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January 04, 1978

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HDTV 1978 5 months ago

NOVA

NOVA

In The Event of Catastrophe #S05E01

55 min 1974 5 months ago

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55m 1978 39

NOVA S05 E01 1974

In The Event of Catastrophe

NOVA · Season 5, Episode 1

Can a nuclear war be survived? Some members of the defense community say yes. NOVA explores the possibility.

Episode 1 of Season 5 from NOVA — available to stream in HD on any device.

Country United States

Genre

Documentary

Released

03 Mar, 1974

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1 In The Event of Catastrophe 2 The Green Machine 3 Blueprints in the Bloodstream 4 One Small Step 5 The Final Frontier 6 BaMiki BaNdula: Children of the Forest 7 Trial of Denton Cooley 8 The Great Wine Revolution 9 The Case of the Ancient Astronauts 10 The Mind Machines 11 Icarus' Children 12 Still Waters 13 Battle for the Acropolis 14 The Road to Happiness. : The Life and Times of Henry Ford 15 Laser : Light of the 21st Century 16 Insect Alternative 17 The Desert's Edge 18 The Tsetse Trap 19 Memories From Eden 20 A Whisper from Space 21 Alaska: The Closing Frontier

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