Modern Marvels

- Season 7

(2000)

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The Pentagon - the name alone conjurs up an imposing image of American power. Completed in 1943, this five-sided nerve center for the nation's armed services is the largest office building in the world.

From ancient Roman aqueducts and arch bridges, to Renaissance spans & railroad crossovers, bridges play a key role in the human quest to connect and unify. Trace the history of bridges, including suspension, arch, beam, truss & cantilever.

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Synthesized doc over wheel, steam power, batteries, railroads, vehicles, electric light, telegraph, radio, television, computers and all most remarkable inventions ever done and how it start.

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The household appliances we take for granted everyday are profiled. They include the stove, the microwave, the sewing machine, the vacuum cleaner, the toaster, the mixer, the refrigerator, the washer, dryer, and air conditioning. Also featured are how electricity and the lightbulb changed the American household.

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The story of the Tower Bridge in London is profiled.

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Go into air traffic control centers and the planning offices of transportation managers nationwide for a revealing look at a growing crisis.

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Man's quest for gold throughout history from the age of antiquity to the present.

The history of financial institutions including the technology they have used in the past and their modern applications.

Todays theme is the Erie Canal.

The history of trucks are featured running the gamut from eighteen wheelers to specialty trucks.

This history of how the Egyptian people built both the Low and High Aswan Dams on the Nile River.

Will it be the concrete key to a new China, or a disaster of epic proportions?

Go inside the ambitious fortifications that nevertheless failed to protect France from Nazi aggression.

Modern Marvels looks at the history of video games. It looks at the first video game played on a supercomputer "Spacewar!" the first successful home video game "Pong," and the arcade revolution of the 1980s. It examines how the video game business has grown into a billion dollar industry and how current game designers use motion capture techniques and MMORPGs to entertain millions throughout the world.

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The history of how assembly lines revolutionized the modern world which can help manufacture anything from a small electronic to a jumbo jet.

The history of the Suez Canal in Egypt. Also featured is the history of previous canals through history on the peninsula.

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A look at the equipment and technology that is used by the military to train for war.

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The history and thinkers behind power plants are examined.

Out of the death and suffering of combat have come many of the everyday items we take for granted.

Todays theme is Plumbing: The Arteries of Civilization.

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The exciting and dangerous history of motorcycles.

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Rocket engineers pushing the technological envelope expect a crash or two or hundred. But a collapsed roof or burst dam can only be attributed to sloppy engineering.

The history of the Niagara Power Plant located near Niagara Falls.

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