Season 11
(2004)
Cast
as Self - Narrator
Episodes
Guns of the Russian Military 0.0
January 16, 2004
Forged in Europe’s shadow, Russian small arms were once dismissed as crude copies. Often lacking the finish of Western …
The F-15 0.0
January 17, 2004
Built to put U.S. pilots back in charge of the skies, the F-15 Eagle proved its superiority in Desert Storm and Operati…
The Submarines 0.0
January 22, 2004
Pacific Coast Highway 0.0
February 4, 2004
For 25 years, construction crews dug, blasted, tunneled, and bridged their way up America's West Coast along the Califo…
Gangster Guns 0.0
February 12, 2004
Ship of Gold 0.0
February 13, 2004
Racetrack Tech 0.0
February 18, 2004
A look at the “science of safety” as applied to Indy or NASCAR racing. From tires to roll-cages to hood flaps, we exami…
Oil Fire Fighting 0.0
March 3, 2004
When a burning gusher shoots flames into the air, only a handful of men know how to snuff out the monster. Fighting fir…
Command Central 0.0
March 17, 2004
“Centcom” in Doha, Qatar represents everything a modern military command post can be with the most sophisticated milita…
Front Line Reporting 0.0
March 19, 2004
In March 2003, embedded civilian correspondents rolled along with the U.S. military convoy as it invaded Iraq. Equipped…
Nature's Engineers 0.0
March 31, 2004
Towering skyscrapers buzzing with life, intricate tunnels connecting entire communities, mighty dams that tame the wild…
Bible Tech 0.0
April 7, 2004
Arguably the most influential book ever written, the Bible provides a glimpse into the origins of ancient technology an…
The Power Grid 0.0
April 14, 2004
The largest manmade machine ever created, the electric power grid traverses the nation from California to Maine, Florid…
Bathroom Tech 0.0
April 21, 2004
From tub to toilet to toothpaste, here's everything you ever wanted to know about the most used and least discussed roo…
Engineering Disasters 6 0.0
April 28, 2004
An in-depth look at the modern era's most complex, deadly, and controversial engineering failures. With the aid of 3-D …
F-18 Hornet 0.0
April 30, 2004
One aircraft in the U.S. arsenal best typifies the will to win. Using the latest and most sophisticated computerized te…
Hydraulics 0.0
May 12, 2004
The machines that helped build our world have been powered by hydraulics, a compact system of valves, hoses, and pumps …
The Subs of WWII 0.0
May 20, 2004
Plane Crashes 0.0
May 26, 2004
When the most sophisticated machines fail, they do so horrifically, plunging to earth with a terrifying loss of life. F…
D-Day Tech 0.0
June 3, 2004
Modern Marvels shines the spotlight on the array of inventions that made the epic invasion possible, telling the storie…
A-10 Tankbuster 0.0
June 7, 2004
Nicknamed the 'Warthog', the A-10 Tankbuster is one of the U.S. military's most prolific air support fighters. Focuses …
Rubber 0.0
June 9, 2004
The story of rubber is more than tires, toys, gloves, and gum–it’s imbedded in modern life, from the controversial Chal…
City Water 0.0
June 15, 2004
When you tap your faucet does clean, pure water flow? Can your city supply enough water for industry, firefighting, and…
Greatest Movies Gadgets 0.0
June 17, 2004
Cars that fly and drive themselves. Spiffy spy tools that see under doors and through walls. Water “Harleys” that fly a…
Robots 0.0
July 6, 2004
Nuclear Tech 0.0
July 8, 2004
Nuclear research ranges from well-known applications, such as bombs and reactors, to little-known uses in medicine, foo…
Apollo 11 0.0
July 21, 2004
As mankind's greatest achievement of the 20th century, Apollo 11 stood as the apogee of science, exploration, flight, a…
World War I Tech 0.0
July 30, 2004
The first bombing airplanes and widespread use of chemical weapons…earliest tanks…submarines. When Industrial-Age techn…
Distilleries 0.0
August 4, 2004
From water and grain…to mash…still…vat…barrel and bottle–the distilling of alcoholic spirits is a big business and near…
Oil Tankers 0.0
August 11, 2004
The biggest moving objects ever built by man, oil tankers dominate the world’s waterways, both in size and numbers. Upw…
Athens Subway 0.0
August 18, 2004
Under Athens' bustling metropolis, an unique engineering project transformed the city, building a new underground Metro…
Extreme Aircraft 0.0
August 25, 2004
Join us for a supersonic look at some of the most cutting-edge aircraft ever developed–from the X-1 that first broke th…
Engineering Disasters 7 0.0
August 31, 2004
Engineers and architects reveal what went wrong in five engineering disasters, including Baldwin Hills Dam that suddenl…
George Washington Bridge 0.0
September 1, 2004
When opened on October 25, 1931, the George Washington Bridge was the longest suspension bridge in the world. Today, st…
Building a Skyscraper: The Skeleton 0.0
September 7, 2004
What does it take to construct a building that will cover an entire city block? Try 13,000 tons of steel, 36,000 cubic …
Building a Skyscraper: The Exterior 0.0
September 6, 2004
For two years, we’ve followed construction of the new California Department of Transportation headquarters in downtown …
Building a Skyscraper: The Human Environment 0.0
September 7, 2004
In hour three of our crash course on mega-skyscraper construction, we learn about the human element and development of …
Building a Skyscraper: The Arteries 0.0
September 7, 2004
For two years, we’ve followed the construction of the new California Department of Transportation headquarters in LA to…
The Sears Tower 0.0
September 8, 2004
Some 23,000 people walk through the Sears Tower’s domed entrances daily. 104 elevators (some double-decker), moving at …
St. Lawrence Seaway 0.0
September 15, 2004
The St. Lawrence Seaway is a monumental stairway in water, lifting massive ships hundreds of feet over thousands of mil…
Guns of WWII 0.0
September 17, 2004
St. Lawrence Tech 0.0
September 22, 2004
Police Pursuit 0.0
September 22, 2004
Join us for a high-speed look at police pursuits in an adrenaline-filled hour focused on the history and evolution of t…
SOS Tech 0.0
September 28, 2004
A look at the technology that changed the serious game of Search and Rescue forever. At the mouth of Oregon’s Columbia …
More of the World's Biggest Machines 0.0
September 29, 2004
The ultimate celebration of outsized equipment returns for a second sweep through a world where size is everything.
Firefighting: The Arson Detectives 0.0
September 30, 2004
Meet crime fighters who take on fiery killers. In Houston, visit the site of a suspicious fire with Fire Marshall Lalo …
Guns of Israel 0.0
October 1, 2004
One of the youngest and smallest nations, Israel has produced some of the world’s fiercest weapons. In 1952, shortly af…
Engineering Disasters 8 0.0
October 5, 2004
Join us for a devastating but enlightening hour as we delve into complex and often-tragic engineering failures that hav…
Harvesting 0.0
October 6, 2004
Cutting, digging, picking, stripping, shaking, and raking–whatever the crop, there's a custom machine to harvest it. It…
Engineering Disasters 9 0.0
October 12, 2004
What happens when the calculations of builders and engineers prove wrong and their constructs come tumbling down? In th…
Guns of the Civil War 0.0
October 15, 2004
Engineering Disasters 10 0.0
October 19, 2004
Disasters investigated include: the 1984 Union Carbide debacle in Bhopal, India, where a toxic chemical release killed …
Presidential Movers 0.0
October 20, 2004
The vehicles that transport the President of the United States aren’t your ordinary planes, trains, and automobiles. Th…
Gas Tech 0.0
October 20, 2004
Gas–it makes a balloon go up, cooks our food, and fills our lungs. But this invisible state of matter does far more, an…
Engineering Disasters 11 0.0
October 26, 2004
Disasters profiled are a liquid natural gas explosion in Cleveland, the collapse of the Kansas City Hyatt walkway, floo…
The World's Longest Bridge 0.0
October 27, 2004
Bridges are the lifeline of Japan. Since the 1930s, the island nation has dreamt of linking its many parts as a whole. …
Japanese Sub at Pearl Harbor 0.0
October 28, 2004
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was a move of unprecedented aggression that shook the U.S. out of its peaceful slum…
M1 Abrams Supertank! 0.0
October 29, 2004
Join us as we penetrate the history of the world’s most sophisticated tank–the M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank. In the most …
Engineering Disasters 12 0.0
November 9, 2004
In Milwaukee, 104 died after drinking contaminated tap water. At Texas A&M;, a tradition turned tragic when a pile of b…
Surveillance Tech 0.0
November 10, 2004
In the world of surveillance, Big Brother is not only watching, he’s also listening, analyzing, recording, scanning, an…
Engineering Disasters 13 0.0
November 16, 2004
In this hour, death seeps out of the ground into a neighborhood sitting on a toxic waste dump at Love Canal in New York…
Submarine Disasters 0.0
November 17, 2004
When the men and women aboard a modern submarine hear the command to dive, they can take a measure of comfort in the fa…
Engineering Disasters 14 0.0
November 23, 2004
In this hour, we examine a massive oil tanker explosion that killed nine; a subway tunnel cave-in that swallowed part o…
Movie Theaters 0.0
November 24, 2004
Washington Monument 0.0
December 1, 2004
The US capital boasts many memorials, but none with a more bizarre history than the obelisk erected to America's first …
Engineering Disasters 15 0.0
December 8, 2004
A series of construction errors causes a devastating flood that brings Chicago to a standstill. A deadly accident traps…
Snack Food Tech 0.0
December 16, 2004
Extruders, molds, in-line conveyor belts. Are these machines manufacturing adhesives, plastics, or parts for your car? …
More Dangerous Cargo! 0.0
December 21, 2004
It comes in many deadly shapes and sizes, and the transportation of dangerous cargo is one of the most meticulously pla…
Commercial Fishing 0.0
December 22, 2004
Battered and fried or simply raw–seafood is a popular dish, no matter how you serve it. Americans consume more than 5-b…
Ancient Discoveries (1) 0.0
December 22, 2004
Ancient Discoveries (2) 0.0
December 22, 2004
Ancient Discoveries (3) 0.0
December 22, 2004
Engineering Disasters 16 0.0
December 23, 2004
Chaos in Guadalajara, Mexico, when the city streets explode; an airplane crash outside of Paris that ranks as one of th…
Doomsday Tech 0.0
December 28, 2004
Doomsday threats range from very real (nuclear arsenals) to controversial (global warming) to futuristic (nanotechnolog…
More Doomsday Tech 0.0
December 28, 2004
The second deadly hour examines more threats–both natural and manmade–that may endanger civilization. From the far reac…
The Computer 0.0
December 29, 2004