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Modern Marvels on History Channel

1995, TV Show

Episode Detail: Secrets of Oil - Modern Marvels

A history of oil and its many uses and by-products are examined. Included: a tour of Vulcan Materials to see how asphalt is made; the Rolls-Royce Aerospace facility where jet-engine fuel is created; and a California oil refinery. Also: the invention of Vaseline.

Episodes: Secrets of Oil - Modern Marvels - 623 total Episodes

6/22/2205: Future Tech
2/25/2009: Challenger Tank
12/26/2008: Night
12/23/2008: Measure It
12/22/2008: Super Human
12/19/2008: Retro Tech
12/8/2008: Car Wash
12/1/2008: Salt
11/24/2008: The Turkey
11/19/2008: The Horse
10/31/2008: Halloween Tech
10/20/2008: Bull's-eye
10/13/2008: Corrosion and Decomposition
10/2/2008: Soft Drinks
9/18/2008: Mold & Fungus
8/28/2008: Dangerous Roads
8/21/2008: Wheat
8/14/2008: Iron
7/31/2008: Secrets of Oil
7/24/2008: Mad Electricity
7/24/2008: Coin Operated
7/14/2008: Underwear
7/10/2008: Crashes
6/30/2008: Bathroom Tech II
6/23/2008: Ice Cream
6/20/2008: Corpse Tech
6/16/2008: Lead
6/9/2008: Super Hot
6/6/2008: Most Dangerous
5/14/2008: Electrified
5/7/2008: Axes
4/30/2008: Rats
4/21/2008: Locomotives
4/4/2008: Gadgets III
3/24/2008: Bread
3/17/2008: Whiskey
3/16/2008: Alaskan Fishing
3/10/2008: Strange Weapons
3/6/2008: World's Strongest III
2/28/2008: Superhighways
2/7/2008: 90's Tech
1/14/2008: Carbon
1/7/2008: Milk
1/2/2008: Hooked
12/25/2007: Fast Food Tech
12/17/2007: Cold Cuts
12/10/2007: Most Shocking
12/3/2007: Rocks
11/28/2007: The Pig
11/19/2007: Corn
11/12/2007: Environmental Tech II
10/25/2007: Engineering Disasters 21
10/19/2007: F-18 Hornet
10/11/2007: World's Sharpest
10/1/2007: Acid
9/25/2007: Deep Freeze
9/20/2007: Extreme Aircraft II
9/5/2007: Batteries
8/29/2007: Nature Tech: Volcanoes
8/27/2007: Traps
8/20/2007: Vacuums
8/14/2007: Star Wars Tech
8/13/2007: Bedroom Tech
8/6/2007: Chocolate
7/30/2007: Sticky Stuff
7/26/2007: Cowboy Tech
7/25/2007: Aluminum
7/19/2007: Weird Weapons: The Axis
7/18/2007: Saws
6/27/2007: Cheese
6/27/2007: Cereal: History in a Bowl
6/20/2007: Fertilizer
6/13/2007: Truck Stops
6/11/2007: Weird Weapons: The Allies
6/4/2007: Copper Kings
5/30/2007: 70's Tech
5/30/2007: Engineering Disasters of the 70's
5/23/2007: World's Strongest II
5/16/2007: It Came From Outer Space
5/16/2007: 60's Tech
5/9/2007: Welding
5/2/2007: Deep Sea Salvage
4/18/2007: More Military Movers
4/12/2007: Yard Tech
3/28/2007: Dams
3/4/2007: Barbarian Battle Tech
3/2/2007: Paving America
3/2/2007: Stealth and Beyond: Air Stealth
2/21/2007: Weapons of Mass Destruction
2/13/2007: The Destroyer
2/11/2007: Ice
2/7/2007: Pumps
1/31/2007: Canning
1/24/2007: Environmental Tech
1/17/2007: Balls
1/14/2007: Star Trek Tech
1/3/2007: The Boneyard: Where Machines Go to End Their Lives
12/20/2006: Christmas Tech
12/13/2006: Tea
12/10/2006: Snow
12/6/2006: Engineering Disasters 20
11/29/2006: Harvesting 2
11/29/2006: Wine
11/28/2006: Breakfast Tech
11/15/2006: The Supermarket
11/13/2006: The Telephone
11/8/2006: Tobacco
11/1/2006: Tomcat Sunset
10/22/2006: High Voltage
10/18/2006: World's Strongest
10/11/2006: Distilleries 2
10/4/2006: Ink
9/20/2006: Renewable Energy
9/20/2006: Freight Trains
9/18/2006: Building in the Name of God
9/17/2006: Shotguns
9/13/2006: Copper
9/6/2006: Water
8/30/2006: Levees
8/23/2006: Mummy Tech
8/2/2006: Nuts
7/26/2006: World's Biggest Machines 5
7/21/2006: Mountain Roads
7/20/2006: Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway
7/9/2006: Pirate Tech
6/28/2006: BBQ Tech
6/21/2006: Horsepower
6/19/2006: Money
6/14/2006: Heavy Metals
5/25/2006: Ben Franklin Tech
5/24/2006: 80s Tech
5/10/2006: Drilling
5/3/2006: Shovels
4/26/2006: Insulation
3/22/2006: Engineering Disasters 19
3/8/2006: Leather
2/28/2006: Engineering Disasters: New Orleans
2/14/2006: Candy
2/8/2006: Engineering Disasters 18
1/25/2006: Nature Tech: Lightning
1/24/2006: Custom Cars
1/18/2006: Modern Marvels Marathon
1/18/2006: Cotton
1/11/2006: Fire
1/4/2006: Containers
12/29/2005: Nature Tech: Hurricanes
12/25/2005: Walt Disney World
12/20/2005: More Snackfood Tech
12/6/2005: More Hardware
12/4/2005: Da Vinci Tech
11/30/2005: The Lumberyard
11/16/2005: Brewing
11/2/2005: Engineering Disasters 17
10/9/2005: Engineering Disasters 8
10/5/2005: The Auto Store
9/14/2005: Coffee
9/14/2005: Sugar
9/2/2005: HMS Victory
9/1/2005: Wiring America
8/27/2005: B-2 Bomber
8/25/2005: The World's Fastest
8/25/2005: Route 66
8/18/2005: Secret Luftwaffe Aircraft of WWII
8/10/2005: Lube Job
8/3/2005: Dredging
8/2/2005: World's Biggest Machines 4
7/27/2005: Sewers
6/29/2005: Edison Tech
6/25/2005: Greatest Movie Gadgets
6/19/2005: Private Collections, Priceless Collections
6/17/2005: Secret Japanese Aircraft of WWII
6/15/2005: The Cape Cod Canal
6/9/2005: John Hancock Center
6/6/2005: Machines of D-Day
5/26/2005: Civil War Tech
5/21/2005: F/A-22 Raptor
5/18/2005: Glue
4/28/2005: Paint
4/27/2005: The Basement
4/14/2005: Tailgating
4/8/2005: The Doomsday Clock
3/18/2005: Deadliest Weapons
3/18/2005: Edwards Air Force Base
3/16/2005: Tank Crews
3/10/2005: Taxidermy
3/1/2005: Howard Hughes Tech
2/23/2005: Sub Zero
2/23/2005: Desert Tech
2/16/2005: George Washington Carver Tech
2/8/2005: The Butcher
2/5/2005: Blackbird Stealth!
1/18/2005: Nature's Engineering 2
1/12/2005: The Arch
1/7/2005: Gangster Guns
1/5/2005: Poison
12/28/2004: More Doomsday Tech
12/28/2004: Doomsday Tech 1
12/23/2004: Ancient Discoveries: Heron of Alexandria
12/23/2004: Commercial Fishing
12/23/2004: Ancient Discoveries: Galen, Doctor to the Gladiators
12/23/2004: Engineering Disasters 16
12/23/2004: Engineering Disasters 16
12/23/2004: Engineering Disasters 16
12/22/2004: Ancient Discoveries: Ancient Computer?
12/22/2004: More Dangerous Cargo
12/16/2004: Snackfood Tech
12/8/2004: Engineering Disasters 15
12/1/2004: Washington Monument
11/24/2004: Movie Theaters
11/23/2004: Engineering Disasters 14
11/17/2004: Sub Disasters
11/16/2004: Engineering Disasters 13
11/10/2004: Surveillance Tech
11/9/2004: Engineering Disasters 12
10/29/2004: M1 Abrams: Supertank!
10/28/2004: Japanese Sub at Pearl Harbor
10/27/2004: The World's Longest Bridge
10/26/2004: Engineering Disasters 11
10/20/2004: Presidential Movers
10/20/2004: Gas Tech
10/19/2004: Engineering Disasters 10
10/13/2004: Sears Tower
10/12/2004: Engineering Disasters 9
10/6/2004: Harvesting
10/5/2004: Engineering Disasters 8
9/29/2004: More of the World's Biggest Machines
9/28/2004: SOS Tech
9/22/2004: Police Pursuit
9/15/2004: St. Lawrence Seaway
9/7/2004: Building a Skyscraper: The Arteries
9/7/2004: Building a Skyscraper: The Human Environment
9/6/2004: Building a Skyscraper: The Exterior
9/6/2004: Building a Skyscraper: The Skeleton
8/31/2004: Engineering Disasters 7
8/25/2004: Extreme Aircraft
8/18/2004: Athens Subway
8/11/2004: Oil Tankers
8/4/2004: Distilleries
7/30/2004: World War I Tech
7/28/2004: George Washington Bridge
7/21/2004: Apollo 11
7/8/2004: Nuclear Tech
7/6/2004: Robots
6/15/2004: City Water
6/9/2004: Rubber
6/3/2004: D-Day Tech
5/26/2004: Plane Crashes
5/20/2004: The Luftwaffe
5/20/2004: The Subs of WWII
5/12/2004: Hydraulics
4/28/2004: Engineering Disasters 6
4/21/2004: Bathroom Tech
4/14/2004: The Power Grid
4/7/2004: Bible Tech
3/31/2004: Nature's Engineers
3/19/2004: Frontline Reporting
3/17/2004: Command Central
3/1/2004: Panzers
2/27/2004: A-10 Tankbuster
2/18/2004: Racetrack Tech
2/4/2004: Pacific Coast Highway
1/14/2004: Oil Fire Fighting
12/30/2003: Engineering Disasters 5
12/23/2003: Toys
12/19/2003: The Berlin Wall
12/18/2003: Egyptian Pyramids
12/17/2003: The Technology of Kitty Hawk
12/10/2003: Failed Inventions
12/2/2003: Rolls-Royce
12/2/2003: Extreme Gadgets
12/1/2003: Car Tech of the Future
11/29/2003: B-52
11/25/2003: ET Tech
11/12/2003: Extreme Trucks
11/4/2003: Inviting Disaster
11/4/2003: Inviting Disaster
10/29/2003: FBI's Crime Lab
10/21/2003: Inviting Disaster
10/20/2003: Inviting Disaster
10/18/2003: High Tech Weapons: The Predator and Beyond
10/15/2003: Lake Pontchartrain Causeway
9/30/2003: Smart Bombs
9/27/2003: Early Machine Guns
9/25/2003: High Voltage
9/24/2003: Machu Picchu
9/24/2003: Shipyards
9/3/2003: Overseas Highway
8/26/2003: Space Shuttle Columbia
8/21/2003: Landmines
8/19/2003: Metal
8/13/2003: Bullets
8/12/2003: Terror Tech: Defending the Highrise
8/6/2003: Military Movers
8/5/2003: Terror Tech: Military
7/31/2003: Non-Lethal Weapons
7/29/2003: Terror Tech: Civilians
7/23/2003: Sandhogs
7/23/2003: Car Crashes
7/16/2003: Breaking the Sound Barrier
7/9/2003: Logging Tech
7/2/2003: Engineering Disasters 4
6/25/2003: Dangerous Cargo
6/3/2003: The Exterminator
5/22/2003: Torture Devices
5/14/2003: F-14
5/10/2003: MiG 15: Russian Stealth
4/30/2003: The Magnum
4/30/2003: Ball Turret Gunners
4/29/2003: Loading Docks
4/2/2003: Coal Mines
4/1/2003: Titanic Tech
3/18/2003: Army Corps of Engineers
3/11/2003: Bullet Trains
3/5/2003: Mackinac Bridge
3/4/2003: Twin Towers of the East
2/11/2003: The Alcan Highway
2/4/2003: Booby Traps
1/28/2003: The Trans-Siberian Railroad
1/7/2003: Castles and Dungeons
12/17/2002: Runways
12/15/2002: Aircraft Carrier
12/10/2002: Concept Cars
12/5/2002: Digi-Tech
12/4/2002: Limos
12/4/2002: Convertibles
12/2/2002: More Bond Gadgets
11/9/2002: Bricks
10/30/2002: High Tech Sex
10/8/2002: Cranes
9/18/2002: Pickup Trucks
9/17/2002: The Autobahn
9/10/2002: The Chrysler Building
8/27/2002: Magnets
8/13/2002: Nordhausen
8/6/2002: Towing
7/23/2002: Gasoline
7/16/2002: Strategic Air Command
7/2/2002: Beach Technology
6/27/2002: Physical Fitness: Quest for Health
6/25/2002: Hangars
6/22/2002: The Cola Wars
6/20/2002: Models
6/18/2002: Camouflage
6/12/2002: Hunting Gear
6/11/2002: The Tackle Box
6/4/2002: The Manhattan Project
6/3/2002: Big Rigs of Combat: Tanks and Jeeps
5/21/2002: Drag Racing
5/14/2002: World's Biggest Machines
5/11/2002: T-34: Russian Victory
5/7/2002: Axes, Swords and Knives
4/30/2002: Muscle Cars
4/20/2002: Guns of Winchester
4/19/2002: Ice Road Truckers
4/18/2002: Fire and Ice
4/17/2002: Winter Warriors
4/17/2002: Camera
4/16/2002: Ice Breakers
4/9/2002: Star City
3/26/2002: The Wheel
3/21/2002: Big Rigs of Combat: Tanks
3/19/2002: Engines
3/12/2002: The F-14
3/7/2002: The Phonograph
3/5/2002: The Junkyard
2/26/2002: Siege Machines
2/20/2002: Seabees
2/19/2002: Bulletproof
2/9/2002: Gunslingers
2/6/2002: SWAT
2/1/2002: Million Dollar Cars
2/1/2002: 4 x 4
2/1/2002: Pleasure Boats
1/31/2002: Million Dollar Tech
1/30/2002: Remote Control
1/29/2002: James Bond Gadgets
1/28/2002: Private Jets
1/28/2002: Private Jets
1/28/2002: Private Jets
1/23/2002: Domed Stadiums
1/22/2002: Stories from the Hall of Fame: Pro Football
12/27/2001: Making of Boy's Toys
12/19/2001: Secrets of the Acropolis
12/11/2001: St. Louis Arch
12/4/2001: Firing Ranges
12/1/2001: Glass
11/29/2001: Times Square
11/28/2001: Los Angeles
11/27/2001: Drive-Thru
11/21/2001: Motion Picture
11/15/2001: Chemical and Biological Weapons
11/14/2001: First Response
11/13/2001: War Games
10/30/2001: Cemeteries
10/27/2001: The AK-47
10/27/2001: Guns of Remington
10/23/2001: Bunkers
10/18/2001: Assembly Lines
10/17/2001: Work Clothes
10/15/2001: The House
9/25/2001: The Secret Life of the Crash Test Dummy
9/19/2001: Diamond Mines
9/18/2001: Quarries
9/11/2001: West Point
9/4/2001: Air Shows
8/28/2001: Nuclear Subs
8/21/2001: Cannons
8/16/2001: Spitfire
8/9/2001: Super Guns
8/7/2001: Sherman Tank
7/28/2001: War Transport Planes
7/28/2001: The Winchester
7/25/2001: Saloons
7/24/2001: Cattle Ranches
6/27/2001: More Gadgets
6/25/2001: The Hardware Store
6/19/2001: Battle Gear
6/16/2001: The Electric Light
6/11/2001: The Colosseum
6/8/2001: The M-16
6/6/2001: The Gunboats of Vietnam
6/6/2001: Vietnam Warplanes
6/4/2001: Tunnels of Vietnam
5/24/2001: Hitler's War Machine
5/14/2001: Codes
5/14/2001: International Airports II
5/12/2001: Model 'T'
5/8/2001: The Amphibious Assault Ships
5/7/2001: Chemical Weapons
5/5/2001: The Internet: Behind the Web
4/30/2001: The MiG
4/21/2001: Viking Ships
4/16/2001: Engineering Disasters 3
4/12/2001: Computers
3/27/2001: Infantry Weapons
3/19/2001: Lighthouses
3/12/2001: Monster Trucks
3/5/2001: War Trains
3/1/2001: Hadrian's Wall
2/26/2001: The Pentagon
2/23/2001: Construction Machines
2/12/2001: Garage Gadgets
2/7/2001: Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel
2/6/2001: The PT Boats
1/30/2001: Survival Technology
1/25/2001: U-Boats
1/24/2001: Breweries
1/23/2001: Apollo 13
1/20/2001: Presidential Trains
1/17/2001: Commercial Jets
1/4/2001: Home Tech
1/4/2001: Proving Grounds
12/23/2000: The Tool Bench
12/20/2000: Line of Defense
12/14/2000: Liberty Ships of WWII
12/13/2000: Inventions of War
12/6/2000: Power Plants
11/21/2000: The Galleons
11/18/2000: Guns of Israel
11/15/2000: Death Devices
11/9/2000: Remote Operated Vehicles
11/7/2000: Combat Training
11/3/2000: London Underground
10/26/2000: Suez Canal
10/23/2000: Big Rigs of Combat
10/19/2000: Farming Technology
10/18/2000: Machine Tools
10/17/2000: The Body Shop
10/10/2000: Video Games: Just for Fun
9/27/2000: The Battleships
9/19/2000: The Maginot Line
9/14/2000: China's Great Dam
9/12/2000: Aswan Dam
8/23/2000: Trucks
8/15/2000: The Erie Canal
8/1/2000: Gold Mines
7/30/2000: Banks
7/28/2000: Buses
6/23/2000: Traffic
6/21/2000: Sports Cars
6/20/2000: Race Cars
6/13/2000: Private Planes
6/7/2000: Camping Technology
6/1/2000: Concrete
5/26/2000: Tower Bridge
5/9/2000: Disaster Technology
4/18/2000: Police Technology
4/11/2000: War Planes of World War II
4/2/2000: Police Guns
3/16/2000: Office Wonders
3/15/2000: Great Inventions
3/14/2000: Gadgets
3/7/2000: Prisons
3/1/2000: Bridges
2/9/2000: Machine Guns
2/4/2000: Space Stations
1/12/2000: The Chunnel
1/11/2000: The City Beneath Our Feet
1/4/2000: Aircraft Carriers
12/17/1999: Balloons
12/15/1999: Lost Marvels
12/14/1999: Casino Technology
12/8/1999: Niagara Power Plant
12/2/1999: Train Wrecks
11/30/1999: More Engineering Disasters
11/25/1999: Air Force One: A History
11/21/1999: Million Dollar Guns
11/17/1999: Security Systems
11/15/1999: Motorcycles
11/12/1999: Fireworks
11/9/1999: Demolition
10/26/1999: Emergency Room
10/20/1999: Tanks
10/19/1999: Forts
10/15/1999: The Big Dig
10/13/1999: The Tool Bench: Hand Tools
10/13/1999: More Earthmovers
10/12/1999: The Tool Bench: Power Tools
10/7/1999: Strange Disappearance of the Anasazi
9/28/1999: Simulators
9/24/1999: Submarines
9/21/1999: Spy Technology
9/14/1999: Atlantic Wall
9/1/1999: Newspapers
8/31/1999: American Steel: Built to Last
8/24/1999: Parachutes
8/22/1999: U.S. Guns of World War II
8/10/1999: Crash Testing
8/3/1999: New York Bridges
7/21/1999: Great Bridge: Eight Miles of Steel
7/20/1999: Hoover Dam
7/19/1999: Baseball Parks: Fields of Dreams
5/24/1999: Paving America
8/29/1998: Guns of the Civil War
Oakland Bay Bridge
Television: Window to the World
The Empire State Building
The Statue of Liberty
Helicopters
Battlefield Engineering
Prosthetics
The Brooklyn Bridge
Pyramids: Majesty and Mystery
Skyscrapers
Jet Engines
Harley-Davidson
Engineering Disasters
Space Shuttle
Aquariums
Scuba and Deep-Sea Fishing
Gothic Cathedrals
Airships
Transatlantic Cable
Cosmodrome
Spy Gadgets
The Stock Exchange
Transcontinental Railroads
The Railroads That Tamed the West
Salt Mines
World's Fairs: Visions of the Future
Sports Technology: Equipment
The Telephone
NORAD: The War-Game Fortress
The NYC Subway
Guns of the Russian Military
U.S. Mints: Money Machines
Golden Gate Bridge
Black Hawk: Night Stalker
Battlefield Medicine
Great Towers in the Sky
Household Wonders
Stealth Technology
Stereos
Aqueducts: Man-made Rivers of Life
International Airports
Las Vegas
Garbage
The Eiffel Tower
Map Making
The Search for the Polio Vaccine
Plumbing: The Arteries of Civilization
Monumental Statues
Firefighting! The Arson Detectives
Radar: The Invention That Saved Democracy
Offshore Drilling
Bombs
Roller Coasters
Clocks
Plastics
Las Vegas Hotels
Tunnels
The Great Wall of China
The Alaskan Oil Pipeline
The Computer
Antibiotics: Wonder Drugs
The Panama Canal
Silver Mines
Police Car
Captured Light
Ocean Liners
America's Highways
Mail Delivery: Erasing the Miles
Satellites
Dynamite
Radio: Out of Thin Air
TVA: The Tennessee Valley Authority
Weather Predictions
Quest for Fitness
Modern Marvels
Deep Sea Exploration: Challenging the Abyss
Forensic Science: The Crimefighter's Weapon
Grand Coulee Dam
Firefighting! Extreme Conditions
Oil
City Parks
Earthmovers: The Power to Move Mountains
Medical Imaging: The Voyage Inward
Observatories: Stonehenge to Space Telescopes
Rescue Equipment
Mount Rushmore
Domed Stadiums
Big Rigs of Combat: Jeeps
Thinking Machines: The Creation of the Computer

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Premiered: 1995, on History Channel

Rating: TV-PG

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Premise: Architectural and engineering landmarks of the 19th and 20th centuries. The programs previously aired on A&E's `Time Machine' series. Among the subjects: the Brooklyn Bridge, the Maginot Line, the Erie Canal, the Aswan Dam and the Trans-Siberian Railroad.

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