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NOVA; Road to Happiness, The

07/08/1986

EXCLUB 21,DUB FROM MASTER- GLITCH ON OPENING SHOT. NO narration.

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Series

NOVA

Program

Road to Happiness, The

Program Number

513

Series Description

Premiered March 1974 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. Series release date: 3/3/1974

Program Description

Henry Ford, a great friend of Thomas Edison, was a film enthusiast who amassed some one and a half million feet of film during his lifetime. Deposited in the National Archives and known as the Ford Film Collection, it covers not only the Ford family and Ford Motor Company but also contains newsreels, and general films produced under Ford. Using the Collection, NOVA profiles Ford's life and times.

Duration

00:61:00

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Genres

Documentary

Topics

Science

Citation

Chicago: “NOVA; Road to Happiness, The,” 07/08/1986, GBH Archives, accessed December 8, 2023, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_4E13A54713524A139F2201E2175D3100.

MLA: “NOVA; Road to Happiness, The.” 07/08/1986. GBH Archives. Web. December 8, 2023. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_4E13A54713524A139F2201E2175D3100>.

APA: NOVA; Road to Happiness, The. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_4E13A54713524A139F2201E2175D3100