Modern Marvels · SEASON 7
Great Inventions
Episode 8 · 2000-03-16
- Documentary
Episode overview
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, telephone, TV, and computer. Then, travel back in time to the labs, candle-lit offices, and garages to see how these marvels were created.
44 minutes
Season 7 episodes
1. The City Beneath Our Feet2000-01-03
2. Tower Bridge2000-01-10
3. The Chunnel2000-01-11
4. Space Stations.2000-02-03
5. The Pentagon2001-03-27
6. Bridges.2000-02-29
7. Prisons2000-03-06
8. Great Inventions2000-03-16
9. Office Wonders2000-03-14
10. Police Technology2000-03-15
11. Disaster Technology2000-04-17
12. Concrete2000-05-08
13. Camping Technology2000-05-25
14. Private Planes2000-05-31
15. Race Cars2000-06-06
16. Traffic2000-06-12
17. Buses2000-06-19
18. Gold Mines.2000-06-22
19. Banks.2000-07-27
20. The Erie Canal2000-07-31
21. Trucks2000-08-03
22. Aswan Dam2000-08-14
23. China's Great Dam2000-08-22
24. The Maginot Line2000-09-10
25. Video Games: Behind The Fun2000-09-12
26. The Body Shop2000-09-17
27. Machine Tools2000-10-09
28. Farming Technology2000-10-15
29. Assembly Lines2000-10-16
30. Suez Canal2000-10-17
31. London Underground2000-10-18
32. Combat Training.2000-10-19
33. Remote Operated Vehicles2000-10-25
34. Death Devices2000-11-02
35. Power Plants.2000-11-06
36. Inventions of War.2000-11-08
37. Plumbing: The Arteries Of Civilzation2000-11-14
38. Line of Defense2000-12-05
39. Gadgets2000-03-13
