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: Jul 27, 1998 While a civilization’s greatness is reflected in the achievements of architec...
Aired: Aug 3, 1998 The Atlantic Wall explores the construction of the shore fortifications built...
Aired: Aug 24, 1998 The Chunnel explores one of the greatest engineering accomplishments of the 2...
Aired: Sep 28, 1998 Public aquariums have undergone dramatic changes since inception in mid-19th ...
Aired: Oct 6, 1998 The Pentagon - the name alone conjurs up an imposing image of American power....
Aired: Oct 12, 1998 From ancient Roman aqueducts and arch bridges, to Renaissance spans & railroa...
Aired: Oct 28, 1998 What inspires societies to create sculptures on a superhuman scale? We’ll exa...
Aired: Nov 3, 1998 In 1941, penicillin was first used to save human life. But now, bacteria has ...
Aired: Nov 9, 1998 Synthesized doc over wheel, steam power, batteries, railroads, vehicles, elec...
Aired: Nov 23, 1998 Plastics are everywhere–the home, the workplace, the car, the human body, out...
Aired: Dec 7, 1998 The household appliances we take for granted everyday are profiled. They incl...
Aired: Dec 16, 1998 To run faster, jump higher, and play longer–the ultimate goal of all athletes...
Aired: Dec 23, 1998 Bombs…the most feared and powerful weapon in any nation’s arsenal. What began...
Aired: Dec 28, 1998 The story of the Tower Bridge in London is profiled.
Aired: Jan 1, 1999 A study of the discoveries, inventions, and technological advances that have ...
Aired: Jan 25, 1999 The ability to transmit sound in stereo transformed the music of life into a ...
Aired: Feb 8, 1999 Through rain, snow, heat, or gloom of night, we expect postmen to deliver the...
Aired: Feb 22, 1999 Does anybody really know what time it is? Set your clocks as we explore the r...
Aired: Mar 9, 1999 Go into air traffic control centers and the planning offices of transportatio...
Aired: Mar 15, 1999 Meet the Strong Men and Women who go beyond mere fitness to pursue major musc...
Aired: Mar 30, 1999 Man's quest for gold throughout history from the age of antiquity to the pres...
Aired: Apr 26, 1999 The history of financial institutions including the technology they have used...
Aired: May 1, 1999 Todays theme is the Erie Canal.
Aired: May 25, 1999 The history of trucks are featured running the gamut from eighteen wheelers t...
Aired: Jun 21, 1999 This history of how the Egyptian people built both the Low and High Aswan Dam...
Aired: Jul 6, 1999 Will it be the concrete key to a new China, or a disaster of epic proportions?
Aired: Jul 12, 1999 Go inside the ambitious fortifications that nevertheless failed to protect Fr...
28. Video Games: Behind the Fun
Aired: Jul 19, 1999Modern Marvels looks at the history of video games. It looks at the first vid...
Aired: Jul 20, 1999 A Ford Taurus is dismantled so that the components of car can be highlighted ...
Aired: Aug 2, 1999 A Ford Taurus is dismantled so that the components of car can be highlighted ...
Aired: Aug 9, 1999 Step up to the plate and play ball as we take you on a tour of those amazing ...
Aired: Aug 23, 1999 Much of New York City’s history can be viewed via its bridges–all 18 that con...
Aired: Aug 31, 1999 The history of how assembly lines revolutionized the modern world which can h...
Aired: Sep 6, 1999 The history of the Suez Canal in Egypt. Also featured is the history of previ...
35. The History of the London Underground
Aired: Sep 13, 1999Tracks the technological innovations that made newspapers what they are today...
Aired: Sep 27, 1999 A look at the equipment and technology that is used by the military to train ...
Aired: Oct 11, 1999 Though “simulations” date back to cave paintings, devices for interacting wit...
Aired: Oct 12, 1999 The history of civilization could easily be measured in terms of our ability ...
Aired: Oct 13, 1999 The history and thinkers behind power plants are examined.
Aired: Oct 18, 1999 Out of the death and suffering of combat have come many of the everyday items...
41. Plumbing: The Arteries of Civilization
Aired: Oct 25, 1999Todays theme is Plumbing: The Arteries of Civilization.
Aired: Nov 8, 1999 Emergency room medicine has only been a recognized specialty since 1989, and ...
Aired: Nov 15, 1999 The exciting and dangerous history of motorcycles.
Aired: Nov 16, 1999 Since civilization’s earliest days, man has sought protection from those who ...
45. More Engineering Disasters
Aired: Nov 29, 1999Rocket engineers pushing the technological envelope expect a crash or two or ...
Aired: Dec 8, 1999 The history of the Niagara Power Plant located near Niagara Falls.
Aired: Dec 13, 1999 Place your bets and join us for an exciting spin through the history of the c...
Aired: Dec 14, 1999 The very spirit that drives man to dream up ever more fantastic creations can...
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Current Status: Returning Series
Network: History
Production Country: United States
Genres: Documentary, History
