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NOVA

Season 9

1982 • 19 Episodes

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Salmon on the Run

S09 E01 • Sunday, Jan 10, 1982 • Jan 10 • 55m

NOVA captures the breathtaking power and determination of these amazing creatures and examines how business and technology are changing the fishing industry—and the salmon itself.

Test-Tube Babies: A Daughter For Judy

S09 E02 • Sunday, Jan 17, 1982 • Jan 17 • 55m

NOVA presents a dramatic, exclusive film of the first "test-tube" baby born in America, Elizabeth Jordan Carr. NOVA follows the pregnancy from the start, presenting the only view on American TV of the extraordinary medical procedures used to remove and fertilize the egg, and of the historic birth, 28 December 1981 in Norfolk, VA.

Field Guide to Roger Tory Peterson

S09 E03 • Sunday, Jan 24, 1982 • Jan 24 • 55m

NOVA takes an intimate look at Roger Tory Peterson, the man whose best-selling guide books to ornithology have played a pivotal role in turning birdwatching into a mass sport.

The Hunt for the Legion Killer

S09 E04 • Sunday, Jan 31, 1982 • Jan 31 • 55m

One of the biggest investigations in medical history began when a mysterious killer disease broke out during independence celebrations in Philadelphia in 1976: Legionnaires' disease. NOVA traces the search for a cause and cure—a search bedeviled by false trails, accusations of incompetence and cover-up, and increasing urgency as the death toll mounted.

Finding a Voice

S09 E05 • Sunday, Feb 7, 1982 • Feb 7 • 55m

What is it like not to be able to communicate with others? NOVA explores the severest of speech disabilities with Dick Boydell—born with cerebral palsy, confined to a wheelchair and unable for 30 years to say more than "yes" or "no" and investigates some of the new technology that gives the speechless a "voice."

The Television Explosion

S09 E06 • Sunday, Feb 14, 1982 • Feb 14 • 55m

NOVA explores the past, present, and future of American television including the potential of cable, the Columbus, Ohio, two-way TV experiment, the array of new techniques and their potential social impact. Will the new video technology let people see what they really want, rather than what the networks want?

Life: Patent Pending

S09 E07 • Sunday, Feb 28, 1982 • Feb 28 • 55m

NOVA shows how scientists go about creating new forms of life, and investigates the impact of the gene bonanza on industry, medicine, and the universities themselves. NOVA reveals that other countries are plowing far more resources than the US into the burgeoning industry.

Palace of Delights

S09 E08 • Sunday, Mar 7, 1982 • Mar 7 • 55m

NOVA visits San Francisco's Exploratorium—part laboratory, part school, part three-ring circus—run by an unlikely collection of physicists and high school students.

Animal Impostors

S09 E09 • Sunday, Mar 14, 1982 • Mar 14 • 55m

In this vivid study of mimicry and camouflage NOVA shows dramatically how snakes, butterflies, fish, turtles and many other kinds of animals, both predators and their intended victims, use remarkable forms of deception to achieve their goal: to eat, or avoid being eaten.

Aging: The Methuselah Syndrome

S09 E10 • Sunday, Mar 28, 1982 • Mar 28 • 55m

What is aging? Why does it happen? Can it be stopped? NOVA presents a startling report on research into the processes which make us age and how to control them.

The Case of the UFOs

S09 E11 • Tuesday, Oct 12, 1982 • Oct 12 • 55m

For the first time on television a rigorous, scientific investigation into the fact, fiction, and hoax of Unidentified flying objects. With vivid film and accounts from several eyewitnesses including astronauts, NOVA sifts the evidence for and against the existence of UFOs.

The Fragile Mountain

S09 E12 • Tuesday, Oct 19, 1982 • Oct 19 • 55m

The Himalayas, highest peaks in the world, are crumbling. People are making them crumble, and people are the victims, as NOVA reveals in this breathtaking documentary.

Here's Looking At You Kid

S09 E13 • Tuesday, Nov 9, 1982 • Nov 9 • 55m

Of the 70,000 Americans hospitalized annually for severe Burns, one-third are children. NOVA tells the story of extraordinary personal resilience in an 11-year-old boy's fight to recover from burns suffered over 73 percent of his body.

Adventures of Teenage Scientists

S09 E14 • Tuesday, Nov 16, 1982 • Nov 16 • 55m

NOVA introduces some of the winners of the 1982 Westinghouse Science Talent Search: high school students whose interests range from silkworms to solar cells. With education facing a deepening financial crisis, will this year's group of well-trained young scientists be among the last of the best and the brightest?

The Cobalt Blues

S09 E15 • Tuesday, Nov 23, 1982 • Nov 23 • 55m

An investigative report on US dependence on foreign sources of strategic minerals, vital to the aerospace and steel industries, which examines and questions Reagan Administration policies toward those international sources.

Goodbye Louisiana

S09 E16 • Tuesday, Nov 30, 1982 • Nov 30 • 55m

NOVA reports on the staggering water problems of Southern Louisiana—where the mighty Mississippi is threatening to change its course, and where last year 49 square miles of coastline disappeared into the Gulf of Mexico.

Whale Watch

S09 E17 • Tuesday, Dec 7, 1982 • Dec 7 • 55m

NOVA follows the great grey whales along their annual marathon migration from the Arctic to the Mexican coast and reveals little known facts about the mating and feeding habits of the gentle giants.

Tracking The Supertrains

S09 E18 • Tuesday, Dec 14, 1982 • Dec 14 • 55m

While America's passenger-train service deteriorates, trains in Japan and Europe are speeding ahead at over 150 miles per hour. NOVA reports that the super-fast trains are finally coming to America.

The Making of a Natural History Film

S09 E19 • Tuesday, Jan 4, 1983 • Jan 4 • 55m

To celebrate its 10th broadcast season, NOVA repeats the very first NOVA program every aired, a fascinating and delightful program about how wildlife films are made.

NOVA

Season 9

1982 • 19 Episodes

Activity from Friends

Salmon on the Run

S09 E01 • Sunday, Jan 10, 1982 • Jan 10 • 55m

NOVA captures the breathtaking power and determination of these amazing creatures and examines how business and technology are changing the fishing industry—and the salmon itself.

Test-Tube Babies: A Daughter For Judy

S09 E02 • Sunday, Jan 17, 1982 • Jan 17 • 55m

Field Guide to Roger Tory Peterson

S09 E03 • Sunday, Jan 24, 1982 • Jan 24 • 55m

NOVA takes an intimate look at Roger Tory Peterson, the man whose best-selling guide books to ornithology have played a pivotal role in turning birdwatching into a mass sport.

The Hunt for the Legion Killer

S09 E04 • Sunday, Jan 31, 1982 • Jan 31 • 55m

Finding a Voice

S09 E05 • Sunday, Feb 7, 1982 • Feb 7 • 55m

The Television Explosion

S09 E06 • Sunday, Feb 14, 1982 • Feb 14 • 55m

Life: Patent Pending

S09 E07 • Sunday, Feb 28, 1982 • Feb 28 • 55m

Palace of Delights

S09 E08 • Sunday, Mar 7, 1982 • Mar 7 • 55m

NOVA visits San Francisco's Exploratorium—part laboratory, part school, part three-ring circus—run by an unlikely collection of physicists and high school students.

Animal Impostors

S09 E09 • Sunday, Mar 14, 1982 • Mar 14 • 55m

Aging: The Methuselah Syndrome

S09 E10 • Sunday, Mar 28, 1982 • Mar 28 • 55m

What is aging? Why does it happen? Can it be stopped? NOVA presents a startling report on research into the processes which make us age and how to control them.

The Case of the UFOs

S09 E11 • Tuesday, Oct 12, 1982 • Oct 12 • 55m

The Fragile Mountain

S09 E12 • Tuesday, Oct 19, 1982 • Oct 19 • 55m

The Himalayas, highest peaks in the world, are crumbling. People are making them crumble, and people are the victims, as NOVA reveals in this breathtaking documentary.

Here's Looking At You Kid

S09 E13 • Tuesday, Nov 9, 1982 • Nov 9 • 55m

Adventures of Teenage Scientists

S09 E14 • Tuesday, Nov 16, 1982 • Nov 16 • 55m

The Cobalt Blues

S09 E15 • Tuesday, Nov 23, 1982 • Nov 23 • 55m

Goodbye Louisiana

S09 E16 • Tuesday, Nov 30, 1982 • Nov 30 • 55m

Whale Watch

S09 E17 • Tuesday, Dec 7, 1982 • Dec 7 • 55m

NOVA follows the great grey whales along their annual marathon migration from the Arctic to the Mexican coast and reveals little known facts about the mating and feeding habits of the gentle giants.

Tracking The Supertrains

S09 E18 • Tuesday, Dec 14, 1982 • Dec 14 • 55m

While America's passenger-train service deteriorates, trains in Japan and Europe are speeding ahead at over 150 miles per hour. NOVA reports that the super-fast trains are finally coming to America.

The Making of a Natural History Film

S09 E19 • Tuesday, Jan 4, 1983 • Jan 4 • 55m

To celebrate its 10th broadcast season, NOVA repeats the very first NOVA program every aired, a fascinating and delightful program about how wildlife films are made.

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1982

S9Season 9

19 Episodes

55 min / episode

17h 25m total

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Jan 10, 1982 - Jan 4, 1983

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1982 • 19 Episodes

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Salmon on the Run

S09 E01 • Sunday, Jan 10, 1982 • Jan 10 • 55m

NOVA captures the breathtaking power and determination of these amazing creatures and examines how business and technology are changing the fishing industry—and the salmon itself.

Test-Tube Babies: A Daughter For Judy

S09 E02 • Sunday, Jan 17, 1982 • Jan 17 • 55m

Field Guide to Roger Tory Peterson

S09 E03 • Sunday, Jan 24, 1982 • Jan 24 • 55m

NOVA takes an intimate look at Roger Tory Peterson, the man whose best-selling guide books to ornithology have played a pivotal role in turning birdwatching into a mass sport.

The Hunt for the Legion Killer

S09 E04 • Sunday, Jan 31, 1982 • Jan 31 • 55m

Finding a Voice

S09 E05 • Sunday, Feb 7, 1982 • Feb 7 • 55m

The Television Explosion

S09 E06 • Sunday, Feb 14, 1982 • Feb 14 • 55m

Life: Patent Pending

S09 E07 • Sunday, Feb 28, 1982 • Feb 28 • 55m

Palace of Delights

S09 E08 • Sunday, Mar 7, 1982 • Mar 7 • 55m

NOVA visits San Francisco's Exploratorium—part laboratory, part school, part three-ring circus—run by an unlikely collection of physicists and high school students.

Animal Impostors

S09 E09 • Sunday, Mar 14, 1982 • Mar 14 • 55m

Aging: The Methuselah Syndrome

S09 E10 • Sunday, Mar 28, 1982 • Mar 28 • 55m

What is aging? Why does it happen? Can it be stopped? NOVA presents a startling report on research into the processes which make us age and how to control them.

The Case of the UFOs

S09 E11 • Tuesday, Oct 12, 1982 • Oct 12 • 55m

The Fragile Mountain

S09 E12 • Tuesday, Oct 19, 1982 • Oct 19 • 55m

The Himalayas, highest peaks in the world, are crumbling. People are making them crumble, and people are the victims, as NOVA reveals in this breathtaking documentary.

Here's Looking At You Kid

S09 E13 • Tuesday, Nov 9, 1982 • Nov 9 • 55m

Adventures of Teenage Scientists

S09 E14 • Tuesday, Nov 16, 1982 • Nov 16 • 55m

The Cobalt Blues

S09 E15 • Tuesday, Nov 23, 1982 • Nov 23 • 55m

Goodbye Louisiana

S09 E16 • Tuesday, Nov 30, 1982 • Nov 30 • 55m

Whale Watch

S09 E17 • Tuesday, Dec 7, 1982 • Dec 7 • 55m

NOVA follows the great grey whales along their annual marathon migration from the Arctic to the Mexican coast and reveals little known facts about the mating and feeding habits of the gentle giants.

Tracking The Supertrains

S09 E18 • Tuesday, Dec 14, 1982 • Dec 14 • 55m

While America's passenger-train service deteriorates, trains in Japan and Europe are speeding ahead at over 150 miles per hour. NOVA reports that the super-fast trains are finally coming to America.

The Making of a Natural History Film

S09 E19 • Tuesday, Jan 4, 1983 • Jan 4 • 55m

To celebrate its 10th broadcast season, NOVA repeats the very first NOVA program every aired, a fascinating and delightful program about how wildlife films are made.

NOVA

Season 9

1982 • 19 Episodes

Activity from Friends

Salmon on the Run

S09 E01 • Sunday, Jan 10, 1982 • Jan 10 • 55m

NOVA captures the breathtaking power and determination of these amazing creatures and examines how business and technology are changing the fishing industry—and the salmon itself.

Test-Tube Babies: A Daughter For Judy

S09 E02 • Sunday, Jan 17, 1982 • Jan 17 • 55m

Field Guide to Roger Tory Peterson

S09 E03 • Sunday, Jan 24, 1982 • Jan 24 • 55m

NOVA takes an intimate look at Roger Tory Peterson, the man whose best-selling guide books to ornithology have played a pivotal role in turning birdwatching into a mass sport.

The Hunt for the Legion Killer

S09 E04 • Sunday, Jan 31, 1982 • Jan 31 • 55m

Finding a Voice

S09 E05 • Sunday, Feb 7, 1982 • Feb 7 • 55m

The Television Explosion

S09 E06 • Sunday, Feb 14, 1982 • Feb 14 • 55m

Life: Patent Pending

S09 E07 • Sunday, Feb 28, 1982 • Feb 28 • 55m

Palace of Delights

S09 E08 • Sunday, Mar 7, 1982 • Mar 7 • 55m

NOVA visits San Francisco's Exploratorium—part laboratory, part school, part three-ring circus—run by an unlikely collection of physicists and high school students.

Animal Impostors

S09 E09 • Sunday, Mar 14, 1982 • Mar 14 • 55m

Aging: The Methuselah Syndrome

S09 E10 • Sunday, Mar 28, 1982 • Mar 28 • 55m

What is aging? Why does it happen? Can it be stopped? NOVA presents a startling report on research into the processes which make us age and how to control them.

The Case of the UFOs

S09 E11 • Tuesday, Oct 12, 1982 • Oct 12 • 55m

The Fragile Mountain

S09 E12 • Tuesday, Oct 19, 1982 • Oct 19 • 55m

The Himalayas, highest peaks in the world, are crumbling. People are making them crumble, and people are the victims, as NOVA reveals in this breathtaking documentary.

Here's Looking At You Kid

S09 E13 • Tuesday, Nov 9, 1982 • Nov 9 • 55m

Adventures of Teenage Scientists

S09 E14 • Tuesday, Nov 16, 1982 • Nov 16 • 55m

The Cobalt Blues

S09 E15 • Tuesday, Nov 23, 1982 • Nov 23 • 55m

Goodbye Louisiana

S09 E16 • Tuesday, Nov 30, 1982 • Nov 30 • 55m

Whale Watch

S09 E17 • Tuesday, Dec 7, 1982 • Dec 7 • 55m

NOVA follows the great grey whales along their annual marathon migration from the Arctic to the Mexican coast and reveals little known facts about the mating and feeding habits of the gentle giants.

Tracking The Supertrains

S09 E18 • Tuesday, Dec 14, 1982 • Dec 14 • 55m

While America's passenger-train service deteriorates, trains in Japan and Europe are speeding ahead at over 150 miles per hour. NOVA reports that the super-fast trains are finally coming to America.

The Making of a Natural History Film

S09 E19 • Tuesday, Jan 4, 1983 • Jan 4 • 55m

To celebrate its 10th broadcast season, NOVA repeats the very first NOVA program every aired, a fascinating and delightful program about how wildlife films are made.