Horizon

Season 28, Episode 21

Episode Title: The Long Road to the West

Air Date: 1991-06-17

Overview:

In this Horizon episode, we look at the problems facing the Carl Zeiss optics company of Jena and other companies in the scientific sector of the former Eastern block countries. Following the reunification of Germany and the end of the Cold War, harsh economic conditions and the lack of scientific progress over the preceding decades in particular are explored.