The BEST episodes of Modern Marvels season 4
Every episode of Modern Marvels season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Modern Marvels season 4!
Celebrating ingenuity, invention and imagination brought to life on a grand scale, MODERN MARVELS tells the fascinating stories of the doers, dreamers and sometime-schemers who created everyday items, technological breakthroughs and man-made wonders.
#1 - The Great Wall Of China
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/22/1997
The Great Wall of China mirrors China's turbulent history. Over two millenia the Chinese built, expanded or demolished parts of the wall in response to interstate rivalry, civil war, threat of invasion and relative peace. But only recently did the Chinese begin to regard this incredible structure with pride rather than shame.
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Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/23/1997
Venture inside some of world's most famous and fascinating structures in search of answers to their timeless mysteries.
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#3 - Radio: Out of Thin Air
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/24/1997
Though now considered a country cousin when compared to the sophisticated television, merely a century ago, the radio galvanized communications as it linked the world without wires. The program examines the long life of the radio.
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Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/13/1997
They are the centerpiece of all great amusement parks, heart-stopping rides with names like 'The Cyclone' and 'The Beast'.
#5 - Stealth Technology
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/16/1997
Take to the skies with the most advanced planes ever built. Learn how the radical design and cutting-edge technology of the F-117 and its larger cousin, the B-2 Bomber, allow these planes to avoid detection by even the most sophisticated radar systems.
#6 - Household Wonders
Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/14/1997
Reviews the revolution in home improvement and glimpses the kitchen of tomorrow. Included: the development of the stove, sewing machine, refrigerated air, washing machine, vacuum cleaner, toaster, and mixer.
#7 - Observatories: Stonehenge To Space Telescopes
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/8/1997
Trace the complete history of mankind's eternal quest to unlock the mysteries of the heavens, and get an astonishing view of the very edge of the universe through the incredible Hubble telescope.
#8 - Forensic Science
Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 9/28/1997
From Sherlock Holmes' examination of the physical evidence at a crime scene to today's DNA technology, we review the history of crime detection through the use of forensic science.
#9 - Captured Light
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/1/1997
The development of the photo camera was one of the most significant invention. The captured image has transformed the way we see our world, preserving moments forever with the push of a button. Modern Marvels; presents the strange saga of the birth of photography.
#10 - Aqueducts
Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 1/4/1998
The story of how man has moved water from place to place since ancient times up through Mulholland's Los Angeles aqueduct and the present.
#11 - Radar
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 9/21/1997
Examine the history of this landmark technology, from its role in the Allied victory in World War II, to its widespread use in air traffic control, ocean surveillance, astronomy, geology and meteorology.
#12 - Great Towers in the Sky
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/7/1997
A profile of history's greatest tower including the Tower of Babel, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Big Ben, and the Eiffel Tower. Also features in depth looks at the Seattle Space Needle, the CN Tower in Toronto, and the Las Vegas Stratosphere.
#13 - NORAD: The War Game Fortress
Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 10/19/1997
Journey inside the top-secret headquarters of NORAD–the North American Aerospace Defense Command–a binational military command composed of the United States and Canada. See how its primary mission has changed through the years, and go inside the Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center.
#14 - Earth Movers: The Power to Move Mountains
Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 10/27/1997
Feel the earth move under your feet and dig into the fascinating history of earthmoving equipment--from invention of the simple spade to today's powerful steam shovels. Meet the legendary giants like John Deere, Jerome Case, and the founders of Caterpillar, who helped forge America's monolithic construction industry.
#15 - The Stock Exchange
Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 10/12/1997
Welcome to the center of the American economy, where nearly $90-million changes hands each minute. Journey back to the wooden wall, built to hold back Indians, where early traders signed a pact creating the New York Stock Exchange; watch worldwide markets quake with the crash of 1929; and visit today's computer-driven wonder.
#16 - The Search for the Polio Vaccine
Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 10/5/1997
When "poliomyelitis" swept the nation, thousands died or were disabled before American ingenuity, trial and error, and blatant acts of desperation led to one of the greatest scientific breakthroughs in history. We'll see how polio shaped the vision of FDR, and catapulted the young unknown doctor Jonas Salk to international celebrity.
#17 - Satellites
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/17/1997
It took the innovation of three men, including a visionary British science fiction writer and a Nazi engineer, and one of the most desperate technological races of all time to create the satellite. See how satellites evolved into the world's most essential communications tools, and explore the stunning capabilities of modern spy "birds".
#18 - International Airports
Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 10/28/1997
The developments and technology of international airports' construction and operation.
#19 - Air Force One: A History
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/1/1997
Until the airplane soared on the scene, the President was mostly Washington-bound; then, in 1910, Teddy Roosevelt took to the sky! From FDR's custom-tailored prop plane to today's technological wonder, the program examines the evolution of the Oval Office in the Sky.
#20 - American Steel: Built to Last
Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 1/18/1998
For over a century, the US steel industry was a powerful symbol of the nation's industrial might. Steel helped explode the stock market into an overnight powerhouse, and transformed a country of farmers and merchants into a nation of visionary builders. But America's domination of the market would meet new challenges in the 1970s.
#21 - Deep Sea Exploration: Challenging the Abyss
Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 11/3/1997
Chronicling the development of deep-sea exploration and the vessels and devices that make it possible. Also: some of the revolutionary findings that have resulted from marine exploration.
#22 - The Alaskan Oil Pipeline
Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 11/4/1997
In 1973, a desperate America, starved by an OPEC embargo, began construction on an 800-mile lifeline for its insatiable oil hunger. We'll examine this technological triumph, built over impenetrable mountains and tundra, where temperatures drop to 75 below zero. We also study its impact on a fragile ecological system.
#23 - Battlefield Engineering
Season 4 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/8/1998
Meet some of the most important, yet least-recognized, warriors--the battlefield engineers who lay the groundwork for oncoming conflicts. We'll cover combat engineering from ancient Rome to modern-day Iraq, and take a look at the "Next Big Thing".