Bibliograph

The best of Modern Marvels, the History Channel presents ; produced by Digital Ranch, Jupiter Entertainment, and Hearst/Actuality for The History Channel, Vol. 4

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The best of Modern Marvels, the History Channel presents ; produced by Digital Ranch, Jupiter Entertainment, and Hearst/Actuality for The History Channel, Vol. 4

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

The best of Modern Marvels

Medium

videorecording DVD

Responsibility statement

the History Channel presents ; produced by Digital Ranch, Jupiter Entertainment, and Hearst/Actuality for The History Channel

Runtime

141

Summary

From awe-inspiring buildings and life-changing technological innovations to the worst engineering disasters of all time, Modern Marvels goes behind the scenes of history's most innovative creations and biggest failures

Table Of Contents

Engineering disasters 16. The series travels the globe for the stories behind Mexico's exploding streets, an Italian mining disaster, an oil tanker run aground off the coast of England, and a small Texas town whose children are forever entombed in the ruins of their schoolEngineering disasters 17. Record rain in Claifornia turns disastrous when a crack in the street transforms into a ggantic sinkhole, a fatal roof collapse at Charles de Gaulle International Airport causes chaos, the the flaw behind the plane crash that killed Knute Rockne is examinedEngineering disasters 18. Modern Marvels takes a look at the political pressures that put soldiers at risk in the case of the Army's Stryker Light Armored Vehicle, development demands that have forever altered California's landlocked Salton Sea, a labor-saving device which exposed consumers to dangerous levels of radiation, and the deaths of three men during the building of the Milwaukee Brewers' stadium

Technique

live action

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History Channel presents The best of Modern Marvels, Vol. 4

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