Modern Marvels - Season 5

Season 5
DatesJun 27, 1997 - Nov 29, 1999
Episodes

Season 5Episode 160 min
Satellites
When “poliomyelitis” swept the nation, thousands died or were disabled before American ingenuity, trial and error, and blatant acts of desperation led to one of the greatest scientific breakthroughs in history. We’ll see how polio shaped the vision of FDR, and catapulted the young unknown doctor Jonas Salk to international celebrity.
Aug 17, 1997

Season 5Episode 260 min
Radio: Out Of Thin Air
The complete story of the feuds, the mistakes, ingenuity, and successes that made movies possible–and kept Edison at the front of the inventor pack. Includes rare early films from the Edison Studios.
Aug 24, 1997

Season 5Episode 360 min
The Motion Picture
Apr 20, 1999

Season 5Episode 460 min
Electric Light
Sep 1, 1997

Season 5Episode 560 min
The Phonograph
Sep 1, 1997

Season 5Episode 660 min
Great Towers In The Sky
Sep 7, 1997

Season 5Episode 760 min
Household Wonders
Mar 16, 2000

Season 5Episode 860 min
Radar
Sep 21, 1997

Season 5Episode 960 min
Forensic Science: The Crimefighter's Weapon
Sep 28, 1997

Season 5Episode 1060 min
The Search For The Polio Vaccine
Oct 5, 1997

Season 5Episode 1160 min
The Stock Exchange
Welcome to the center of the American economy, where nearly $90-million changes hands each minute. Journey back to the wooden wall, built to hold back Indians, where early traders signed a pact creating the New York Stock Exchange; watch worldwide markets quake with the crash of 1929; and visit today’s computer-driven wonder.
Oct 12, 1997

Season 5Episode 1260 min
Transcontinental Railroads
Oct 12, 1997

Season 5Episode 1360 min
NORAD - The War Game Fortress
Feb 11, 2000

Season 5Episode 1460 min
Transatlantic Cable: 2500 Miles Of Copper
Oct 26, 1997

Season 5Episode 1560 min
Earthmovers: The Power to Move Mountains
Oct 27, 1997

Season 5Episode 1660 min
International Airports
May 14, 2001

Season 5Episode 1760 min
Deep Sea Exploration: Challenging The Abyss
Nov 3, 1997

Season 5Episode 1860 min
The Alaskan Oil Pipeline
Nov 4, 1997

Season 5Episode 1960 min
Statue Of Liberty
It started as an idea at a French dinner party and became the symbol of the free world. The story of France's gift to the US reveals a 20-year struggle to design and build the world's largest monument–using paper-thin copper sheets.
Jun 27, 1997

Season 5Episode 2060 min
American Steel: Built To Last
Jan 18, 1998

Season 5Episode 2160 min
Battlefield Engineering
Jan 8, 1998

Season 5Episode 2260 min
Space Tech
Jan 1, 1998

Season 5Episode 3060 min
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.
Nov 29, 1999
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