• 1978
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Connections

Summary Follow James Burke through the history of science and technology in this collection of 10 1-hour episodes, starting with "The Trigger Effect." View more details

  • 1978
  • 50m

Connections

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Bruce Boa James Burke Kenneth Kendall Mark Wing-Davey

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9.3

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Genres : History Documentary

Release date : Oct 16, 1978

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Time Life Films

Summary Follow James Burke through the history of science and technology in this collection of 10 1-hour episodes, starting with "The Trigger Effect." View more details

Details

Genres : History Documentary

Release date : Oct 16, 1978

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Time Life Films

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James Burke in Connections (1978) James Burke in Connections (1978)

Episodes

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Episode 1 • Oct 16, 1978
The Trigger Effect
One thing leads to another and our dependence on technology. A New York City Blackout serves as example.
Episode 2 • Oct 23, 1978
Death in the Morning
Follow the connections from ancient Egyptian traders all the way up to modern radar and nuclear energy. You'll make stops along the way which include money, touch stones, sailing, vacuum pumps, weather charts, and hot air balloons.
Episode 3 • Oct 30, 1978
Distant Voices
follow the connections from the battle of Hastings in 1066, through the use of gunpowder, the invention of cannon, water pumps, barometers, the telephone, and radio telescopes.
Episode 4 • Nov 06, 1978
Faith in Numbers
Examines the transition from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance from the perspective of how commercialism, climate change and the Black Death influenced cultural development.
Episode 5 • Nov 13, 1978
The Wheel of Fortune
The Wheel of Fortune, traces connections from astrological knowledge in ancient Greek manuscripts, to the modern production line.
Episode 6 • Nov 20, 1978
Thunder in the Skies
Episode 7 • Nov 27, 1978
The Long Chain
Episode 8 • Dec 04, 1978
Eat, Drink and Be Merry...
Food preservation began with the storage of edibles in bottles and led to such 19th-century inventions as air conditioning, refrigeration and the thermos bottle. Also discusses the first hand-held guns and traces the development of rocketry in this century.
Episode 9 • Dec 11, 1978
Countdown
Episode 10 • Dec 18, 1978
Yesterday, Tomorrow and You

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