Modern Marvels
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7.81993 - Present60 minSummary
Celebrating ingenuity, invention and imagination on a grand scale, "Modern Marvels" tells the amazing stories of the doers, dreamers and sometime-schemers who create everyday items, technological advancements and man-made wonders. From the Statue of Liberty to distilled spirits, and canals to bridges, no subject seems out of reach. Science, technology, electronics, mechanics, engineering, architecture, industry, mass production, manufacturing, and agriculture are just some of the many topics that have been covered during the long-running series.
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Episodes
Satellites
Radio: Out Of Thin Air
The Motion Picture
Electric Light
The Phonograph
Great Towers In The Sky
Household Wonders
Radar
Forensic Science: The Crimefighter's Weapon
The Search For The Polio Vaccine
The Stock Exchange
Transcontinental Railroads
NORAD - The War Game Fortress
Transatlantic Cable: 2500 Miles Of Copper
Earthmovers: The Power to Move Mountains
International Airports
Deep Sea Exploration: Challenging The Abyss
The Alaskan Oil Pipeline
Statue Of Liberty
American Steel: Built To Last
Battlefield Engineering
Space Tech
Engineering Disasters 2
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.
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