Modern Marvels - Season 5

Modern Marvels - Season 5

Season 5

Datesjuin 27, 1997 - nov. 29, 1999
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Episodes

Satellites
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
Radio: Out Of Thin Air
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
The Motion Picture
Season 5Episode 360 min

The Motion Picture

avr. 20, 1999
Electric Light
Season 5Episode 460 min

Electric Light

sept. 1, 1997
The Phonograph
Season 5Episode 560 min

The Phonograph

sept. 1, 1997
Great Towers In The Sky
Season 5Episode 660 min

Great Towers In The Sky

sept. 7, 1997
Household Wonders
Season 5Episode 760 min

Household Wonders

mars 16, 2000
Radar
Season 5Episode 860 min

Radar

sept. 21, 1997
Forensic Science: The Crimefighter's Weapon
Season 5Episode 960 min

Forensic Science: The Crimefighter's Weapon

sept. 28, 1997
The Search For The Polio Vaccine
Season 5Episode 1060 min

The Search For The Polio Vaccine

oct. 5, 1997
The Stock Exchange
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
Transcontinental Railroads
Season 5Episode 1260 min

Transcontinental Railroads

oct. 12, 1997
NORAD - The War Game Fortress
Season 5Episode 1360 min

NORAD - The War Game Fortress

févr. 11, 2000
Transatlantic Cable: 2500 Miles Of Copper
Season 5Episode 1460 min

Transatlantic Cable: 2500 Miles Of Copper

oct. 26, 1997
Earthmovers: The Power to Move Mountains
Season 5Episode 1560 min

Earthmovers: The Power to Move Mountains

oct. 27, 1997
International Airports
Season 5Episode 1660 min

International Airports

mai 14, 2001
Deep Sea Exploration: Challenging The Abyss
Season 5Episode 1760 min

Deep Sea Exploration: Challenging The Abyss

nov. 3, 1997
The Alaskan Oil Pipeline
Season 5Episode 1860 min

The Alaskan Oil Pipeline

nov. 4, 1997
Statue Of Liberty
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
American Steel: Built To Last
Season 5Episode 2060 min

American Steel: Built To Last

janv. 18, 1998
Battlefield Engineering
Season 5Episode 2160 min

Battlefield Engineering

janv. 8, 1998
Space Tech
Season 5Episode 2260 min

Space Tech

janv. 1, 1998
Engineering Disasters 2
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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