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3) Hoover dam
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Comprehensive chronicle of the Hoover Dam, one of the most ambitious engineering projects of all time. Shows the footage that documents every step of the monumental work of taming the Colorado to provide water and power to California, Nevada and Arizona. Includes interviews with the men who worked on the dam.
4) Berlin Wall
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Modern marvels shows how the 103-mile Berlin Wall was built and the role it played in dividing the East and west until it was brought down.
6) Drag racing
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Modern marvels tells the complete story of the cars used in drag racing. Before World War I, Model T Fords were modified to make them faster, and legendary designer, Bob Norwood, reveals his latest revolutionary design. You will see how a modern dragster is put togther, from the aerodynamic package to the 7000 horsepower engine.
7) Muscle cars
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During the 1960s and early '70s, American auto manufacturers competed to outdo each other when it came to pure power, and they delivered a series of high-performance vehicles that have gone into history as the muscle cars. Get a behind-the-scenes look at the high-profile and high-stakes battle among Ford, GM and Chrysler for the hearts and checkbooks of America's speed demons.
8) Panama Canal
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The French began construction on the Panama Canal in 1880, but abandoned the project after nine years and a loss of 20,000 lives. The United States took over the project and completed it on January 7, 1914. This historical account of its construction examines the ingenuity and enterprise that went into making it one of the 20th-century's engineering wonders.
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Delves into complex and often-tragic engineering failures, including the 1987 failure of New York's Schoharie Creek Bridge; the 1996 partial destruction of the Riverwalk Marketplace in New Orleans by a runaway freighter; the roof collapse at the Rosemont Horizon Arena in Illinois in 1979; the deadliest grain-dust explosion on record; and the crash of the British R101 airship in the 1920s.
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"Examines the following five events: a deadly explosion in Cleveland that killed 128 people in 1944; the collapse of a skywalk that killed 114 people at a Kansas City dance competition; the riveting collapse of a San Francisco mansion into a massive sinkhole; the 1931 Yangtze River floods that killed 145,000 people; and the 'miracle mineral' that turned out to be an invisible killer"--Distributor Web site.
12) Civil War tech / Produced by Actuality Productions, Inc. ; History Television Network Productions
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Military historians and experts detail the advances that made Civil War weaponry so deadly. The War between North and South introduced technology that was a quantum leap beyond that used in any previous conflict. The machine gun, aerial reconnaissance, advanced battlefield medicine, instantaneous communication, ironclad ships and even the first aircraft carrier all debuted during the Civil War. CIVIL WAR TECH investigates improvements in weapons,...
13) Computers
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The documentary traces the history and ongoing evolution of the computer.
14) Da Vinci Tech
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Documentary film that examines the engineering accomplishments of the ultimate Renaissance man.
15) The Eiffel Tower
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This historical tour of the world's most fabled and famous tower begins with the engineer behind it, Gustave Eiffel. When it was first built, just over a century ago, it provoked outrage and ire. The challenges and breakthroughs of its construction are examined.
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Sure, we all make mistakes, but when you're at the leading edge of human ingenuity and engineering ambition, one slip, one tiny error, can have almost unimaginable consequences. With over 14 hours of on-the-scene footage, powerful reenactments, expert analysis and graphic reconstructions, this fantastically popular show is the ultimate pre- and post-mortem on the most notorious engineering disasters of the past 40 years.
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