History Channel - Modern Marvels - Deadliest Weapons
Modern Marvels - Batteries
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The picture/sound quality kinda sucks........Modern Marvels: Torture Devices
The machines that helped build our world have been powered by hydraulics, a compact system of valves, hoses, and pumps that transmits forces from point to point through fluid. This basic concept of powerful force transmission through fluid provides the drive for most machines today. From the ancient Roman mastery of the aqueduct to Universal Studios, a veritable hydraulic theme park, we see how hydraulics power industry, keep planes flying, and make that 3-point-turn a U-turn
Modern Marvels History Channel - Bread Documentary USA Season 15 Narrator: Bread, the staff of life. Whether baked, fried or boiled it's the basic source of nourishment for half the world. Grill it, roast it, slice it, toast it, it's a wonder that two ingredients, flour and water, can be transformed into so many shapes and tastes. White bread may still be king in the U.S., but other breads are closing in. Now, the untold story of Bread, on Modern Marvels
In the world of surveillance, Big Brother is not only watching, he's also listening, analyzing, recording, scanning, and tracking every aspect of our lives. And with advanced surveillance technology, there's virtually no place to hide. SURVEILLANCE TECH examines some of the most important and potentially terrifying equipment the world has ever seen--or rather, not seen--in this thriving surveillance revolution. Check out parabolic microphones that pick up conversations a mile a way, cameras that learn what and who to photograph, RadarVision that "sees through walls", and Uninhabited Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). And explore the mind-bending future of surveillance technology, while, of course, reviewing its surprising history.
The Manhattan Project” is an important episode documenting the history of the atomic bomb and of President Truman’s use of this weapon twice to end World War II.The film shows the Los Alamos, Oak Ridge and even Hanford, Washington facilities I.The actual history starts out in 1939 with a letter for FDR proposing the possibility of the device. Many of America’s best scientists (including Fermi and Zolard) were assembled in Los Alamos, New Mexico, to develop the weapon, and the most controversial and perhaps psychologically unstable was Oppenheimer. At the same time, enormous facilities were built in Oak Ridge, TN to separate and produce the necessary components.President Truman was told that he might be impeached if he didn’t use the weapons.Hiroshima and Nagasaki were left untouched by conventional weapons in order to be “available” for nuclear weapons.
Documentary from History Channel about the Alaskan Pipeline a megaproject built at the heights of the 70's oil crisis through unforgiving terrain and terrible weather conditions in the Arctic circle.
Modern Marvels - Empire State Building The Empire State building rose to become the world's tallest man-made structure at a time when dreams were in short supply. Planned during the 1920s, construction was almost grounded by the Depression until the "Cathedral of Dreams" came to symbolize the indomitable American spirit. "Two stories a day" became the mission. Up went the rivets, the steel and the fearless men. In just two years the miracle of engineering was finished, justifying a nation's belief in itself. Here is the colorful story of this beloved building, including the innovations it inspired, and its enduring popularity today. From the first plans to the final rivet, explore the incredible story of the EMPIRE STATE BUILDING
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