Modern Marvels - Season 6 (1998)

Features The Great Molasses Flood of 1919 and other engineering disasters.

Todays theme is History Channel "Spy Technology".

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The struggles of Thomas Edison and others to create motion pictures.

A rare behind the scenes look at how the U.S. Mint manufactures coins and medals for the U.S. Government.

The history of urban search and rescue are the focus ed from their humble beginnings during WWII through the modern times.

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The devices used by man from ages of antiquity to the present in order to go below the waters of the sea.

How dynamite has shaped the modern world with its use in great engineering projects.

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The history of how the Hoover Dam was built and the current operations.

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The history of how each of New York City's bridges was created to connect the five boroughs.

The history of parachutes and how there development has impacted the fields of war, firefighting, recreation, and space exploration.

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Overview of the Nazi Fortifications along the Atlantic Seaboard from Belgium to Spain. Coastal Defense of WW2 Nazi efforts to prevent Allied Forces from gaining foothold into France. War Time Film Footage of "D" Day Invasion.

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The history of hand tools such as hammer, axes, hand plane, saws, wrenches, and drills. Also featured are looks at ancient tools, tool ergonomics, the hardware store and the Mercer Museum of ancient tools.

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Emergency room medicine has only been a recognized specialty since 1989, and it took close to two millennia to get to this point. Advancements that led to the modern emergency rooms are highlighted as well as emergency/trauma medicine.

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Todays theme is Engineering Disasters 2.

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