Modern Marvels - Season 5
Season 5
Datesjuin 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.
août 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.
août 24, 1997
Season 5Episode 360 min
The Motion Picture
avr. 20, 1999
Season 5Episode 460 min
Electric Light
sept. 1, 1997
Season 5Episode 560 min
The Phonograph
sept. 1, 1997
Season 5Episode 660 min
Great Towers In The Sky
sept. 7, 1997
Season 5Episode 760 min
Household Wonders
mars 16, 2000
Season 5Episode 860 min
Radar
sept. 21, 1997
Season 5Episode 960 min
Forensic Science: The Crimefighter's Weapon
sept. 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
févr. 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
mai 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.
juin 27, 1997
Season 5Episode 2060 min
American Steel: Built To Last
janv. 18, 1998
Season 5Episode 2160 min
Battlefield Engineering
janv. 8, 1998
Season 5Episode 2260 min
Space Tech
janv. 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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