Modern Marvels Season 12 Episodes |
Dec 20, 2006
Christmas is observed by nearly one-third of the world's population and probably more if you count the non-Christians who incorporate the more...
Dec 13, 2006
After water, tea is the second most popular drink in the world. It has been around as a drink for 5000 years, and 6 billion pounds of tea are...
Dec 10, 2006
It is the bane of every suburban parent and the joy to every school kid. Born in a swirling storm cloud through a process called nucleation, the...
Dec 6, 2006
In March of 2005, the BP Refinery in Texas City, Texas, suffered a series of explosions that decimated a large portion of the facility and killed 15...
Nov 29, 2006
In America's orchards and farm fields, the constant struggle between hand labor and mechanization has produced dozens of efficient and sometimes...
Nov 29, 2006
A glass a day is said to keep the doctor away. A defeated Napoleon drowned his sorrows in it; Thomas Jefferson became obsessed with it. Wine is an...
Nov 28, 2006
It slices and squeezes, sorts and sizes, mixes and cooks. Every morning we count on it to keep our orange juice fresh, our eggs whole, our cereals...
Nov 15, 2006
Our basic need and desire for food has made the supermarket one of the great success stories of modern retailing. Making customers' visits to the...
Nov 8, 2006
Discovered around 18,000 years ago, tobacco was first cultivated in the Andes between 5000 and 3000 B.C. At a modern tobacco farm in North Carolina,...
Nov 1, 2006
Hosted by Terry Deitz, a former Tomcat pilot, this special explores the legacy of one of the greatest fighter jets ever built. Witness first hand the...
Oct 18, 2006
Strength...a powerful word, but what does it mean? How is it measured? Why are some things simply stronger than others. How strong is a rope, a...
Oct 11, 2006
It's an art, it's a science and it's a marriage of vapor and water. From the elite to the illegal, the banned, to the celebrated, the distillation of...
Oct 4, 2006
Invented by the Chinese in about 3000BC, it spread the word of God and war. It set us free and spelled out our rights. It tells stories, sells...
Sep 27, 2006
It's one thing to make a 60-foot-long jet aircraft seem invisible, but quite another to hide a 400-foot-long warship from the prying eyes of an...
Sep 27, 2006
They are the swarthy eagles of the sky: Past, present, and future advances in stealth military aircraft
Sep 26, 2006
The Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway is comprised of a system of canals, land cuts, and a series of natural and artificial barrier islands, which...
Sep 21, 2006
Teamed with leading archeologists and experts, peel back the layers of the past--to reveal a hidden history that hasn't seen the light of day for...
Sep 20, 2006
Explore the history of freight transportation from its humble beginnings as tramways in mines to complex system of rails that stretches to every...
Sep 20, 2006
Take an in-depth look at the most proven and reliable sources: solar, wind, geothermal, biofuels, and tidal power. From the experimental to the...
Sep 18, 2006
The greatest religious structures are marvels of engineering, technology, and invention, representing not only the glory of God, but also the...
Sep 17, 2006
The first specialized gun, the British upper-class used it to shoot birds and small game for sport. The shotgun took on a variety of roles, used by...
Sep 13, 2006
It transports electricity, water, and heat. It brings music to our ears and beauty to our eyes. Copper--its impressive traits, long history, and how...
Sep 7, 2006
Coke vs Pepsi for world supremacy. Each year, Americans consume more soft drinks than tap water. Available in nearly 200 countries, Coca-Cola alone...
Sep 6, 2006
Water, the most needed substance for life, so powerful it can carve our landscape, yet so nurturing it can spawn life and support its intricate...
Aug 30, 2006
From collapsing floodwalls in New Orleans to high-tech mechanical storm surge barriers in Europe, we'll explore the 2,500-year history of keeping...
Aug 23, 2006
After thousands of years, Egyptian mummies are speaking from the grave. With the use of state-of-the-art computer tomography scanning we explore...
Aug 5, 2006
In 1943, a B-25 Mitchell, WWII's most versatile twin-engine bomber, crash-landed in South Carolina. It sank 150 feet to the bottom of a lake and over...
Aug 2, 2006
Pintsized as a pea or big as a bowling ball, nutritional, durable, and versatile, nuts have been a staple of the human diet since time began, and...
Jul 28, 2006
Skyscrapers are an extraordinary feat of human engineering: exposing millions of pounds of concrete and steel to the enemy forces of wind and...
Jul 26, 2006
Join us for another look at big machines. At NASA's Ames Research Center, we visit the world's biggest wind tunnel, part of the National Full-Scale...
Jul 26, 2006
Where do machines go when they die? From B-52 Bombers to massive aircraft carriers, from passenger cars to Cold War cruise missiles and remnants of...
Jul 12, 2006
Bold, cunning, and audacious, pirates are a breed of fighting men and women who have terrorized the high seas since before recorded history. At the...
Jul 3, 2006
Since the creation of black powder in China centuries ago, explosives have been decisive on the battlefield. Follow their incendiary story from...
Jun 28, 2006
An old-fashioned style of cooking, barbecue has evolved into a modern food craze and spawned a multi-billion dollar industry. We digest famous...
Jun 21, 2006
Buckle up for a rip-roaring ride through the world of extreme horsepower. Experience the fastest accelerating cars on earth. Find out how horsepower...
Jun 19, 2006
How does America make money--literally? We visit the United States Mint and the Bureau of Printing and Engraving to see the secretive government...
Jun 14, 2006
They are elements that occupy a select portion of the periodic table and are so essential to America's economic and military might that they are...
Jun 12, 2006
More than a century ago two men controlled nearly all of U.S. copper production, transforming Butte, Montana from a washed-up gold-mining camp into a...
May 25, 2006
One of the most prodigious American inventors, Ben Franklin is credited for creating things like the lightning rod, the armonica, the Franklin stove,...
May 24, 2006
Modern Marvels takes a trip back in time, all the way back to the 1980s, to examine some of the most popular gadgets and fads. This includes...
May 10, 2006
The program features the quest to drill the deepest hole ever and the scientific drill ship expected to perform the feat, and also looks at drills...
May 3, 2006
Man has always had a need to move large amounts of earth. In this episode, we profile the technological advances which have allowed shovels to...
May 2, 2006
This is the true story of the scientific feats and failures of Hitler's Nazi Germany.
Apr 26, 2006
Although quite simple in nature, insulation is a very important component in keeping our homes a comfortable temperature. In this episode, we'll...
Mar 22, 2006
More engineering disasters are profiled, including the sinking of SS Edmund Fitzgerald in 1975 in Lake Superior; two Boeing 737 crashes; a...
Mar 8, 2006
Made by the tanning of animal hides, leather has proven to be a versatile and important material. Without it, the Pilgrims may not have survived the...
Feb 28, 2006
Modern Marvels examines the destruction Hurricane Katrina caused in New Orleans.
Feb 24, 2006
Modern Marvels takes a look at the destruction avalanches can cause.
Feb 21, 2006
Modern Marvels takes a look at some of the strangest weapons used by Axis forces in WW II.
Feb 8, 2006
Modern Marvels shows more of the world's biggest engineering disasters. We look at faults in the U.S. Army's Stryker Light Armored Vehicle, the...
Feb 8, 2006
Modern Marvels takes a look at some of the strangest weapons used by Allied forces in WW II.
Jan 25, 2006
Modern Marvels examines the incredible phenomenon we know as lightning.
Jan 4, 2006
They hold just about everything we need, from condiments to cargo. Made of steel, aluminum, paper and glass, they protect and preserve. They're...
Release Date: 1995
Duration: 60 min
Studio: HistoryCelebrating ingenuity, invention and imagination brought to life on a grand scale, MODERN MARVELS tells the fascinating stories...more
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