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S8.E1 ∙ Failed Inventions

Tue, Jan 01, 2002

Not every invention is a winner. Look at some of history's worst inventions including incompetent military weapons like the nuclear rifle and the Goliath tank. Also featured are the mechanical television, radiated medical products, and the odd looking Dymaxion house and car. Other cars featured where the Chrysler Turbine car and Ford's Nuclear powered car.

7.6 /10

S8.E3 ∙ Private Jets: Part 1

Sun, Jan 27, 2002

5.6 /10

S8.E4 ∙ Private Jets Part 2

Sun, Jan 27, 2002

5.6 /10

S8.E5 ∙ Remote Control

Tue, Jan 29, 2002

0 /10

S8.E6 ∙ Million Dollar Tech

Wed, Jan 30, 2002

0 /10

S8.E7 ∙ Pleasure Boats

Thu, Jan 31, 2002

0 /10

S8.E8 ∙ Bulletproof

Mon, Feb 18, 2002

7.5 /10

S8.E9 ∙ Siege Machines

Mon, Feb 25, 2002

A look at ancient and middle age technology used to break through fortifications. Includes ladders, trebuchets, torsion machines, battering rams, cannons, tanks, bombs, and misses.

7.5 /10

S8.E10 ∙ The Junkyard

Mon, Mar 04, 2002

A look at the various forms of junk and scrapyards as well as the technology that allows for recycling of old materials.

7.4 /10

S8.E11 ∙ The F-14

Mon, Mar 11, 2002

A look at the F-14 Tomcat jet fighter.

8 /10

S8.E12 ∙ Motors

Mon, Mar 18, 2002

The history of engines and their modern day uses.

8.6 /10

S8.E13 ∙ The Wheel

Mon, Mar 25, 2002

The history of the wheel and how it has impacted human life so ubiquitously.

7.8 /10

S8.E14 ∙ Ice Breakers

Mon, Apr 15, 2002

The history of ice breakers and how they keep the lanes of commerce open during the frozen winter and the arctic open for science.

7.2 /10

S8.E15 ∙ Fire & Ice: Heating and Air Conditioning

Wed, Apr 17, 2002

The history of how fire and ice inspired modern man to control the climate indoors. Includes how heating and air conditioning works in a home, a car, and airplanes. Also features clean rooms and air conditioning in space.

8.1 /10

S8.E16 ∙ Axes, Swords and Knives

Mon, May 06, 2002

This program begins by tracing the development of cutting edges from obsidian flakes to the the latest high tech ceramic. Then the process of making swords and the design trade offs for their various purposes are examined in detail. Finally, the design and manufacture of axes and knives are contrasted with the more challenging demands of swordsmithing.

7.1 /10

S8.E17 ∙ The World's Biggest Machines

Mon, May 13, 2002

They are some of the largest machines on the planet. Go behind the scenes of how the largest front end loaders and excavators are constructed which includes some very large machines. Also featured is the crawler that moved NASA's rockets and space shuttles to the launchpad, a new cruise ship, windmills, and water pumps.

8.3 /10

S8.E18 ∙ Drag Racing

Mon, May 20, 2002

The history of drag racing from its humble beginnings to the modern innovations that routinely lead to speeds north of 300 MPH.

7.1 /10

S8.E19 ∙ Big Rigs of Combat: Tanks/Jeeps

Sat, Jun 01, 2002

8 /10

S8.E20 ∙ The Manhattan Project

Mon, Jun 03, 2002

Encouraged by Leo Szilard and galvanized by German success in achieving nuclear fission, the United States embarks on a crash program to build a nuclear bomb. Aided by many Jewish scientists who had fled Nazi Germany the project team successfully constructs three fuel production lines using different technologies and assembles three bombs. One bomb was tested in New Mexico and the others deployed against the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

7.8 /10

S8.E21 ∙ The Tackle Box

Mon, Jun 10, 2002

Todays theme is The Tackle Box.

8.6 /10

S8.E22 ∙ Hunting Gear

Wed, Jun 12, 2002

The gear used by amateur and professional hunters is profiled from various animal calls to weapons such as rifles, shotguns, and knives up through high tech equipment.

7 /10

S8.E23 ∙ Camouflage

Mon, Jun 17, 2002

7.5 /10

S8.E24 ∙ Models

Wed, Jun 19, 2002

0 /10

S8.E25 ∙ Hangars

Mon, Jun 24, 2002

7.1 /10

S8.E26 ∙ Super Guns

Sun, Jul 14, 2002

7.1 /10

S8.E27 ∙ Strategic Air Command

Tue, Jul 15, 2003

A look at the United States Strategic Air Command since it was formed after World War II through the present. Includes a look inside the Cheyenne Missile Complex and the close calls that almost led to a nuclear war.

8.4 /10

S8.E28 ∙ Gasoline

Mon, Jul 22, 2002

The history of gasoline and how it shapes our modern world.

8.2 /10

S8.E29 ∙ Engines

Tue, Jul 23, 2002

The history of engines beginning with the steam engine through modern rotary and rocket engines are profiled.

7.8 /10

S8.E30 ∙ Towing

Mon, Aug 05, 2002

0 /10

S8.E31 ∙ Jet Engines

Wed, Aug 07, 2002

The technology of jet engines in commercial and military applications.

7.8 /10

S8.E32 ∙ Nordhausen

Mon, Aug 12, 2002

0 /10

S8.E33 ∙ Liberty Ships of WWII

Wed, Aug 14, 2002

0 /10

S8.E34 ∙ The Magnum

Tue, Aug 20, 2002

7.7 /10

S8.E35 ∙ Magnets

Mon, Aug 26, 2002

7.7 /10

S8.E36 ∙ Breweries

Thu, Aug 29, 2002

7.9 /10

S8.E37 ∙ The Chrysler Building

Mon, Sep 09, 2002

The Chrysler Building in New York City is the subject.

7.7 /10

S8.E38 ∙ The Autobahn

Mon, Sep 16, 2002

7 /10

S8.E39 ∙ Pickup Trucks

Tue, Sep 17, 2002

0 /10

S8.E40 ∙ Muscle Cars

Thu, Sep 19, 2002

They were loud, fast, and during the 1960's and 1970's they were the most popular cars coming out of Detroit. Muscle cars were an American art form. See the history behind the GTO, to the Challenger, the Cutlass and many more.

7.9 /10

S8.E41 ∙ Cranes

Mon, Oct 07, 2002

7.8 /10

S8.E42 ∙ Sherman Tanks

Mon, Oct 21, 2002

0 /10

S8.E43 ∙ Train Wrecks

Sun, Oct 27, 2002

8.2 /10

S8.E45 ∙ Tunnels of Vietnam

Tue, Nov 12, 2002

Journey beneath the earth to see why the construction of tunnels remains among the most difficult and dangerous engineering projects man can undertake.

7.6 /10

S8.E46 ∙ James Bond Gadgets

Sun, Dec 01, 2002

This program examines the props that put the wow in James Bond films. They included the cars from Aston Martin, BMW, Lotus and Rolls Royce, the autogyro "Little Nellie", the Q boat and the incredibly popular rocket belt. Then visit a shop where the man on the street can buy the latest counter-espionage devices.

7.1 /10