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Horizon

1964–BBC TwoDocumentary

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The BBC's science strand, older than most of the science it has covered.

One opening sequence is catalogued for Horizon, covering season 1.

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The opening titles

Season 1

No usable clip kept. The one upload of the titles carries no date, and the programme has rebuilt them repeatedly across sixty years.

No footage of this sequence has been found yet.

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