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- Fast-paced, fun and informative, Modern Marvels is The History Channel's signature series focusing on historical technology.
- The history of the Alaska-Canadian (Alcan) Highway is recalled. The 1,522-mile roadway was built in 1942, in only 8 months, by American soldiers.
- A look into the past from the highest towers to the deepest dungeons.
- In Alabama, fly with the Apache Longbow, the deadliest helicopter in world, and learn how to fly the Blackhawk, one of the most sophisticated and versatile helicopters in world.
- From Civil War locomotives to the C-17, examine the machines that bring men and munitions into battle.
- Ever wonder how today's technology works? Modern Marvels goes behind the world's most fascinating innovations to see how they came to be.
- Looks into the lives of Private collectors and their toys
- Located in the heart of the Middle East, 'Centcom' in Doha, Qatar represents everything a modern military command post can be with the most sophisticated information systems available-from video-conferencing to real-time frontline satellite communication.
- Get the inside scoop on the "gotta-have" devices that are the foot soldiers in the digital revolution.
- From Houston's Astrodome to Toronto's stunning Skydome, follow the history of the revolutionary structures that have transformed sports in America.
- The background in the disasters that caused the Leaning Tower of Pisa, a 1961 nuclear accident in Idaho, the U.S. Air Force, Texas Tower radar station and the space disasters of Soyuz 11, the Mars Polar Lander, and Mars Climate Orbiter.
- A paper-thin, wall-sized holographic television...a car that runs on processed seawater...an army of robotic killing machines...outer-space luxury resorts and a cleaning droid controlled by your mind? Join us on a rollicking ride through the entertainment room, down the road, over the battlefield, through the mind, out in space, and into the future, where science fiction becomes science fact.
- The gear used by amateur and professional hunters is profiled from various animal calls to weapons such as rifles, shotguns, and knives up through high tech equipment.
- Out of the death and suffering of combat have come many of the everyday items we take for granted.
- The story behind our favorite snack foods. They include potato chips, candy bars, pretzels, lollipops, and cupcakes among others.
- It started as an idea at a French dinner party and became the very 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.
- From the great ships of the White Star Line to modern cruise liners, these incredible vessels have always been at the frontier of engineering.
- A look at the future of transportation, including Hydrogen power, advanced electronics and new building materials. The program recounts the road to now, and look ahead at how the automobile will change in the future.
- Few real-life dramas feature such colorful characters, fluctuating fortunes, and worldwide high stakes as the story of oil.
- The world's largest engineering feats are explored. Included: NASA's wind tunnel and flight simulator at the Ames Research Center in California; a continuous mining machine in Pennsylvania; the London Eye observation wheel in England. Also: the Claas Cougar lawn mower; and IMAX technology.
- Bullet trains are the fastest, safest, and most technologically advanced trains on the planet. This episode features their history, development, milestones, and promising future From all around the world.
- Features The Great Molasses Flood of 1919 and other engineering disasters.
- Synthesized doc over wheel, steam power, batteries, railroads, vehicles, electric light, telegraph, radio, television, computers and all most remarkable inventions ever done and how it start.
- The Chrysler Building in New York City is the subject.
- The history of the creation, completion, and the maintenance behind the Overseas Highway; which connects the Florida Keys and the mainland.
- The history of how the Gateway Arch in St.Louis was made.
- An historical look at the technological engineering of the World Trade Center. The special was completed and the interviews took place before the tragic events of September 11, 2001. This program stands as an historical record to the wonder it once was-from the construction of this technological feat to the daily working of its complex system. The program offers some of the last interior footage of the Twin Towers.
- The story and struggles of how the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads united the United States by rail.
- An exploration of the past and future of the steel industry in America.
- First-hand accounts and extensive archival footage bring the struggle to create the world's first suspension bridge to life.
- Emergency room medicine has only been a recognized specialty since 1989, and it took close to two millennia to get to this point. Advancements that led to the modern emergency rooms are highlighted as well as emergency/trauma medicine.
- More than 50 years after its construction, the Golden Gate is still regarded as one of the world's great engineering marvels. It took 25 million man-hours and 80,000 miles of cable to complete. But the cost in human life was even greater.
- Examining construction of the national highway system, from its conception in 1912 to completion in 1984.
- The romantic history of the original broadcast phenomenon comes to life in this compelling program featuring interviews with radio personalities Larry King and Casey Kasem.
- Silver is part of our lives from your utensils, to your electronics, and your car among others. A ubiquitous necessity that doesn't grow on trees. Go behind the scenes to see how silver is mined and how it's processed into everyday objects.
- America was in the throes of the Great Depression, and rural America was on the brink of disaster. Franklin Delano Roosevelt tried many federal interventions to steady the shaky economic course, and none succeeded more spectacularly than the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
- The story of Mount Rushmore is set against the backdrop of events and the changing mood of America which influenced the final sculpture. This program is as much a tribute to the dream of Mount Rushmore and all those who created it as it is a recounting of the story of the monument.
- The dangerous early history of railroads in the United States and the various inventions that slowly made them safer.
- Witness this invention's unbelievably dramatic true story: one of false starts, close calls, and a bitter rivalry.
- A look at the planes that carried the president of the USA. With improvements in technology the planes could change for the security and safety of the leader of the USA.
- Venture inside some of world's most famous and fascinating structures in search of answers to their timeless mysteries.
- 1993– 48mTV-G7.7 (12)TV EpisodeTrace the complete history of mankind's eternal quest to unlock the mysteries of the heavens, and get an astonishing view of the very edge of the universe through the incredible Hubble telescope.