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Modern Marvels (1993)

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Built by Hand

TMDb

Air Date:

2025-12-06

Genre

Documentary

Release Date

1993

End Date

2022

Episode Description

We live in a highly mechanized world in which billions of products are made by machines–but there are some things that can be built only by using an even more sophisticated tool–the human hand. In New Mexico, a pilot who builds his own jet-powered glider takes to the skies–his very life depending on his handiwork. Canoe makers in Montana, and a knife maker in Washington, handcraft items so unique that customers are willing to pay significantly higher prices than if they were machine made. In the farmlands of Central California, craftsmen keep alive the ancient art of weapon making–see their gleaming suits of armor in action, as weekend warriors do battle. Ever wonder how those impressive animal skeletons in museums are constructed? The artists of Skulls International in Oklahoma City share their secrets. And in Hollywood, the Chiodo brothers reveal how handmade special effects have a charm and character that today's computer animators can't duplicate.

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American Steel: Built to Last.

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Weather Prediction

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U.S. Mints: Money Machines

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Scuba And Deep Sea Diving

Offshore Oil Drilling

The City Beneath Our Feet

Space Stations.

Great Inventions

Police Technology

Disaster Technology

Camping Technology

China's Great Dam

The Maginot Line

Video Games: Behind The Fun

Farming Technology

London Underground

Combat Training.

Remote Operated Vehicles

Proving Grounds

Commercial Jets

Survival Technology

Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel

Construction Machines

Monster Trucks.

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Chemical And Biological Weapons

International Airports II

The World Trade Center

Hardware Stores

The St. Louis Arch

War Planes of World War II

Big Rigs of Combat: Tanks and Jeeps

Tunnels of Vietnam.

James Bond Gadgets.

Million Dollar Tech

Siege Machines.

Axes, Swords and Knives.

The World's Biggest Machines.

The Manhattan Project.

Beach Technology

Strategic Air Command.

Liberty Ships of World War II

The Chrysler Building.

The Internet: Behind The Web

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Secret Life Of The Crash Test Dummy

More Bond Gadgets

Trans-Siberian Railroad

Castles & Dungeons

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Winter Warriors

The Alcan Highway

Twin Towers of the East

The Mackinac Bridge

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Army Corps of Engineers

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Ball Turret Gunners

U.S. Guns of World War II

T-34: Russian Victory

Harley-Davidson

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Million Dollar Guns

Dangerous Cargo

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Breaking the Sound Barrier

Terror Tech: Military

Nature Tech: Tornadoes

Military Movers

Terror Tech: Defending the Highrise

Aircraft Carrier

The Gunboats of Vietnam

Space Shuttle Columbia

Guns of the Russian Military

Pacific Coast Highway

Oil Fire Fighting

Command Central

Front Line Reporting

Nature's Engineers

Engineering Disasters 6

The Subs of WWII

A-10 Tankbuster

Greatest Movies Gadgets

World War I Tech

Extreme Aircraft

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Edwards Air Force Base

Deadliest Weapons

The Doomsday Clock

Machines of D-Day

John Hancock Center

The Cape Cod Canal

Secret Japanese Aircraft of World War II

Secrets of Soviet Space Disasters

Challenger Tank

World's Biggest Machines 4

Secret Luftwaffe Aircraft of World War II

The World's Fastest

The B-2 Stealth Bomber

High Risk: Helicopter Lineman

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Engineering an Empire: Rome

Cereal: History in a Bowl

F-117 Nighthawk Stealth

German Small Arms of World War II

Secret Allied Aircraft of World War II

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American Eats Special

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Super Tools: Skyscraper

Making Medieval Armor

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Weapons of Mass Destruction

Barbarian Battle Tech

More Military Movers

Deep Sea Salvage

It Came From Outer Space

World's Strongest II

Engineering Disasters of the '70s

Nature Tech: Volcanoes

Extreme Aircraft II

World's Sharpest

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Environmental Tech II

Inside Your Walls

Mega Speed Countdown

Mega Weapon Countdown

Mega Food Countdown

Mega Snack Countdown

Super Strong Countdown

Amazing Job Countdown

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Hottest Rides Countdown

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The Future of Food

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Adventure Machines

Heavy Machinery

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