S9.E1 ∙ Thomas Edison Wed, Sep 25, 1968 Thomas Edison wasn't merely a lone inventful genius. He invented modern research team makes possible technology shaping our world. 0 /10
S9.E3 ∙ Materials Wed, Oct 09, 1968 A review of history of man's oldest materials: wood, stone, iron, bronze and glass. 0 /10
S9.E4 ∙ Structure Wed, Nov 06, 1968 Defying force of gravity, man has strewn his structures across earth. This program looks at some of them. 0 /10
S9.E5 ∙ Communications Wed, Nov 13, 1968 Much of this program deals with basic communications problem of getting a signal through noise. 0 /10
S9.E6 ∙ Canals And Tunnels Wed, Nov 20, 1968 The great engineers of past - men like DE Lesseps of Suez fame and Panama infamy and Bradley - whose canals were arteries of industrial revolution, sacrificed health and fortune, and sometimes lives. 0 /10
S9.E7 ∙ Central Power Wed, Nov 27, 1968 One test of civilization is ability to organize sources of energy. Central power was something new in 1876. 0 /10
S9.E8 ∙ Man And Machines Wed, Dec 04, 1968 The Greek inventor, Alexander Hero, first defined five basic devices which make all machines possible: lever, wedge, wheel, pulley and screw. 0 /10
S9.E9 ∙ Land And Water Wed, Dec 11, 1968 This program shows how man changes his environment by shaping land he lives on, reclaiming land from sea, making new lakes and rivers. 0 /10
S9.E10 ∙ Man Aloft Wed, Dec 18, 1968 This film looks, sometimes whimsically, at examples of old and modern flying machines. 0 /10
S9.E11 ∙ Portable Power Wed, Dec 25, 1968 Man's first "portable power" device was part of his own body, energy from contraction of long molecules in presence of sugar: muscle power. 0 /10
S9.E12 ∙ Machines And Man: Transportation Wed, Jan 01, 1969 Are problems of urban transportation insurmountable? The traffic jams which are a regular feature of city life make it appear so. 0 /10
S9.E13 ∙ Machine And Man: Systems Engineering Wed, Jan 08, 1969 A system, according to Oxford dictionary, is a whole composed of parts in orderly arrangement, according to some scheme or plan. 0 /10
S9.E14 ∙ Audubon Mon, Mar 17, 1969 A study of life and work of Jean Jacques Audubon, great painter-naturalist who captured beauty of American wildlife on canvas. 0 /10
