Fast-paced, fun and informative, Modern Marvels is The History Channel's signature series focusing on historical technology.
Fast-paced, fun and informative, Modern Marvels is The History Channel's signature series focusing on historical technology. The series has focused (among other things) on wonders of construction (Erie Canal, the Pentagon, the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, the Big Dig), the machinery of war (nuclear submarines, tanks) as well as technology linked to the everyday (power tools, home tech, garbage).
Aired: Jan 5, 2005 The ubiquitous uses of glue are profiled.
Aired: Jan 6, 2005 Engage the satellite navigation, fire-up the fuel cell, and activate the rada...
Aired: Jan 12, 2005 In June 1944, the greatest machine of World War Two springs into action, made...
Aired: Jan 18, 2005 The history behind Chicago's John Hancock Center.
Aired: Jan 26, 2005 Giant robots on the factory floor and in outer space. A floating fortress tha...
6. Secret Japanese Aircraft of WWII
Aired: Feb 4, 2005Designed in the late 1950s by aeronautical genius Kelly Johnson at the myster...
7. Secrets of Soviet Space Disasters
Aired: Feb 8, 2005In a carnivorous world, a butcher is a necessary link in the food chain, carv...
Aired: Feb 15, 2005 A look at how the tools of the cowboy trade came to be and how they are made ...
Aired: Feb 15, 2005
Aired: Feb 23, 2005 The history, development, and current technologies in car maintenance.
11. Secret Luftwaffe Aircraft of WWII
Aired: Feb 23, 2005Come in from the cold while we explore some of Earth's most frigid places and...
Aired: Feb 23, 2005 The story of America's B-2 stealth bomber.
Aired: Feb 28, 2005 An in-depth look at the technology conceived or developed by America’s first ...
Aired: Mar 2, 2005 Examine the colorful history of the premier flight test center, and America’s...
Aired: Mar 9, 2005 The history of one of the worlds most popular breakfast foods: cereal includi...
Aired: Mar 9, 2005
Aired: Mar 16, 2005 In this fiery hour, we profile five of man's deadliest weapons, focusing on t...
Aired: Apr 7, 2005 Developed in 1947 as an image to symbolize urgency in the Cold War and the th...
Aired: Apr 26, 2005 Venture down that creaky staircase to explore the most misunderstood room in ...
Aired: Apr 27, 2005 From the Impressionist canvas to the Space Shuttle…from customized hotrods to...
Aired: Apr 27, 2005
Aired: Apr 28, 2005
Aired: May 11, 2005 The history of civilization has been built on the back of brick, and it’s bee...
Aired: May 18, 2005 It’s Super! It’s Krazy! And it can be found in everything from carpet to comp...
Aired: May 20, 2005 Built around “first look, first shot, first kill” design, the F/A-22 Raptor, ...
Aired: May 25, 2005 America protects its homeland with the most technologically advanced military...
Aired: Jun 3, 2005 June 6, 1944–the greatest machine of World War Two springs into action. It is...
Aired: Jun 8, 2005 A steel giant standing 1,107 feet high on broad shoulders, this vertical city...
Aired: Jun 15, 2005 In a battle against the ferocious Atlantic or safe passage through waters whe...
30. Secret Japanese Aircraft of World War II
Aired: Jun 16, 2005In the 1930s, Japanese designers created a range of warplanes, culminating in...
Aired: Jun 22, 2005 A paper-thin, wall-sized holographic television…a car that runs on processed ...
Aired: Jun 28, 2005 He was the father of the future…electric lights, power systems, motion pictur...
33. Secrets of Soviet Space Disasters
Aired: Jul 1, 2005SECRETS OF SOVIET SPACE DISASTERS is one of our century’s most shocking hidde...
Aired: Jul 5, 2005 Join our journey along monumental feats of engineering that preserved America...
Aired: Jul 6, 2005 Route 66, encompassing eight states from Illinois to California and 2,400 mil...
Aired: Jul 20, 2005 Today’s cowboy plants one boot firmly in the traditions of the Old West and t...
Aired: Jul 27, 2005 A simple flush and it’s forgotten. But haven’t you secretly wondered where it...
Aired: Jul 29, 2005
39. World's Biggest Machines 4
Aired: Aug 2, 2005An enormous hydraulic machine press that stamps out a pickup truck's doors in...
Aired: Aug 3, 2005 They dig, scoop, suck, and spew an ocean of silt and sediment. Dredgers are t...
Aired: Aug 10, 2005 From chariot wheels of ancient Egypt to hard disks in a computer to the wheel...
42. Secret Luftwaffe Aircraft of World War II
Aired: Aug 17, 2005German military aircraft designs were decades ahead of their Allied counterpa...
Aired: Aug 24, 2005 Perhaps no field has experienced the revolution in velocity more acutely than...
Aired: Aug 26, 2005 A look at the first modern war, the American Civil War and how technology pio...
45. High Risk: Helicopter Lineman
Aired: Aug 31, 2005
Aired: Aug 31, 2005 We begin with electrical linemen perched precariously out a helicopter door, ...
Aired: Aug 31, 2005 Since time immemorial, flashes of light have startled our senses and piqued o...
Aired: Sep 2, 2005 The HMS Victory would play a crucial role in the foremost naval engagement in...
49. Engineering an Empire: Rome
Aired: Sep 13, 2005
Aired: Sep 14, 2005 Traces the origins of this tasty drink from Ethiopia over 1,000 years ago to ...
Aired: Sep 14, 2005 To stimulate inter-island commerce Japan has an extensive bridge program to p...
Aired: Sep 14, 2005 Recent archaeology, using regular and modern technology, sheds new light on t...
53. Forensic Science: The Crimefighter's Weapon
Aired: Sep 22, 2005From fingerprints and ballistics to profiling and DNA evidence, see how techn...
54. German Small Arms of World War II
Aired: Sep 24, 2005
Aired: Oct 5, 2005 A look at the M-16 assault rifle, including design stages and its use in the ...
Aired: Oct 14, 2005 Rising from a stretch of desert with nothing but remoteness to recommend it, ...
Aired: Nov 2, 2005 Trace the history of the Bay icon from Gold Rush era dreams to the 21st century.
Aired: Nov 16, 2005 The history of military's unsung heros, the battlefield engineers.
Aired: Nov 30, 2005 Cyrus West Field pursues his vision of an instant, reliable transcontinental ...
Aired: Dec 4, 2005 Nearly 500 years after his death, Leonardo da Vinci still intrigues us. Most ...
Aired: Dec 5, 2005 For most of us, cars are an ordinary fixture of daily life. But then there ar...
Aired: Dec 6, 2005 The hardware store is the epicenter of the construction world for both the we...
Aired: Dec 17, 2005 Since the creation of black powder in China centuries ago, explosives have be...
Aired: Dec 20, 2005 They crunch; they ooze; they crackle; they pop–mmmmm, yeah! Soft drinks, donu...
Aired: Dec 25, 2005 Journey underground and backstage at the technological marvel that is Walt Di...
Aired: Dec 29, 2005 They’re nature on a rampage. The size and intensity of hurricanes make them t...
Aired: Dec 6, 2004 It started as an idea at a French dinner party and became the very symbol of ...
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Current Status: Returning Series
Network: History
Production Country: United States
Genres: Documentary, History
Modern Marvels: Where to Watch Online?
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