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NOVA; Eyes Over China; NOVA; Eyes Over China
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- Series
- NOVA
- Program
- Eyes Over China
- Program Number
1020
- Title
NOVA; Eyes Over China
- Series Description
NOVA is a general-interest documentary series that addresses a single science issue each week. Billed as "science adventures for curious grown-ups" when it first aired in March, 1974, NOVA continues to offer an informative and entertaining approach to a challenging subject. 1996 marked NOVA's 23rd season, which makes it the longest-running science program on national television. It is also one of television's most acclaimed series, having won every major television award, most of them many times over. Premiered March 1974.
- Program Description
A story about Project Orbis -- an American eye-care team visits China, a dramatic encounter in international medicine when an American plane lands in China, equipped with a state-of-the-art eye-operating theater--and two very different medical systems meet eyeball to eyeball.
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Technology
- Peoples of East Asia
- Medicine
- Social Issues
- Genres
- Science
- Creators
- Kaufman, Brian (Writer)
- Mansfield, John (Executive Producer)
- Macmillan, Andrew (Narrator)
- Publication Information
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- Citation
- Chicago: “NOVA; Eyes Over China; NOVA; Eyes Over China,” GBH Archives, accessed July 26, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_3B8B523A8D7A4A6495FA7D1B4CA6A6C6.
- MLA: “NOVA; Eyes Over China; NOVA; Eyes Over China.” GBH Archives. Web. July 26, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_3B8B523A8D7A4A6495FA7D1B4CA6A6C6>.
- APA: NOVA; Eyes Over China; NOVA; Eyes Over China. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_3B8B523A8D7A4A6495FA7D1B4CA6A6C6