Modern Marvels - Season 13
Season 13
DatesJan 1, 2006 - Jan 1, 2006
Episodes
Season 13Episode 160 min
Containers
They hold just about everything we need, from condiments to cargo. Made of steel, aluminum, paper and glass, they protect and preserve. They're underground and above ground, they journey around the world. They've revolutionized civilization.
Jan 4, 2006
Season 13Episode 260 min
Fire
Out of control it’s a monster with a voracious appetite. Properly harnessed it’s a force that has shaped our world. We’ve learned to create and exploit it, but we’ll never truly tame it. From furnaces to flamethrowers, fire testing to fireballs, now, Fire, on Modern Marvels.
Jan 11, 2006
Season 13Episode 360 min
Cotton
Tune in as Modern Marvels looks into the history of cotton, a product used in hundreds of different products, from clothing to lipstick.
Jan 18, 2006
Season 13Episode 460 min
Engineering Disasters (18)
Engineering disasters highlighted include a coal mine in China, a crane collapse in Milwaukee, ground water contaminated with gasoline additives, and the hazards of radiation. Also profiled are the environmental disasters that plagued the Salton Sea in California and the Aral Sea in Asia.
Feb 8, 2006
Season 13Episode 560 min
Candy
It pulls, stretches, bubbles, hardens, crunches, and melts! We eat about 7-billion tons of it yearly. We’re talking about Candy–loved by kids and savored by adults. Candy-making evolved from a handmade operation to high-tech mass production. Nowhere is that more apparent than at Hershey’s. On a tour of their newest production facility, we learn how they process the cocoa bean. At See’s Candy, we see how they make their famous boxed chocolates–on a slightly smaller scale than Hershey’s. We get a sweet history lesson at Schimpff’s Confectionery, where they still use small kettles, natural flavors, and hand-operated equipment. Then, we visit Jelly Belly, purveyors of the original gourmet jellybean. Saltwater-taffy pullers hypnotize us on our sweet-tooth tour; we gaze at extruders making miles of licorice rope; and watch as nostalgia candy bars Abba-Zaba and Big Hunk get packaged. And in this sugary hour, we digest the latest sensations–gourmet chocolates and scorpion on a stick!
Feb 14, 2006
Season 13Episode 660 min
Weird Weapons: The Axis
Examining unusual World War II weapons that were in the planning or testing stages for use by the Axis powers. Included: an assault rifle that could shoot around corners; a death ray capable of boiling people; and an army in space.
Feb 21, 2006
Season 13Episode 760 min
Nature Tech: Avalanches
Examining unusual World War II weapons that were in the planning or testing stages for use by the Allies. Included: floating tanks; pigeon-guided missiles.
Feb 24, 2006
Season 13Episode 860 min
Engineering Disasters: New Orleans
Modern Marvels examines the destruction Hurricane Katrina caused in New Orleans.
Feb 28, 2006
Season 13Episode 960 min
Leather
Made by the tanning of animal hides, leather has proven to be a versatile and important material. Without it, the Pilgrims may not have survived the winters in Plymouth, and the Romans may not have been able to march to the Tigris.
Mar 8, 2006
Season 13Episode 1060 min
Engineering Disasters (19)
The background into the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, two Boeing 737 crashes, a nuclear disaster near Los Angeles, and an oil storage facility.
Mar 22, 2006
Season 13Episode 1160 min
Insulation
Although quite simple in nature, insulation is a very important component in keeping our homes a comfortable temperature. In this episode, we'll find out the history of insulation and then visit manufacturing plants to find out how insulation is being made today.
Apr 26, 2006
Season 13Episode 1260 min
Hi-Tech Hitler
This is the true story of the scientific feats and failures of Hitler's Nazi Germany.
May 2, 2006
Season 13Episode 1360 min
Shovels
Man has always had a need to move large amounts of earth. In this episode, we profile the technological advances which have allowed shovels to become absolutely enormous, capable of carrying 200 tons of earth in one load today.
May 3, 2006
Season 13Episode 1660 min
Drilling
May 10, 2006
Season 13Episode 1760 min
'80's Tech
May 24, 2006
Season 13Episode 1860 min
Ben Franklin Tech
May 25, 2006
Season 13Episode 1960 min
Copper Kings
Jun 12, 2006
Season 13Episode 2060 min
Heavy Metals: Copper, Uranium, Chromium, Lead, Nickel And Zinc
Jun 14, 2006
Season 13Episode 2160 min
Money
Jun 19, 2006
Season 13Episode 2360 min
BBQ Tech
Jun 28, 2006
Season 13Episode 2460 min
High Explosives
Jul 3, 2006
Season 13Episode 2560 min
Pirate Tech
Jul 12, 2006
Season 13Episode 2660 min
Boneyard: Where Machines End Their Lives
Jul 26, 2006
Season 13Episode 2760 min
World's Biggest Machines (5)
Jul 26, 2006
Season 13Episode 2860 min
Super Tools: Skyscraper
Jul 28, 2006
Season 13Episode 3160 min
Mummy Tech
Aug 23, 2006
Season 13Episode 3260 min
Batteries
Mixtures of metals and caustic chemicals that make our tech, tools and toys surge with energy.
Aug 3, 2006
Season 13Episode 3360 min
Water
Sep 6, 2006
Season 13Episode 3460 min
Levees
From collapsing floodwalls in New Orleans to high-tech mechanical storm surge barriers in Europe, we'll explore the 2,500-year history of keeping rivers and tides at bay by erecting levees.
Aug 30, 2006
Season 13Episode 3560 min
Copper
Sep 13, 2006
Season 13Episode 3660 min
Cola Wars
Coke vs Pepsi for world supremacy. Each year, Americans consume more soft drinks than tap water. Available in nearly 200 countries, Coca-Cola alone sells one-billion bottles, cans, and glasses of pop daily, with archenemy Pepsi-Cola a close second. We look at the legendary rivalry between these giants in a $100-billion industry built on little more than sugar and water as they battle not just to quench consumer thirst, but for their hearts and minds as well.
Sep 7, 2006
Season 13Episode 3760 min
Building In The Name Of God
Sep 18, 2006
Season 13Episode 3860 min
Shotguns
The first specialized gun, the British upper-class used it to shoot birds and small game for sport. The shotgun took on a variety of roles, used by hunter and warrior alike.
Sep 17, 2006
Season 13Episode 3960 min
Freight Trains
Sep 20, 2006
Season 13Episode 4060 min
Horsepower
Buckle up for a rip-roaring ride through the world of extreme horsepower. Experience the fastest accelerating cars on earth. Find out how horsepower was first coined as a marketing tool for the steam engine in the early 1800s and meet the horsepower police--the Society of Automotive Engineers who test today's most powerful car engines. Feel the amazing power of Unlimited Hydroplane racing as 3-ton boat-beasts careen across water at speeds of over 200 miles per hour. Journey to the bowels of an enormous container ship where the world's most powerful diesel engine provides over 100,000 horsepower. At the Hoover Dam, watch as it harnesses the enormous power of water. Explore the 80,000 horsepower pumping units at the Edmonston Pumping Plant that delivers 2-billion gallons of water a day to thirsty Californians. And sit behind the steering wheel of a new generation of hybrid cars that boast 400-horsepower yet get 42 miles per gallon of gas.
Jun 21, 2006
Season 13Episode 4160 min
Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway
Sep 26, 2006
Season 13Episode 4260 min
Stealth & Beyond: Air Stealth
Sep 27, 2006
Season 13Episode 4360 min
Cities Of The Underworld
Teamed with leading archeologists and experts, peel back the layers of the past--to reveal a hidden history that hasn't seen the light of day for ages.
Sep 21, 2006
Season 13Episode 4460 min
Ink
Oct 4, 2006
Season 13Episode 4560 min
Distilleries (2)
Oct 11, 2006
Season 13Episode 4660 min
Stealth & Beyond: Sea Stealth
It's one thing to make a 60-foot-long jet aircraft seem invisible, but quite another to hide a 400-foot-long warship from the prying eyes of an enemy. Explore the challenging world of stealth technology at sea and how modern engineering can make our largest warships appear to be tugboats or fishing vessels.
Sep 27, 2006
Season 13Episode 4760 min
Tomcat Sunset
Nov 1, 2006
Season 13Episode 4860 min
Tobacco
Nov 8, 2006
Season 13Episode 4960 min
World's Strongest (1)
Strength...a powerful word, but what does it mean? How is it measured? Why are some things simply stronger than others. How strong is a rope, a tractor, a diamond, a tugboat or even plastic. How and why strength matter to us every day.
Oct 18, 2006
Season 13Episode 5060 min
Breakfast Tech
Nov 28, 2006
Season 13Episode 5160 min
Wine
Nov 29, 2006
Season 13Episode 5260 min
Supermarket
Our basic need and desire for food has made the supermarket one of the great success stories of modern retailing. Making customers' visits to the market as efficient as possible has led to bar coding and a scale that recognizes the type of produce placed on it. Explore the psychology of the supermarket including store layout, lighting, music and aromas that trigger the appetite. With a growing percentage of the public interested in eating healthier foods, organic grocers are carving out an increasingly large niche.
Nov 15, 2006
Season 13Episode 5360 min
The AK-47
Jul 28, 2006
Season 13Episode 5460 min
Snow
Dec 10, 2006
Season 13Episode 5560 min
Harvesting (2)
In America's orchards and farm fields, the constant struggle between hand labor and mechanization has produced dozens of efficient and sometimes bizarre harvesting methods. Learn the secrets of the orchard manager and his ladder crew as they check fruit pressures and barometric readings. Visit California's largest fruit packing house and try to keep up with 10-fruit-per-second conveyors. Then off to the corn fields of Nebraska and the cranberry marshes of central Wisconsin. Finally go underground to the world's largest mushroom farm where the harvest takes place in limestone caverns that run some 150 miles. From fruit tree picking platforms to cranberry beaters and corn pickers, farmers constantly strive to speed the harvest.
Nov 29, 2006
Season 13Episode 5660 min
Engineering Disasters (20)
The story behind BP's Texas City oil refinery explosion in 2005, the 2001 crash of an American Airlines flight, and the Skylab space station.
Dec 6, 2006
Season 13Episode 5760 min
Nuts
Aug 2, 2006
Season 13Episode 5860 min
Tea
After water, tea is the second most popular drink in the world. It has been around as a drink for 5000 years, and 6 billion pounds of tea are harvested annually.
Dec 13, 2006
Season 13Episode 5960 min
Christmas Tech
Christmas is observed by many people around the world, for both religious reasons and more secular purposes. Trees, lights, ornaments, and window displays are a big part of the celebration. Thanks to technological advancements they are cheaper, safer and more spectacular than ever before.
Dec 20, 2006
Season 13Episode 6060 min
Wind
Jan 1, 2006
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