DVD
The best of Modern Marvels [DVD] / the History Channel presents ; produced by Digital Ranch, Jupiter Entertainment, and Hearst/Actuality for The History Channel.
This comprehensive 14-disc collector's set features the most popular episodes of the groundbreaking Modern Marvels series and covers a broad range of technological breakthroughs and advancements. From environmental catastrophes like the Salton Sea to military blunders like Patriot missle errors, from subway tunnel cave-ins to oil tanker psills, these shows outline in intricate detail the devasting effect of technology gone awry. There is also a complete special on the destruction wrought by Hurricane Katrina.
Record details
- ISBN: 1422903516 (set) :
- ISBN: 9781422903513 (set) :
- ISBN: 1422903370 (v.1)
- ISBN: 9781422903377 (v.1)
- ISBN: 1422903389 (v.2)
- ISBN: 9781422903384 (v.2)
- ISBN: 1422903397 (v.3)
- ISBN: 9781422903391 (v.3)
- ISBN: 1422903400 (v.4)
- ISBN: 9781422903407 (v.4)
- ISBN: 1422903419 (v.5)
- ISBN: 9781422903414 (v.5)
- ISBN: 1422903427 (v.6)
- ISBN: 9781422903421 (v.6)
- ISBN: 1422903435 (v.7)
- ISBN: 9781422903438 (v.7)
- ISBN: 1422903443 (v.8)
- ISBN: 9781422903445 (v.8)
- ISBN: 1422903451 (v.9)
- ISBN: 9781422903452 (v.9)
- ISBN: 142290346X (v.10)
- ISBN: 9781422903469 (v.10)
- ISBN: 1422903478 (v.11)
- ISBN: 9781422903476 (v.11)
- ISBN: 1422903486 (v.12)
- ISBN: 9781422903483 (v.12)
- ISBN: 1422903494 (v.13)
- ISBN: 9781422903490 (v.13)
- ISBN: 1422903508 (v.14)
- ISBN: 9781422903506 (v.14)
- Physical Description: 14 videodiscs (ca. 2125 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
- Publisher: New York, NY : A & E Television Networks : 2007.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "35 hours of programming "--Container. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | V.1. Engineering disasters 4 -- Engineering disasters 5 -- Engineering disasters 6 -- Engineering disasters 7 -- v. 2. Engineering disasters 8 -- Engineering disasters 9 -- Engineering disasters 10 -- Engineering disasters 11 -- v.3. Engineering disasters 12 -- Engineering disasters 13 -- Engineering disasters 14 -- Engineering disasters 14 -- Engineering disasters 15 -- v.4. Engineering disasters 16 -- Engineering disasters 17 -- Engineering disasters 18 -- v.5. Engineering disasters 19 -- Engineering disasters 20 -- Engineering disasters : New Orleans -- v.6. Racetrack tech -- The autobahn -- The F-14 -- v.7. The Manhattan Project -- D-Day tech - Bullets -- v.8. Space Shuttle Columbia -- ET tech -- Rubber -- v.9. High-tech sex -- James Bond gadgets -- Bathroom tech -- v.10. Distilleries -- Harvesting -- Candy -- v.11. The Sears Tower -- The Chrysler Building -- Twin Towers of the East -- v.12. New York bridges -- George Washington Bridge -- Bridges -- v.13. The world's longest bridge -- Chesapeake Bay Bridge & Tunnerl -- Lighthouses -- v.14. Overseas highway -- The Mackinac Bridge -- Quarries. |
| Target Audience Note: | MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| System Details Note: | DVD. |
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| Subject: | Technology > History. Disasters. Technological innovations > History. Engineering > History. |
| Genre: | Documentary television programs. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date | |
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| Burlington Public Library | DVD BEST Discs 11-14 | 39851001275263 | DVD Series | Copy hold | Available | - |
| Burlington Public Library | DVD BEST Discs 5-8 | 39851001275248 | DVD Series | Copy hold | Available | - |