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 8, 2001 Not every invention is a winner. Look at some of history's worst inventions i...
Aired: Jan 16, 2001 Where can you fire a missile without scaring the neighbors? Or lift millions ...
Aired: Jan 22, 2001 Commercial Jets traces the evolution of commercial aviation from the stumblin...
Aired: Jan 29, 2001 The Apollo 13 mission was intended to be a “routine” trip to the moon. But wh...
Aired: Feb 7, 2001 In an historic survey of man’s adaptation to killer environmental conditions,...
Aired: Feb 12, 2001 Named one of the seven engineering wonders of the modern age, the Chesapeake ...
Aired: Feb 22, 2001 The household garage serves as the at-home sanctuary for the modern American ...
Aired: Mar 1, 2001 Feel the earth move under your feet and dig into the fascinating story of ear...
Aired: Mar 12, 2001 A look at ancient and middle age technology used to break through fortificati...
Aired: Mar 19, 2001 A look at the various forms of junk and scrapyards as well as the technology ...
Aired: Apr 11, 2001 A look at the F-14 Tomcat jet fighter.
Aired: Apr 16, 2001 The history of engines and their modern day uses.
Aired: May 7, 2001 The history of the wheel and how it has impacted human life so ubiquitously.
Aired: May 14, 2001 The history of ice breakers and how they keep the lanes of commerce open duri...
15. Fire & Ice: Heating and Air Conditioning
Aired: May 21, 2001The history of how fire and ice inspired modern man to control the climate in...
Aired: Jun 8, 2001 This program begins by tracing the development of cutting edges from obsidian...
17. The World's Biggest Machines
Aired: Jun 11, 2001They are some of the largest machines on the planet. Go behind the scenes of ...
Aired: Jun 19, 2001 The history of drag racing from its humble beginnings to the modern innovatio...
19. Big Rigs of Combat: Tanks/Jeeps
Aired: Jun 25, 2001An historical look at the technological engineering of the World Trade Center...
Aired: Jun 26, 2001 Encouraged by Leo Szilard and galvanized by German success in achieving nucle...
Aired: Jun 27, 2001 Todays theme is The Tackle Box.
Aired: Jul 24, 2001 The gear used by amateur and professional hunters is profiled from various an...
Aired: Jul 25, 2001 From the 19th century’s legendary cattle drives to the million-acre ranch kin...
Aired: Aug 21, 2001 Cannons have fired balls of iron and atomic bombs, changed the way wars are f...
Aired: Aug 28, 2001 The most priceless jewels in the arsenals of a handful of countries, some nuc...
Aired: Sep 4, 2001 From barnstormers to Blue Angels, antique aircraft to supersonic jets, each y...
Aired: Sep 11, 2001 A look at the United States Strategic Air Command since it was formed after W...
Aired: Sep 18, 2001 The history of gasoline and how it shapes our modern world.
Aired: Sep 19, 2001 The history of engines beginning with the steam engine through modern rotary ...
Aired: Oct 15, 2001 If walls could speak…And in the next two hours they will, as we build a house...
Aired: Oct 16, 2001 The technology of jet engines in commercial and military applications.
Aired: Oct 17, 2001 From the earliest bunkers of WWI through the ultra-futuristic ones of tomorro...
Aired: Oct 23, 2001 More than 2-million people die in the U.S. each year. That works out to about...
Aired: Oct 24, 2001 Modern Marvels looks at how army maneuvers have changed from simple “hide and...
Aired: Nov 13, 2001 Join us for a ride through the history of car-culture commerce from the first...
Aired: Nov 27, 2001 The Crossroads of the World, New York City’s Times Square is the screaming ma...
Aired: Nov 29, 2001 The Chrysler Building in New York City is the subject.
Aired: Nov 30, 2001 Glass may be our most versatile material. It sheathes skyscrapers, contains l...
Aired: Dec 1, 2001 Discover how military and police personnel, as well as private citizens, hone...
Aired: Dec 4, 2001 They were loud, fast, and during the 1960's and 1970's they were the most pop...
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Current Status: Returning Series
Network: History
Production Country: United States
Genres: Documentary, History
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Currently you are able to watch "Modern Marvels" streaming on The History Channel.
