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off- Modern Marvels Measure It DVD
- How do you weigh a whale? We go to Shamu's Tank at Sea World to find out. How does your speedometer work? Off to GM's test track for the answer. We'll look at the five most common areas of measurement in our everyday lives: distance, time, speed, weight,and temperature. We visit the National… [ read more ]
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off- Modern Marvels Power Plants DVD
- MODERN MARVELS® ventures from the AC-DC battles of Tesla and Edison to modern nuclear plants. [ read more ]
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off- Hydraulics DVD
- From Pascal's law to Universal Studios, explore the powerful world of this ubiquitous technology. Examine important innovations like the hydraulic brake and airplane controls. Take the ultimate behind-the-scenes tour of Universal Studios. Meet the French inventor who discovered the hydraulic s [ read more ]
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off- Modern Marvels Horsepower DVD
- Ride in the quickest cars on the planet and watch the world's most powerful diesel engine at work. The ultimate celebration and investigation of engineering excellence. Get an up close look at some of the world's most sophisticated engines. For over a decade, MODERN MARVELS has brought grand st [ read more ]
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off- Modern Marvels Wheat DVD
- It feeds the world. Ride along with a custom harvester traveling from Texas to North Dakota and discover the ripening wheat fields. See how the harvesting crews brave months on the road, cutting thousands of acres each season. Tour a pasta plant to see how a special kind of wheat becomes… [ read more ]
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off- Modern Marvels Freight Trains DVD
- The golden age of railroading may be behind us, but the freight train remains the backbone the American economy. For over a decade, MODERN MARVELS has brought grand stories to life. The ultimate celebration and investigation of engineering excellence. Watch operations at the Union Pacific's mas [ read more ]
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off- Modern Marvels Fertilizer DVD
- One man's dung is another man's gold. Get all the dirty details on the least glamorous - but most critical - ingredient in agriculture. For over a decade, MODERN MARVELS® has brought grand stories to life. The ultimate celebration and investigation of engineering excellence. Manure, dung, [ read more ]
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off- Modern Marvels Wiring America DVD
- See how the cables that crossed the nation transformed a continent, and peer into the future of connectivity. The ultimate celebration and investigation of engineering excellence. Go on the lines with utility workmen and meet the scientists who are designing the next generation of power… [ read more ]
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off- More Earthmovers DVD
- From shovels to backhoes, we dig up the history of the devices that literally change the face of the planet. [ read more ]
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- Modern Marvels: Wood DVD
- Hundreds of years before steel and plastic, wood was the building block of America. But even today, it touches every aspect of our lives. It's underneath our feet and flying through the sky, propping up skyscrapers and making burgers fry -- from the historical, to the modern, to the… [ read more ]
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off- Modern Marvels The Pig DVD
- Do you smell bacon? That's just THE HISTORY CHANNEL® cooking up another heaping helping of captivating information in this porcine DVD! Snout to curly tail, the pig is a culinary, historical and medical phenomenon. For over a decade, MODERN MARVELS has brought grand stories to life. The ult [ read more ]
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off- Ancient Aliens Aliens and the Third Reich DVD
- Examines 75 million years of the most credible alien evidence here on Earth, from the age of the dinosaurs, to ancient Egypt, to the skies over the western desert in the present day United States. This new season will include sightings and phenomena from ancient times all the way up to the… [ read more ]
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off- Prisons DVD
- From ancient lockups to legendary facilities like Alcatraz and Marion, this is a comprehensive tour through the history of prisons. [ read more ]
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off- Modern Marvels Ice Cream DVD
- It's time for a treat! Find out what goes into — and the amazing history behind — each delicious scoop of everyone's favorite hot-weather indulgence. For over a decade, MODERN MARVELS has brought grand stories to life. The ultimate celebration and investigation of engineering… [ read more ]
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off- Modern Marvels Water DVD
- Turn the tap on a surprisingly rich hour exploring the many mysteries of H2O. For over a decade, MODERN MARVELS has brought grand stories to life. The ultimate celebration and investigation of engineering excellence. Can new technology coax rain from the skies to help save drought-starved nati [ read more ]
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off- Grand Coulee Dam DVD
- Its monumental size created massive problems-obstacles that many engineers said couldn't be overcome. [ read more ]
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off- The Telephone DVD
- Essential to modern life, used daily by almost everyone in the developed world, this technological wonder has an amazing history and an even more incredible future. The founder of Ericcson, the mobile phone giant, invented the modern, one-piece telephone handset in 1885. A competing… [ read more ]
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off- Modern Marvels Nuts DVD
- Pint-sized as a pea or as big as a bowling ball, nutritional, durable, and versatile, nuts have been a staple of the human diet since time began, and archaeological evidence places them among our earliest foods. For that, the ancients worshiped them. And because they were relatively… [ read more ]
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off- Modern Marvels Fry It DVD
- Welcome to the world of sizzling hot oil. Let's go to the fair to discover the secrets behind fried classics such as funnel cakes and churros. How about some deep fried treats such as frogs legs, Twinkies and Coke? At Mickey's Diner in St. Paul, Minnesota, we get schooled in the tricks of… [ read more ]
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off- Blowtorch DVD
- We'll visit Bernzomatic, where they manufacture the T7000 instant-on torch at a rate of 1 torch every six seconds. [ read more ]
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off- Ruler DVD
- We’ll trace the long history of the ruler, from the strings used to measure the blocks of the pyramids, to today’s handy tape measures found on every carpenter’s toolbelt. [ read more ]
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off- Modern Marvels Breaking Point DVD
- We're ready to examine points of failure in ultra slow motion. We'll crash cars and trucks at the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety to find their breaking points, and to find the breaking points of the crash dummies inside. At Underwriter's Laboratories we'll fire rounds at bullet… [ read more ]
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off- Tea DVD
- A spot of knowledge, anyone? The latest absorbing, comprehensive documentary from this celebrated series is brimming with information on the leaf that shook the world. For over a decade, MODERN MARVELS has brought grand stories to life. The ultimate celebration and investigation of… [ read more ]
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off- Worlds Biggest Machines 5 DVD
- Get the inside view of IMAX technology and examine the equipment NASA uses to test spacecraft. For over a decade, MODERN MARVELS has brought grand stories to life. The ultimate celebration and investigation of engineering excellence. Take in the view from atop the 443-foot high London Eye. [ read more ]
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off- Modern Marvels Ice Road Truck DVD
- During the harsh winter of Canada's Northwest Territory, remote villages and work camps are cut off from the world. To keep them supplied, a tenacious group of long-haul truckers drive their rigs over hundreds of miles on ice roads cut across the surface of frozen lakes. Sometimes the ice… [ read more ]
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off- The Handsaw DVD
- We'll look at the latest cutting technologies that will expand your notion of what a saw is. [ read more ]
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off- American Restoration: Hopalong Rick DVD
- Rick attempts to restore a 1960’s three-wheeled Marketeer Golf Cart for the Pawn Stars. Can his team drive this double bogey into a hole-in-one, or will this project end up in the rough? And later, a customer drops off an extremely rare Hopalong Cassidy bicycle from the 1950’s, can Rick and… [ read more ]
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off- Extreme Trucks DVD
- From the drag strip to the War on Terror, Modern Marvels examines trucks that go to the limits. [ read more ]
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off- Engineering Disasters 5 DVD
- Shoddy workmanship, bad planning and poor research combine in these tales of technological woe. Includes a feature on the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Extraordinary footage captures the aftermaths of deadly disasters. The fascinating stories behind disappearing oil rigs, dam collapses and more.[ read more ]
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off- Modern Marvels Hurricanes DVD
- Ride a hurricane chaser plane through the eye of Hurricane Wilma as we examine the devastating power of these storms. For over a decade, MODERN MARVELS has brought grand stories to life. The ultimate celebration and investigation of engineering excellence. See how technology is used to predict [ read more ]
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off- Modern Marvels Superhighways DVD
- The shortest, fastest route from here to there passes at top speed right through this 20-lane examination of the world's biggest slabs of asphalt. The ultimate celebration and investigation of engineering excellence. Superhighways over twenty lanes wide are becoming commonplace. For over a deca [ read more ]
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- Modern Marvels: Built By Hand DVD
- We live in a highly mechanized world in which billions of products are made by machines--but there are some things that can be built only by using an even more sophisticated tool--the human hand. In New Mexico, a pilot who builds his own jet-powered glider takes to the skies--his very life… [ read more ]
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- Harvest: Race to Redemption DVD
- Every year, deep in America's heartland, there's a race against nature as old as farming itself. From May to September, a group of hardworking men battle weather, machines and each other as they move south to north harvesting crops. Driving huge combines across thousands of miles, they… [ read more ]
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off- Ramesses: Visions of Greatness DVD
- Josh gets down and dirty to investigate the legacy of the greatest pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, who reigned for over six and a half decades. Archeology gets a fresh new face in this exciting series. From stone and P.R., Ramsses II built a legend and legacy unmatched even in modern times. Hosted by [ read more ]
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off- The Power Grid DVD
- Probe the cascading forces that led to the largest blackout in history, and see how the government and utilities are working to prevent a recurrence. Features interviews with industry executives and government officials. A fascinating look at the largest machine mankind has ever created. See h [ read more ]
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off- Sander DVD
- We visit a modern sandpaper factory, where glue and gravity have been replaced by phenolic resin and electrostatic bonding. [ read more ]
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off- Modern Marvels Fast food Tech DVD
- Welcome to THE HISTORY CHANNEL® drive-thru, may we take your order? Coming right up: one fact-filled DVD on the culinary and technological innovations of quick-service restaurants! For over a decade, MODERN MARVELS has brought grand stories to life. The ultimate celebration and… [ read more ]
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off- Car Tech of the Future DVD
- A look at emerging technologies highlights the changes awaiting the next generation of drivers. Get an up-close look at the latest experimental and show cars. See how technologies like driverless vehicles work. Travel ahead in time to explore the future of the American road. [ read more ]
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off- Engineering Disasters 13 DVD
- See why Patriot missiles failed during Desert Storm and visit the site of Love Canal. [ read more ]
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off- Modern Marvels The Manhattan Project DVD
- The scientists and engineers who helped build the world's first nuclear weapon reflect on their accomplishments and legacy. [ read more ]
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