Modern Marvels
TV-PG
8.1
1993
Documentary
HISTORY’s longest-running series moves to H2. Modern Marvels celebrates the ingenuity, invention and imagination found in the world around us. From commonplace items like ink and coffee to architectural masterpieces and engineering disasters, the hit series goes beyond the basics to provide insight and history into things we wonder about and that impact our lives. This series tells fascinating stories of the doers, the dreamers and sometime-schemers that create everyday items, technological breakthroughs and manmade wonders. The hit series goes deep to explore the leading edge of human inspiration and ambition.
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Episode 64 : More Snack Food Tech
December. 20,2005
They crunch; they ooze; they crackle; they pop–mmmmm, yeah! Soft drinks, donuts, meat snacks, popcorn, and gum. What's your weakness? From the handmade treats of the earliest civilizations to hi-tech mass production, these snacks are borne of man's need to feed his cravings. Join us for an hour-long tasty treat as we examine the history of snackfoods and check out how they are made today.
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Episode 63 : Weird Weapons: The Allies
December. 17,2005
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Episode 56 : Secret Allied Aircraft of World War II
October. 14,2005
At WWII’s outset, US and UK military aircraft designs were woefully behind Germany’s and Japan’s technologically superior planes. But the genius and ingenuity of innovators on both sides of the Atlantic closed the gap. For America, it was a handful of visionaries and their teams; for Great Britain, a creative and thoughtful spirit emanated from the top leadership on down. In this hour, we recount the untold stories of their cutting-edge designs and solutions, some of which proved decades ahead of their time.
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Episode 54 : German Small Arms of World War II
September. 24,2005
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Episode 53 : F-117 Nighthawk Stealth
September. 22,2005
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Episode 49 : Engineering an Empire: Rome
September. 13,2005
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Episode 45 : High Risk: Helicopter Lineman
August. 31,2005
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Episode 38 : Challenger Tank
July. 29,2005
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Episode 30 : Secret Japanese Aircraft of World War II
June. 16,2005
In the 1930s, Japanese designers created a range of warplanes, culminating in the legendary Ki-43 Oscar and the A6M Zero. As the war turned against Japan, designers created the rocket-powered Shusui, the Kikka jet fighter, and the experimental R2Y Keiun. We also disclose frantic preparations to assemble a secret air force of jet and rocket planes to counter an anticipated US invasion in1945, and chronicle post-war aviation and the birth of the Japanese rocket program in the 1950s and ’60s.
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Episode 22 : Punishment
April. 28,2005
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Episode 21 : Mega Movers
April. 27,2005
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Episode 16 : SWAT
March. 09,2005
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Episode 12 : The Great Bridge: 8 Miles of Steel
February. 23,2005
The Oakland Bay Bridge in San Francisco boasts more superlatives than any bridge on earth. Bridge builders of the depression era defied logic and economics and succeeded in building an 8 mile long structure connecting Oakland and San Francisco. Engineer Charles Purcell built two suspension bridges side by side on the San Francisco side of the bay, then built the largest bore tunnel in the world to connect the west side with Oakland’s eastern shores. Modern Marvels shows you how this great feat was accomplished.
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Episode 9 : Firefighting!: Extreme Conditions
February. 15,2005
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Episode 5 : World's Biggest Machines 3
January. 26,2005
Giant robots on the factory floor and in outer space. A floating fortress that's home to 6,000 military personnel, which is almost as long as the Empire State Building is tall. And a diesel engine with 108,000 horsepower. (You read that right.) These giants must be seen to be believed! In this episode, we travel over land and sea to find these and more of the biggest, baddest, most audacious feats of engineering in the world.
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