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20 Episodes 1992 - 1992
Episode 1
Tue, Jan 14, 1992 60 mins
From 1992: Profiling the firefighters that went into the war-ravaged country of Kuwait to put out more than 700 oil-well blazes, which were "threatening an environmental catastrophe." Included: comments on the risks.
Episode 2
Tue, Jan 21, 1992 60 mins
Following the USS Michigan on a mission and observing the crew practicing drills and enjoying time off. Also: author Tom Clancy ("The Hunt for Red October").
Episode 3
Tue, Jan 28, 1992 60 mins
Animal-rescue efforts during and after the Gulf War are chronicled. Included: the effects of the largest marine oil spill in history; a tour of the Kuwait Zoo.
Episode 4
Tue, Feb 11, 1992 60 mins
"What Smells?" sniffs out some olfactory facts and the "potent messages" that odors convey to people and animals. Included: a department-store fragrance counter; bloodhounds tracking a scent; harvesting jasmine.
Episode 5
Tue, Feb 18, 1992 60 mins
Examining TV ratings and the A.C. Nielsen Co. "people meter," whose sampling of 4000 U.S. homes spells life or death for network series. Included: how the ratings business works; alternative technology in measuring viewership.
Episode 6
Tue, Mar 3, 1992 60 mins
"Making a Dishonest Buck" examines counterfeiting and attempts to thwart it. Included: Secret Service efforts to track down counterfeiters; ideas for redesigning U.S. bills. Stacy Keach narrates.
Episode 7
Tue, Mar 10, 1992 85 mins
A report on efforts to save pilot whales that beached on Cape Cod.
Episode 8
Tue, Mar 17, 1992 60 mins
Footage shot from a space shuttle provides "An Astronaut's View of Earth" to examine how the planet was formed and how "we are changing the land." Included: comments from the NASA team that took the footage.
Episode 9
Tue, Mar 24, 1992 60 mins
In Hawaii, scientists prepare to view the solar eclipse that occurred on July 11, 1991. Experiments attempt "to build a broad picture of the behavior of the sun's magnetic field."
Episode 10
Tue, Aug 25, 1992 60 mins
"Animal Olympians," host Jim McKay says, celebrates "the skill, grace and daring of all of nature's competitors." Included: gibbons, cheetahs, pronghorn antelopes, migrating wildebeests, "high jumping" beetles.
Episode 11
Tue, Sep 29, 1992 60 mins
The life of physicist Leo Szilard, "The Genius Behind the Bomb" who became an activist against nuclear weapons. Included: archival footage. Also: comments from Edward Teller and Jonas Salk. Ed Asner narrates.
Episode 12
Tue, Oct 13, 1992 60 mins
Observing the FBI's Investigative Support Unit as it probes serial killers by compiling personality profiles. Included: cases in Atlanta, Rochester and Canada. Narrator: Patrick Stewart.
Episode 13
Tue, Oct 20, 1992 60 mins
Following scientists who advance the claims that humans inhabited the Americas as early as 48,000 years ago. Included: excavation sites in Brazil, Canada, Chile and Pennsylvania; artifacts; DNA tests; dental clues.
Episode 14
Tue, Oct 27, 1992 60 mins
Geologists consider how the Grand Canyon was formed. Included: excerpts from pioneer John Wesley Powell's journal (read by Gregory Peck).
Episode 15
Wed, Nov 4, 1992 90 mins
Observing efforts by archaeologist Mark Lehner and stonemason Roger Hopkins to learn how the Great Pyramids were built. Included: the building of a small pyramid. Stacy Keach is the narrator.
Episode 16
Tue, Nov 10, 1992 60 mins
Scientists' efforts to study the frozen body of a Stone Age man, found preserved in the Alps along the Austrian-Italian border in 1991. Included: his tools and clothing; each country's claims to the remains.
Episode 17
Tue, Nov 17, 1992 60 mins
Researchers observe dolphins in natural habitats to study behavior. Included: courtship rituals; mother-calf bonding; dolphin vocalizations; aggression among males.
Episode 18
Tue, Dec 1, 1992 60 mins
Efforts to treat five persons left paralyzed by drug abuse, which culminated in a controversial transplant operation using fetal cells. Included: doctors' comments.
Episode 19
Tue, Dec 22, 1992 60 mins
Physician David Musto studies efforts to combat alcoholism in the U.S. and the former USSR. Included: a Russian labor camp for alcoholics; Alcoholics Anonymous.
Episode 20
Tue, Dec 29, 1992 60 mins
Examining efforts by conservationists to preserve the Javan rhino and other endangered species. Included: captive breeding, embryo transfer, in vitro fertilization, habitat preservation, cryogenics.