Modern Marvels Season 6 Episodes

Episode 1

Household Gadgets

Mon, Jan 3, 2000

Episode 2

The City Beneath Our Feet

Mon, Jan 10, 2000

Episode 3

The Chunnel

Tue, Jan 11, 2000

The Chunnel explores one of the greatest engineering accomplishments of the 20th century: the construction of the Channel Tunnel, also known as the Chunnel. The Chunnel is a 31-mile-long underground tunnel that runs beneath the English Channel, connecting the island of Great Britain to mainland Europe.

Episode 4

The Space Station

Thu, Feb 3, 2000

Episode 5

The Pentagon

Tue, Mar 27, 200146 mins

The Pentagon - the name alone conjurs up an imposing image of American power. Completed in 1943, this five-sided nerve center for the nation's armed services is the largest office building in the world.

Episode 6

Bridges

Tue, Feb 29, 200046 mins

From ancient Roman aqueducts and arch bridges, to Renaissance spans & railroad crossovers, bridges play a key role in the human quest to connect and unify. Trace the history of bridges, including suspension, arch, beam, truss & cantilever.

Episode 7

Prisons

Mon, Mar 6, 2000

A short history of the evolution of the way society has dealt with incarceration of criminals over the centuries and the modern evolution of the contemporary prison system.

Episode 8

Gadgets

Mon, Mar 13, 2000

Episode 9

Great Inventions

Thu, Mar 16, 2000

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.

Episode 10

Office Wonders

Wed, Mar 15, 2000

Episode 11

Household Wonders

Thu, Mar 16, 200046 mins

The household appliances we take for granted everyday are profiled. They include the stove, the microwave, the sewing machine, the vacuum cleaner, the toaster, the mixer, the refrigerator, the washer, dryer, and air conditioning. Also featured are how electricity and the lightbulb changed the American household.

Episode 12

Police Technology

Mon, Apr 17, 2000

Episode 13

Disaster Technology

Mon, May 8, 2000

Episode 14

Tower Bridge

Thu, May 25, 2000

Join us as we span the history of one of the world's most famous bridges; London's Tower Bridge. The world's largest bascule bridge when it was completed in 1894, it became a postcard image of London. Its Neo-Gothic design was chosen to blend with the Tower of London, a request by Queen Victoria.

Episode 15

Concrete

Wed, May 31, 2000

Episode 16

Camping Technology

Tue, Jun 6, 2000

Episode 17

Private Planes

Mon, Jun 12, 2000

Episode 18

Race Cars

Mon, Jun 19, 2000

Episode 19

Traffic

Thu, Jun 22, 200046 mins

Go into air traffic control centers and the planning offices of transportation managers nationwide for a revealing look at a growing crisis.

Episode 20

Buses

Thu, Jul 27, 2000

Episode 21

Gold Mines

Mon, Jul 31, 2000

Man's quest for gold throughout history from the age of antiquity to the present.

Episode 22

Banks

Thu, Aug 3, 2000

The history of financial institutions including the technology they have used in the past and their modern applications.

Episode 23

The Erie Canal

Mon, Aug 14, 2000

Todays theme is the Erie Canal.

Episode 24

Trucks

Tue, Aug 22, 2000

The history of trucks are featured running the gamut from eighteen wheelers to specialty trucks.

Episode 25

Aswan Dam

Mon, Sep 11, 2000

This history of how the Egyptian people built both the Low and High Aswan Dams on the Nile River.

Episode 26

China's Great Dam

Wed, Sep 13, 200046 mins

Will it be the concrete key to a new China, or a disaster of epic proportions?

Episode 27

The Maginot Line

Mon, Sep 18, 200046 mins

Go inside the ambitious fortifications that nevertheless failed to protect France from Nazi aggression.

Episode 28

Video Games: Behind the Fun

Mon, Oct 9, 200045 mins

Modern Marvels looks at the history of video games. It looks at the first video game played on a supercomputer "Spacewar!" the first successful home video game "Pong," and the arcade revolution of the 1980s. It examines how the video game business has grown into a billion dollar industry and how current game designers use motion capture techniques and MMORPGs to entertain millions throughout the world.

Episode 29

Body Shop: Part 1

Mon, Oct 16, 2000

A Ford Taurus is dismantled so that the components of car can be highlighted one by one from their inception to their modern counterparts.

Episode 30

Body Shop: Part 2

Mon, Oct 16, 2000

A Ford Taurus is dismantled so that the components of car can be highlighted one by one from their inception to their modern counterparts.

Episode 31

Machine Tools

Tue, Oct 17, 2000

Episode 32

Farming Technology

Wed, Oct 18, 2000

Episode 33

Assembly Lines

Thu, Oct 19, 2000

The history of how assembly lines revolutionized the modern world which can help manufacture anything from a small electronic to a jumbo jet.

Episode 34

Suez Canal

Wed, Oct 25, 2000

The history of the Suez Canal in Egypt. Also featured is the history of previous canals through history on the peninsula.

Episode 35

The History of the London Underground

Thu, Nov 2, 2000

Episode 36

Combat Training

Mon, Nov 6, 2000

A look at the equipment and technology that is used by the military to train for war.

Episode 37

Remote Operated Vehicles

Wed, Nov 8, 2000

Episode 38

Death Devices

Tue, Nov 14, 2000

Episode 39

Power Plants

Tue, Dec 5, 200050 mins

The history and thinkers behind power plants are examined.

Episode 40

Inventions of War

Tue, Dec 12, 200047 mins

Out of the death and suffering of combat have come many of the everyday items we take for granted.

Episode 41

Plumbing: The Arteries of Civilization

Sun, Dec 17, 2000

Todays theme is Plumbing: The Arteries of Civilization.

Episode 42

Line of Defense

Tue, Dec 19, 2000

Episode 43

Motorcycles

Mon, Nov 15, 1999

The exciting and dangerous history of motorcycles.

Episode 44

Security Systems

Tue, Nov 16, 1999

Episode 45

More Engineering Disasters

Mon, Nov 29, 199944 mins

The story of how engineering disasters in history led to tragic events including the loss of the submarine U.S.S. Thresher, the mysterious reason why WWII era Liberty Ships broke in half, and an in-depth analysis of the 1965 Great Northeast Blackout. Also features the sinking of the Andrea Doria cruise ship, early rocket failures, a couple of arena roof collapses during the 1970s, and the World War I French machine gun, the Chauchat.

Episode 46

Niagara Power

Wed, Dec 8, 1999

The history of the Niagara Power Plant located near Niagara Falls.

Episode 47

Casino Technology

Mon, Dec 13, 1999

Episode 48

Lost Marvels

Tue, Dec 14, 1999