Modern Marvels

  • Prömiyeri: Kas 1992
  • Bölümler: 851
  • Takipçiler: 75
  • Bitti
  • History
  • Pazar saat 22
  • Documentary History

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Sezon 7
7x1
Household Gadgets
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Yayınlanma tarihi
Oca 03, 2000
We trace the history of household appliances and how they've made things much more convenient.
7x2
City Beneath Our Feet, The AKA Underground Surprises
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Yayınlanma tarihi
Oca 10, 2000
Workers build and maintain urban infrastructures underground.
7x3
The Chunnel
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Yayınlanma tarihi
Oca 11, 2000
The job of joining Britain and France via a tunnel under the English Channel was a challenge. Geologists tracked the only safe route with satellite technology, and French and British .. show full overview
7x4
The Space Station
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Şub 03, 2000
Join us on an out-of-this-world exploration of the history of long-duration life in space--from the first Soviet station to Skylab to Mir to the International Space Station. Experience .. show full overview
7x5
Bridges
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Şub 29, 2000
Bridges play a key role in the human quest to connect and unify.
7x6
Prisons
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Mar 06, 2000
The philosophy and architecture of today's U.S. prisons emerge from those of history.
7x7
Gadgets
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Mar 13, 2000
Close cousins to machines and tools, gadgets are mechanical or electronic devices that make life a bit easier. While they don't always fall into clear categories, we know one when we see .. show full overview
7x8
Office Wonders
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Mar 15, 2000
The stories behind everything from the paper clip to the laser printer. From chance discoveries never intended to wind up at work to the irony of labor saving devices and why they can actually create more work.
7x9
Great Inventions
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Mar 16, 2000
Wheel; steam engine; railroad; automobile; airplane; printing press; electric light; wireless telegraph; telephone; television; computer.
7x10
War Planes of World War II
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Nis 10, 2000
World War II sees more planes built in a single year than had been built in the previous 40.
7x11
Police Technology
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Nis 17, 2000
When police forces were born in the 1800s, British "bobbies" made due with a billy club. Public wariness and institutional resistance to change held back technological advances for much .. show full overview
7x12
Disaster Technology
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May 08, 2000
Technological tools help science mitigate nature's fury.
7x13
Tower Bridge
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May 25, 2000
A look at London's Tower Bridge, a fine example of Victorian engineering and architecture that has attracted tourists since its inauguration on June 30, 1894, by Edward, the Prince of Wales.
7x14
Concrete
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May 31, 2000
Invented by the ancient Romans, concrete is a relatively simple formula that changed the world. Concrete has been used to divide an entire country, as in the Berlin Wall, and to unite .. show full overview
7x15
Camping Technology
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Haz 06, 2000
As camping technology develops, it provides greater access to diverse outdoor environments. The earliest camping technology was developed out of necessity. When men headed off to war, .. show full overview
7x16
Private Planes
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Haz 12, 2000
From vintage aircraft to homemade winged wonders to posh private jets. It's a tale that merges technological progress and the fantasies of an unique type of person, who refuses to be grounded by earth's surly bonds.
7x17
Race Cars
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Haz 19, 2000
Today, race cars tear up the tracks at 300 mph. Computers and space-age composite materials are as much as part of racing as the drivers. They're fast, they're thrilling, and they've .. show full overview
7x18
Traffic
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Haz 22, 2000
Go into air traffic control centers and the planning offices of transportation managers nationwide for a revealing look at a growing crisis.
7x19
Buses
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Tem 27, 2000
Buses go from an eight-passenger carriage to a wheeled luxury liner.
7x20
Gold Mines
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Tem 31, 2000
Around the world and across the eons, gold stands as a symbol of power, wealth, and love. The quest for the yellow metal took men across oceans, into the depths of the Alaskan winter, .. show full overview
7x21
Banks
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Yayınlanma tarihi
Ağu 02, 2000
The history of financial institutions including the technology they have used in the past and their modern applications.
7x22
The Erie Canal
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Ağu 14, 2000
It was a 363-mile highway linking the western frontier to the Atlantic seaboard. It shaped the history of the nation and transformed New York City from a minor seaport into a commercial capital.
7x23
Trucks
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Ağu 22, 2000
They are the backbone of the transportation and construction industries. Versatile, vital and ubiquitous, trucks perform jobs from carting off mountains to keeping nations fed.
7x24
Aswan Dam
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Eyl 11, 2000
See how the Aswan High Dam socially, politically, culturally, and agriculturally affected Egypt.
7x25
China's Great Dam
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Eyl 13, 2000
Will it be the concrete key to a new China, or a disaster of epic proportions?
7x26
The Maginot Line
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Eyl 18, 2000
Go inside the ambitious fortifications that nevertheless failed to protect France from Nazi aggression.
7x27
The Quest for Muscle
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Eyl 26, 2000
Explores the desire, the drive, and the methods which people have used throughout the centuries to develop strength for athletic bodies.
7x28
Video Games: Behind the Fun
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Yayınlanma tarihi
Eki 09, 2000
A fun-filled glimpse into the not so distant history of video games. Since inception, the gaming industry has been a driving force in computer technology and video games are one of today's dominant entertainment mediums.
7x29
Body Shop Part 1
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Yayınlanma tarihi
Eki 16, 2000
Part 1 of a two-hour show that goes under the hood and a whole lot farther.
7x30
Body Shop Part 2
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Yayınlanma tarihi
Eki 16, 2000
Part 2 of a two-hour show that goes under the hood and a whole lot farther.
7x31
Machine Tools
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Yayınlanma tarihi
Eki 17, 2000
Beginning with the story of the steam engine and traveling forward to modern-day "machining centers" that are used to make incredibly complex space shuttle parts, we'll examine the basic .. show full overview
7x32
Farming Technology
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Yayınlanma tarihi
Eki 18, 2000
The US agricultural process, from seed to shelf, is so efficient that most people don't think much about it. We review the evolution of the tools used to produce food, show the steps in .. show full overview
7x34
Assembly Line
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Eki 19, 2000
The history of how assembly lines revolutionized the modern world which can help manufacture anything from a small electronic to a jumbo jet.
7x33
Suez Canal
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Eki 25, 2000
Since its completion in 1869, the Suez Canal has been a vital link in world trade and a point of controversy in geopolitics. Today, more than 20,000 ships transit the canal yearly.
7x34
London Underground
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Yayınlanma tarihi
Kas 02, 2000
Head beneath the streets of London for an in-depth look at the world's first underground railway.
7x36
Combat Training
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Yayınlanma tarihi
Kas 06, 2000
Sign up at the ultimate survival school, where soldiers learn to kill or be killed. We follow combat training throughout history, reviewing survival skills and psychological tools--from .. show full overview
7x37
Remote Operated Vehicles
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Kas 08, 2000
It all started with the vision of the legendary scientist Nikola Tesla, who built a remote controlled, steam-powered boat in 1898. A little over a century later, unmanned vehicles have .. show full overview
7x38
Death Devices
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Kas 13, 2000
The hangman, guillotine, gas chamber, firing squad, and electric chair are just a few of the ways in which societies have rid themselves of those who committed capital crimes. The .. show full overview
7x39
Inventions of War
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Yayınlanma tarihi
Ara 12, 2000
Arising from the horrible carnage, deprivation, and suffering caused by war is a countless array of everyday items--from hairbrushes to microwaves--that directly descend from wartime innovations.
7x40
Engineering Disasters 2
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Yayınlanma tarihi
Ara 18, 2000
A look at unforeseeable factors and what made these engineering feats into engineering disasters. Some are "fairly bought" like Rocket engineers pushing the technological envelope .. show full overview
7x41 Sezon finali
Line of Defense
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Ara 19, 2000
Fortification evolved as man tried to defend his territory from attack. From fenced-in hills to walled cities to impenetrable forts, strongholds of the past echo the history of battles for territorial control.

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