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Episode list

Modern Marvels
Plumbing: The Arteries of Civilization
Sat, Dec 16, 2000
  • S6.E41
  • Plumbing: The Arteries of Civilization
Todays theme is Plumbing: The Arteries of Civilization.
8.7 /10
More Engineering Disasters
Sun, Nov 28, 1999
  • S6.E45
  • More Engineering Disasters
Rocket engineers pushing the technological envelope expect a crash or two or hundred. But a collapsed roof or burst dam can only be attributed to sloppy engineering.
8.7 /10
Household Wonders
Wed, Mar 15, 2000
  • S6.E11
  • Household Wonders
The household appliances we take for granted everyday are profiled. They include the stove, the microwave, the sewing machine, the vacuum cleaner, the toaster, the mixer, the refrigerator, the washer, dryer, and air conditioning. Also featured are how electricity and the lightbulb changed the American household.
8.6 /10
The Chunnel

S6.E3 ∙ The Chunnel

Mon, Jan 10, 2000
The Chunnel explores one of the greatest engineering accomplishments of the 20th century: the construction of the Channel Tunnel, also known as the Chunnel. The Chunnel is a 31-mile-long underground tunnel that runs beneath the English Channel, connecting the island of Great Britain to mainland Europe.
7.9 /10
The Pentagon

S6.E5 ∙ The Pentagon

Mon, Mar 26, 2001
The Pentagon - the name alone conjurs up an imposing image of American power. Completed in 1943, this five-sided nerve center for the nation's armed services is the largest office building in the world.
7.9 /10
Bridges

S6.E6 ∙ Bridges

Mon, Feb 28, 2000
From ancient Roman aqueducts and arch bridges, to Renaissance spans & railroad crossovers, bridges play a key role in the human quest to connect and unify. Trace the history of bridges, including suspension, arch, beam, truss & cantilever.
6.8 /10
Great Inventions

S6.E9 ∙ Great Inventions

Mon, Mar 13, 2000
Synthesized doc over wheel, steam power, batteries, railroads, vehicles, electric light, telegraph, radio, television, computers and all most remarkable inventions ever done and how it start.
8.5 /10
Household Wonders

S6.E11 ∙ Household Wonders

Wed, Mar 15, 2000
The household appliances we take for granted everyday are profiled. They include the stove, the microwave, the sewing machine, the vacuum cleaner, the toaster, the mixer, the refrigerator, the washer, dryer, and air conditioning. Also featured are how electricity and the lightbulb changed the American household.
8.6 /10
Traffic

S6.E19 ∙ Traffic

Wed, Jun 21, 2000
Go into air traffic control centers and the planning offices of transportation managers nationwide for a revealing look at a growing crisis.
8.2 /10
Gold Mines

S6.E21 ∙ Gold Mines

Sun, Jul 30, 2000
Man's quest for gold throughout history from the age of antiquity to the present.
6.7 /10
Banks

S6.E22 ∙ Banks

Wed, Aug 02, 2000
The history of financial institutions including the technology they have used in the past and their modern applications.
7.2 /10
Trucks

S6.E24 ∙ Trucks

Mon, Aug 21, 2000
The history of trucks are featured running the gamut from eighteen wheelers to specialty trucks.
7.9 /10
Aswan Dam

S6.E25 ∙ Aswan Dam

Sun, Sep 10, 2000
This history of how the Egyptian people built both the Low and High Aswan Dams on the Nile River.
7.4 /10
The Maginot Line

S6.E27 ∙ The Maginot Line

Sun, Sep 17, 2000
Go inside the ambitious fortifications that nevertheless failed to protect France from Nazi aggression.
8 /10
Video Games: Behind the Fun

S6.E28 ∙ Video Games: Behind the Fun

Sun, Oct 08, 2000
Modern Marvels looks at the history of video games. It looks at the first video game played on a supercomputer "Spacewar!" the first successful home video game "Pong," and the arcade revolution of the 1980s. It examines how the video game business has grown into a billion dollar industry and how current game designers use motion capture techniques and MMORPGs to entertain millions throughout the world.
6.8 /10
Body Shop: Part 1

S6.E29 ∙ Body Shop: Part 1

Sun, Oct 15, 2000
A Ford Taurus is dismantled so that the components of car can be highlighted one by one from their inception to their modern counterparts.
7.6 /10
Body Shop: Part 2

S6.E30 ∙ Body Shop: Part 2

Sun, Oct 15, 2000
A Ford Taurus is dismantled so that the components of car can be highlighted one by one from their inception to their modern counterparts.
7.8 /10
Assembly Lines

S6.E33 ∙ Assembly Lines

Wed, Oct 18, 2000
The history of how assembly lines revolutionized the modern world which can help manufacture anything from a small electronic to a jumbo jet.
7.3 /10
Suez Canal

S6.E34 ∙ Suez Canal

Tue, Oct 24, 2000
The history of the Suez Canal in Egypt. Also featured is the history of previous canals through history on the peninsula.
7.8 /10
Combat Training

S6.E36 ∙ Combat Training

Sun, Nov 05, 2000
A look at the equipment and technology that is used by the military to train for war.
6.6 /10
Inventions of War

S6.E40 ∙ Inventions of War

Mon, Dec 11, 2000
Out of the death and suffering of combat have come many of the everyday items we take for granted.
7.9 /10
More Engineering Disasters

S6.E45 ∙ More Engineering Disasters

Sun, Nov 28, 1999
Rocket engineers pushing the technological envelope expect a crash or two or hundred. But a collapsed roof or burst dam can only be attributed to sloppy engineering.
8.7 /10
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