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NOVA; Manhunt: Boston Bombers

05/29/2013

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Series
NOVA
Program
Manhunt: Boston Bombers
Program Number

4014

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

At 2:50 pm on April 15, two bomb blasts turned the Boston Marathon finish line from a scene of triumph to tragedy, leaving three dead, hundreds injured, and a city gripped by heartbreak and terror. Less than five days later, the key suspects were identified. Soon one was dead, the other in custody. How did investigators transform the chaos of the bombing into a coherent trail of clues, pointing to the accused killers? NOVA follows the manhunt step by step, examining the role modern technology-combined with old-fashioned detective work-played in cracking the case. Given hundreds of hours of surveillance and bystander videos, how did agents spot the suspects in a sea of spectators? Why couldn't facial recognition software I.D. the criminals? How much could bomb chemistry analysis, cell phone GPS, infrared imagery and crowd sourcing reveal about the secrets behind this horrific crime? With the help of top criminal investigators and anti-terrorism experts, NOVA explores which technological innovations worked --and which didn't --in the most notorious case of today, and how the world of crime fighting could be transformed tomorrow.

A NOVA Production by Miles O'Brien Productions, LLC, for WGBH Boston

Duration

00:56:46

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Genres
Documentary
Topics
Science
Citation
Chicago: “NOVA; Manhunt: Boston Bombers,” 05/29/2013, GBH Archives, accessed July 27, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_AE4EA700E6FD4C5AA20578C07D2FB98E.
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APA: NOVA; Manhunt: Boston Bombers. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_AE4EA700E6FD4C5AA20578C07D2FB98E
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