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NOVA•Season 6•Episode 1

Black Tide

Jan 4, 197955 min

On the morning of March 16, 1978, the US owned, Liberian registered supertanker, the Amoco Cadiz, went aground off the coast of Brittany. Over the following days and weeks its entire 68 million gallons of oil drained into the sea. A NOVA production team began

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Season 6 Episodes19

Black Tide

Long Walk Of Fred Young

A World Of Difference

Cashing In On The Ocean

Patterns From The Past

The Invisible Flame

The End Of The Rainbow

The Beersheva Experiment

Einstein

The Keys Of Paradise

A Plague on our Children

Life on a Silken Thread

Sweet Solutions

Race for the Gold

All Part of the Game

India: Machinery of Hope

The Bridge that Spanned the World

Termites to Telescopes

Blindness: Five Points of Views

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Episode Summary

"Black Tide" is episode 1 of NOVA season 6. It aired on January 4, 1979.

Next: E2 · Long Walk Of Fred Young Best of Season 6