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Modern Marvels - Engineering Disasters: New Orleans ...
Amazon.com — A Tragedy Explained Disasters used to take forever to understand. At the time, people didn't understand what was causing the Black Death, for example. However, there was a documentary that explained the Twin Towers' collapse relatively soon after ...More…
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Modern Marvels - Smart Bombs (History Channel)
Amazon.com — Actor Modern Marvels Aspect Ratio 1.33:1 Audience Rating NR (Not Rated) EAN 0733961771459 Format Color Format DVD-Video Format NTSC Original Release Date 2007-01-01 Region Code 1 Release Date 2007-04-24 Running Time 50 minutes Theatrical Release Date 2007 ...More…
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Modern Marvels - Transcontinental Railroad (History Channel)
Amazon.com — Actor Modern Marvels Aspect Ratio 1.33:1 Audience Rating NR (Not Rated) EAN 0733961765397 Format Color Format DVD-Video Format NTSC MPN AAE-76539 Original Release Date 2006-01-01 Release Date 2006-12-19 Running Time 50 minutes Theatrical Release Date 2006 ...More…
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Modern Marvels - Golden Gate Bridge (History Channel)
Amazon.com — A general purpose introduction The Golden Gate Bridge is the icon of San Francisco. Although it is not the longest suspension bridge any more, its beauty and fame still top all. The necessity, design, construction, and impact are stated. Computer ...More…
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Modern Marvels - Stealth Technology (History Channel)
Amazon.com — Nothing to complain To my best knowledge, this is the first DVD to specifically cover this topic. It introduces the background, motivation, principle, and impact of stealth technology very well. People without solid electromagnetic understanding can enjoy ...More…
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Modern Marvels: Hoover Dam
Amazon.com — Actor Modern Marvels Aspect Ratio 1.33:1 Audience Rating NR (Not Rated) EAN 0733961760583 Format Closed-captioned Format Color Format DVD-Video Format NTSC MPN AAE-76058 Original Release Date 2006-01-01 Region Code 1 Release Date 2006-09-26 Running Time ...More…
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Modern Marvels: The St. Louis Arch
Amazon.com — Could Inspire Your Child to Be an Architect or Engineer Another great video from Modern Marvels that shows how people with a vision of creating something so great and unique to make their community stand out can work together to overcome political, ...More…
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Modern Marvels - Candy (History Channel)
Amazon.com — Everything you ever wanted to know about candy and then some The opening facts about candy are pretty amazing in that Americans consume about 7 billion tons of it every year to the tune of 25 billion dollars in sales. Helping to understand what ...More…
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Modern Marvels - Sugar (History Channel)
Amazon.com — Yum! Sugar! We benefit when we learn about the things we take as a given. This made me think deeply about the sugar I use frequently and to which I don't pay much attention. I wondered how sugar could be discussed under a series called "MODERN ...More…
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Modern Marvels - West Point (History Channel)
Amazon.com — Description It stands sentinel over the Hudson River on a promontory fifty miles north of New York City. For nearly two hundred years, the United States Military Academy, better known as WEST POINT, has trained students in the art of war. West Point has ...More…
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Modern Marvels - Extreme Gadgets (History Channel)
Amazon.com — Mildly Interesting "Extreme Gadgets" begins by following the evolution of surfboards, starting with the second century in Hawaii. Royalty had boards up to 26 feet long and 150 lbs. The 20th century saw a rapid pace of change - 1930s brought ...More…
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Modern Marvels - FBI's Crime Lab
Amazon.com — History Channel History Channel brings very informative subjects to our livingrooms.We need more of this and less T.V. We sat with rapt attention looking at this movie.I felt it was very worthwhile in money and time ! Interesting history, not good for ...More…