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Modern Marvels: Season 7

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39 episodes · premiered Jan 3, 2000

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  1. Episode 1: The City Beneath Our Feet Jan 3, 2000 · 44m Beneath every modern city, hidden by manhole covers, drains, and ventilation grates – lies a labyrinth of tunnels, wires, conduits and pipes. They deliver power to our homes, water to our…
  2. Episode 2: Tower Bridge Jan 10, 2000 · 44m 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 (a counterweighted drawbridge), when it was erected in…
  3. Episode 3: The Chunnel Jan 11, 2000 · 44m The challenge of linking Britain and France with a tunnel under the English Channel was both monumental and delicate. It took 18 months just to design and build the 28 foot diameter TBMs…
  4. Episode 4: Space Stations. Feb 3, 2000 · 44m Join us on an out-of-this-world exploration of the history of long-duration life in space–from the first Soviet station to Skylab to Mir to the International Space Station. Experience what…
  5. Episode 5: The Pentagon Mar 27, 2001 · 44m The pentagon…The name alone conjures up an imposing image of American power and prestige. As the largest office building in the world, it serves as the headquarters of the nation’s armed…
  6. Episode 6: Bridges. Feb 29, 2000 · 44m From amazing ancient Roman aqueducts and arch bridges, romantic Renaissance spans, 19th-century railroad crossovers, to monumental marvels of our time, bridges played a key role in the…
  7. Episode 7: Prisons Mar 6, 2000 · 44m “All hope abandon, ye who enter here!” This sentiment has permeated the masonry and clanging bars of prisons built throughout the ages. We’ll see how the philosophy and architecture of…
  8. Episode 8: Great Inventions Mar 16, 2000 · 44m Join us for a survey of the world’s greatest inventions in which we examine the wheel, steam engine, railroad, automobile, airplane, printing press, electric light, wireless telegraph…
  9. Episode 9: Office Wonders Mar 14, 2000 · 44m Don’t look now, but your office is a technological marvel. From the humble paper clip to the revolutionary personal computer, your desk is a museum of miracles designed to make you more…
  10. Episode 10: Police Technology Mar 15, 2000 · 44m When police forces were born in the 1800s, British “bobbies” made due with a billy club. Public wariness and institutional resistance to change held back technological advances for much of…
  11. Episode 11: Disaster Technology Apr 17, 2000 · 44m An examination of the historical development of technological tools that help science mitigate nature’s fury. It’s a survival story that begins with comprehending the force of disaster. As…
  12. Episode 12: Concrete May 8, 2000 · 44m Modern Marvels explores how the basic formula of cement, aggregate and water has changed the world. Concrete has enabled us to create everything from roads and runways to buildings and…
  13. Episode 13: Camping Technology May 25, 2000 · 44m As camping technology develops, it provides greater access to diverse outdoor environments. The earliest camping technology was developed out of necessity. Prehistoric man fashioned…
  14. Episode 14: Private Planes May 31, 2000 · 44m The plane’s on the runway and revving up for our flight of power and whimsy. The panorama reveals some amazing machines–from vintage aircraft to homemade winged wonders to posh private…
  15. Episode 15: Race Cars Jun 6, 2000 · 44m Today, race cars tear up the tracks at 300 m.p.h. Computers and space-age composite materials are as much as part of racing as the drivers. They’re fast, they’re thrilling, and they’ve…
  16. Episode 16: Traffic Jun 12, 2000 · 44m In less than a century, the world went from dirt tracks to highways, from propeller planes to space travel, from sailboats to supertankers. And in the process, we have created a glut of…
  17. Episode 17: Buses Jun 19, 2000 · 44m The most opulent are wheeled luxury liners with satellite TV and hot tubs–a far cry from the first bus, an 8-passenger carriage! Watch a bus being built from the ground up, and learn the…
  18. Episode 18: Gold Mines. Jun 22, 2000 · 44m Around the world and across the eons, gold stands as a symbol of power, wealth, and love. The quest for the yellow metal took men across oceans, into the depths of the Alaskan winter, and…
  19. Episode 19: Banks. Jul 27, 2000 · 44m Backbones of worldwide economics, for centuries banks enabled the creation of wealth, and industry leaders became icons. But modern technology revolutionized the way banks do business, and…
  20. Episode 20: The Erie Canal Jul 31, 2000 · 44m The Erie Canal was America’s first superhighway. It was a narrow ribbon of water carved through sheer rock and untamed wilderness. It featured an ingenious network of stone locks and…
  21. Episode 21: Trucks Aug 3, 2000 · 44m Icons of the open road, trucks form the backbone of the construction and transportation industries. The facility to handle nearly any load and the ability to deliver goods almost anywhere…
  22. Episode 22: Aswan Dam Aug 14, 2000 · 44m In 1954, Gamal Abdel Nasser, the Arab Republic of Egypt’s first prime minister, had a plan to bring his poor country into the 20th century. To pull it off, he needed to harness the flow of…
  23. Episode 23: China's Great Dam Aug 22, 2000 · 44m When completed, China’s Three Gorges Dam will tower 607 feet in the air and weigh 40 Great Pyramids. Other than China’s Great Wall, it will be the only man-made object visible from the…
  24. Episode 24: The Maginot Line Sep 10, 2000 · 44m The Maginot Line, a defensive string of large and small forts built during the years between World War I and World War II, was intended to forestall another invasion by aggressive Germany…
  25. Episode 25: Video Games: Behind The Fun Sep 12, 2000 · 44m A fun-filled glimpse into the not so distant history of video games. Since inception, the gaming industry has been a driving force in computer technology and video games are one of today’s…
  26. Episode 26: The Body Shop Sep 17, 2000 · 44m Host Ron Hazelton and two mechanics dissect a 2000 Ford Taurus to trace the evolution of the automobile’s major systems. This 2-hour nuts-and-bolt special breaks the car down into its…
  27. Episode 27: Machine Tools Oct 9, 2000 · 44m No one wants a hand-made car or gun or an airplane. We want things made by machines. Machine tools are power–driven machines–of all shapes and sizes-used to make metal parts. Machine tools…
  28. Episode 28: Farming Technology Oct 15, 2000 · 44m The US agricultural process, from seed to shelf, is so efficient that most people don’t think much about it. But food growing and processing is ever more sophisticated, employing…
  29. Episode 29: Assembly Lines Oct 16, 2000 · 44m According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, an assembly line is an “industrial arrangement of machines, equipment, and workers for continuous flow of workpieces in mass production…
  30. Episode 30: Suez Canal Oct 17, 2000 · 44m Since the ancient pharaohs’ time, the Isthmus of Suez has been the gateway to trade between East and West. It’s thought that the pharaohs could connect the Red Sea with the Mediterranean…
  31. Episode 31: London Underground Oct 18, 2000 · 44m Deep beneath London runs a complex network of many miles of tunnels; and, while traffic congests the roads above, hundreds of trains run through these iron and concrete arteries, carrying…
  32. Episode 32: Combat Training. Oct 19, 2000 · 44m Sign up at the ultimate survival school, where soldiers learn to kill or be killed, and learn how 21st-century warriors are training today for the battlefields of tomorrow. We follow…
  33. Episode 33: Remote Operated Vehicles Oct 25, 2000 · 44m Remotely operated vehicles allow us to explore the mysteries of inner and outer space, provide firsthand glimpses of the horrors of nuclear disasters, and offer the vicarious thrill of…
  34. Episode 34: Death Devices Nov 2, 2000 · 44m Since the creation of the first laws, societies have demanded the ultimate punishment for certain capital crimes. Throughout history it has been left to a select few to develop the devices…
  35. Episode 35: Power Plants. Nov 6, 2000 · 44m Mankind controls the environment in a variety of ways, whether by capturing the force of a river, harnessing the power in coal or oil, controlling a nuclear reaction, or transforming the…
  36. Episode 36: Inventions of War. Nov 8, 2000 · 44m Arising from the horrible carnage, deprivation, and suffering caused by war is a countless array of everyday items–from hairbrushes to microwaves–that directly descend from wartime…
  37. Episode 37: Plumbing: The Arteries Of Civilzation Nov 14, 2000 · 44m Join us as we take a peek at the plumbing hiding behind your walls and snaking under the floors of your house. We’ll also meet the plumbing students who undergo rigorous training programs…
  38. Episode 38: Line of Defense Dec 5, 2000 · 44m Fortification evolved as man tried to defend his territory from attack. From fenced-in hills to walled cities to impenetrable forts, strongholds of the past echo the history of battles for…
  39. Episode 39: Gadgets Mar 13, 2000 · 44m Close cousins to machines and tools, gadgets are mechanical or electronic devices that make life a bit easier. While they don't always fall into clear categories, we know one when we see…