Modern Marvels - Season 5

Season 5
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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