The Nature of Things · SEASON 21
Success Story / Sickle Cell Anemia
Episode 8 · 1980-11-26
- Documentary
Episode overview
A magazine edition: Success Story: a film by nature photographer John Carey about the insect world and the ability of insects to survive hostile forces of man and nature. Sickle Cell Anemia: A look at what is known about the causes of sickle cell anemia, how it affects its victims and what progress is being made to alleviate and cure the condition.
Season 21 episodes
1. Volcanoes / Hovercraft / Curve Balls / Windshear / Xerography1980-10-08
2. Cystic Fibrosis / Whooping Crane / Cold-Water Survival1980-10-15
3. Skin – The Bare Necessity / Manatees / Ludhiana1980-10-22
4. Tar Wars1980-10-29
5. Going Without Gas / Surface Tension / Science Fair1980-11-05
6. China Now – Its Roots in the Past (Part 1 of 2)1980-11-12
7. China Now – The Four Modernizations (Part 2 of 2)1980-11-19
8. Success Story / Sickle Cell Anemia1980-11-26
9. Freak Waves / Invisible Astronomy / Hildebrand1980-12-03
10. Prenatal Diagnosis / Hearing in Chinchillas1980-12-10
11. AAAS Report / One of the Family / Oyster Culture1981-01-07
12. Birds' Eggs / Newfoundland Oil / John Polanyi1981-01-14
13. Poisoned Playgrounds / Charlie1981-01-28
14. The Moving Still1981-02-11
15. Sri Lanka: Island of Serendib1981-02-18
16. Blackfly / Desalination / Memory – Come to think of it / Dr. Karl Illmensee1981-03-11
17. The Foxes' Earth1981-03-25
