NOVA · SEASON 8
Why America Burns
Episode 12 · 1981-10-04
- Documentary
Episode overview
More people die in fires in the US than in any other industrialized country. In an alarming report that challenges the complacency of the US fire prevention establishment, NOVA uncovers glaring gaps in our defenses against flames that kill. Sealing any one of these gaps might save thousands of lives and prevent enormous pain and misery.
55 minutes
Season 8 episodes
1. Doctors of Nigeria1981-01-06
2. Message in the Rocks1981-01-20
3. The Dead Sea Lives1981-01-27
4. Anatomy of a Volcano1981-02-10
5. The Science of Murder1981-02-17
6. The Malady of Health Care1981-02-24
7. Beyond the Milky Way1981-03-03
8. The Asteroid and the Dinosaur1981-03-10
9. Animal Olympians1981-03-17
10. Resolution on Saturn1981-08-25
11. Computers, Spies and Private Lives1981-09-27
12. Why America Burns1981-10-04
13. The Great Violin Mystery1981-10-11
14. Cosmic Fire1981-10-18
15. Locusts: War Without End1981-10-25
16. Did Darwin Get It Wrong?1981-11-01
17. Artists in the Lab1981-11-15
18. Notes of a Biology Watcher: A Film with Lewis Thomas1981-11-22
19. City Spaces, Human Places1981-11-29
20. Twins1981-12-06
