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 4, 2006
Aired: Jan 11, 2006
Aired: Jan 18, 2006
Aired: Feb 8, 2006 The story behind the intense cola war between Coca-Cola and Pepsi in their qu...
Aired: Feb 14, 2006 The history of containers and how they store and move our everyday goods.
Aired: Feb 21, 2006 Modern Marvels: Cotton takes us on a journey from the California cotton field...
Aired: Feb 24, 2006 Engineering disasters highlighted include a coal mine in China, a crane colla...
Aired: Feb 28, 2006 This program explains how some of the more popular candies are made starting ...
9. Engineering Disasters: New Orleans
Aired: Mar 8, 2006
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Aired: Apr 26, 2006 The background into the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, two Boeing 737 cras...
Aired: May 2, 2006
Aired: May 3, 2006 Germany is portrayed as a nation leading the world in science and technology ...
Aired: May 10, 2006 Drilling and drill technology are explored. Included: tunnel-boring, robotic ...
Aired: May 24, 2006
Aired: May 25, 2006 Technology from the 1980s is remembered, including early cell phones and CD p...
Aired: Jun 12, 2006
Aired: Jun 14, 2006 Some metals are so critical to the US economy the the Federal Government reta...
Aired: Jun 19, 2006 Everything related to horsepower beginning with the definition of what exactl...
Aired: Jun 28, 2006 The history of grilling and barbecue to present day. Features how charcoal, w...
Aired: Jul 2, 2006 Pirate technology is examined. Included: navigational instruments; ship modif...
22. World's Biggest Machines 5
Aired: Jul 3, 2006The world's largest engineering feats are explored. Included: NASA's wind tun...
Aired: Jul 12, 2006 The story of how nuts from harvest to consumption feed the world.
Aired: Jul 26, 2006 Batteries. Mixtures of metals and caustic chemicals that make our tech, tools...
Aired: Jul 26, 2006 A wind tunnel with forty foot diameter fans... a flight simulator that's eigh...
Aired: Jul 28, 2006
Aired: Jul 28, 2006 Water is examined as a natural wonder and as the substance that sustains life...
Aired: Aug 2, 2006 The history and the many uses of copper including how it helped create the Br...
Aired: Aug 3, 2006 Global problems require global solutions. Modern Marvels: Renewable Energy, a...
Aired: Aug 3, 2006 The story behind the development and the modern innovations of freight trains.
31. Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway
Aired: Aug 3, 2006The system of rivers, bays, and sounds that form the Atlantic Intracoastal Wa...
32. Stealth and Beyond: Sea Stealth
Aired: Aug 3, 2006
33. Stealth and Beyond: Air Stealth
Aired: Aug 23, 2006They are the swarthy eagles of the sky: Past, present, and future advances in...
Aired: Aug 30, 2006 The everyday uses of ink from its ancient days to the modern world
Aired: Sep 6, 2006 A history of distilleries and the process of distilling alcohol. Included: a ...
Aired: Sep 7, 2006 Some of the world's strongest machines featured include tractor pull sleds an...
Aired: Sep 13, 2006 Explore the legacy of the F-14 fighter jet, one of America's greatest aerial ...
Aired: Sep 17, 2006 The history of tobacco since colonial times when the plant was first farmed i...
Aired: Sep 18, 2006 The history of supermarkets and a behind the scenes look at how they operate.
Aired: Sep 20, 2006 Wether it's bacon, eggs, and toast, oatmeal, a breakfast sandwich or cold cer...
Aired: Sep 20, 2006 A look at the millennia plus long fascination of wine from its beginnings in ...
Aired: Sep 20, 2006 In America's orchards and farm fields, the constant struggle between hand lab...
Aired: Sep 21, 2006 The story behind BP's Texas City oil refinery explosion in 2005, the 2001 cra...
Aired: Sep 26, 2006 The story of snow including how it is formed and the human inventions that he...
Aired: Sep 27, 2006 An hour steeped in the history of tea includes a visit to the Lipton Tea plan...
Aired: Sep 27, 2006 The story behind our modern Christmas traditions including how Christmas tree...
Aired: Oct 4, 2006
Aired: Oct 11, 2006
Aired: Oct 18, 2006 Some of the world's strongest machines featured include tractor pull sleds an...
Aired: Nov 1, 2006
Aired: Nov 8, 2006
Aired: Nov 15, 2006
Aired: Nov 28, 2006
Aired: Nov 29, 2006
Aired: Nov 29, 2006
Aired: Dec 6, 2006 The story behind BP's Texas City oil refinery explosion in 2005, the 2001 cra...
Aired: Dec 10, 2006
Aired: Dec 13, 2006
Aired: Dec 20, 2006
Aired: Dec 28, 2006
Current Status: Returning Series
Network: History
Production Country: United States
Genres: Documentary, History
