
60 min
8
The Other Side of the Pill
60 min
9
The Big Smoke / The Model Makers
60 min
10
The Long Slide / Men with Gills
60 min
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11
Men and Sharks / Sir Henry Dale, OM, FRS
60 min
12
The Brain Gain / The Sudden Night / Learning to Speak
60 min
13
Dr. Joseph Needham / Mariner IV
60 min
14
Science Fiction : Science Fact? / Alone and Unarmed
60 min
15
Certain of Uncertainty / State of Nature
60 min
16
Time Stood Still / Weighty Matters
60 min
17
Fuel for the Future / Collector's Piece
60 min
18
Let Newton Be
60 min
19
Special Senses / Toil, Sweat & Tears
60 min
20
An Affair of the Heart
60 min
21
10,000 Tombs
60 min
22
Albert Szent-Györgyi M.D., Ph.D., D.h.c.
60 min
23
The Big Dishes / The Living Stream
60 min
24
Boys on Bubbles / Problems and Puzzles
60 min
