Modern Marvels

Friday, April 17

The Phonograph

Season 2 • Episode 22

The history of one of Thomas Edison's first inventions, the phonograph.

Friday, April 17

Radio: Out of Thin Air

Season 3 • Episode 2

Wireless technology transformed global communications; trace radio's century-long journey.

Friday, April 17

The Telephone

Season 2 • Episode 25

Alexander Graham Bell races Elisha Gray to patent the telephone.

Friday, April 17

The Motion Picture

Season 2 • Episode 24

Rare film from the Edison Studios marks the invention of the motion picture.

Friday, April 17

Television: Window to the World

Season 2 • Episode 26

The world's most popular entertainment, from who invented it to who made it a reality.

Friday, April 17

Computers

Season 7 • Episode 15

From devices designed to save the world to mind-expanding machines; the evolution of computers.

Friday, April 17

Batteries

Season 13 • Episode 27

How batteries are made, what they power and what uses they may have in the future.

Friday, April 17

Mad Electricity

Season 14 • Episode 10

Nikola Tesla creates the AC (alternating current) system of electrical power.

Friday, April 17

The Phonograph

Season 2 • Episode 22

The history of one of Thomas Edison's first inventions, the phonograph.

Friday, April 17

Radio: Out of Thin Air

Season 3 • Episode 2

Wireless technology transformed global communications; trace radio's century-long journey.

Friday, April 17

The Telephone

Season 2 • Episode 25

Alexander Graham Bell races Elisha Gray to patent the telephone.

Friday, April 17

The Motion Picture

Season 2 • Episode 24

Rare film from the Edison Studios marks the invention of the motion picture.

Friday, April 17

Television: Window to the World

Season 2 • Episode 26

The world's most popular entertainment, from who invented it to who made it a reality.

Friday, April 17

Computers

Season 7 • Episode 15

From devices designed to save the world to mind-expanding machines; the evolution of computers.

Friday, April 17

Batteries

Season 13 • Episode 27

How batteries are made, what they power and what uses they may have in the future.

Friday, April 17

Mad Electricity

Season 14 • Episode 10

Nikola Tesla creates the AC (alternating current) system of electrical power.

Saturday, April 18

The Phonograph

Season 2 • Episode 22

The history of one of Thomas Edison's first inventions, the phonograph.

Saturday, April 18

Radio: Out of Thin Air

Season 3 • Episode 2

Wireless technology transformed global communications; trace radio's century-long journey.

Saturday, April 18

The Telephone

Season 2 • Episode 25

Alexander Graham Bell races Elisha Gray to patent the telephone.

Saturday, April 18

The Motion Picture

Season 2 • Episode 24

Rare film from the Edison Studios marks the invention of the motion picture.

Saturday, April 18

Television: Window to the World

Season 2 • Episode 26

The world's most popular entertainment, from who invented it to who made it a reality.

Saturday, April 18

Computers

Season 7 • Episode 15

From devices designed to save the world to mind-expanding machines; the evolution of computers.

Saturday, April 18

Batteries

Season 13 • Episode 27

How batteries are made, what they power and what uses they may have in the future.

Saturday, April 18

Mad Electricity

Season 14 • Episode 10

Nikola Tesla creates the AC (alternating current) system of electrical power.

Sunday, April 19

Edwards Air Force Base

Season 11 • Episode 11

Edwards Air Force Base: America's premier flight test center for over 60 years testing all aircraft.

Monday, April 20

Edwards Air Force Base

Season 11 • Episode 11

Edwards Air Force Base: America's premier flight test center for over 60 years testing all aircraft.

Monday, April 20

Edwards Air Force Base

Season 11 • Episode 11

Edwards Air Force Base: America's premier flight test center for over 60 years testing all aircraft.

Monday, April 20

Edwards Air Force Base

Season 11 • Episode 11

Edwards Air Force Base: America's premier flight test center for over 60 years testing all aircraft.

Thursday, April 23

Stealth and Beyond: Air Stealth

Season 12 •

Stealth aircraft, ships and soldiers of the past, present and future.

Friday, April 24

Stealth and Beyond: Air Stealth

Season 12 •

Stealth aircraft, ships and soldiers of the past, present and future.

Friday, April 24

Roller Coasters: The Search for the Ultimate Thrill Ride

Season 2 • Episode 31

Advances in technology allow designers of roller coasters to test the limits of the human body.

Friday, April 24

Drag Racing

Season 8 • Episode 18

Dragsters hit top speeds above 330 mph racing down straightaways.

Friday, April 24

Motorcycles

Season 5 • Episode 23

Fast and powerful, they come in a hundred shapes and a thousand colors.

Friday, April 24

Limos

Season 8 • Episode 39

Limousines have been stretched to greater and greater lengths.

Friday, April 24

Driver's Seat

Season 15 • Episode 32

Behind the wheel of some of the largest, fastest and most powerful machines on the planet.

Friday, April 24

Traffic

Season 6 • Episode 15

Traffic was created on roadways, railways, airways, and seaways; traffic that must be controlled.

Friday, April 24

Tunnels

Season 2 • Episode 19

Design and construction of tunnels; Holland Tunnel; Lincoln Tunnel.

Friday, April 24

Trolley: The Cars That Built Our Cities

The world's architectural and engineering structures, scientific inventions and social wonders.

Friday, April 24

Roller Coasters: The Search for the Ultimate Thrill Ride

Season 2 • Episode 31

Advances in technology allow designers of roller coasters to test the limits of the human body.

Friday, April 24

Drag Racing

Season 8 • Episode 18

Dragsters hit top speeds above 330 mph racing down straightaways.

Friday, April 24

Motorcycles

Season 5 • Episode 23

Fast and powerful, they come in a hundred shapes and a thousand colors.

Friday, April 24

Limos

Season 8 • Episode 39

Limousines have been stretched to greater and greater lengths.

Friday, April 24

Driver's Seat

Season 15 • Episode 32

Behind the wheel of some of the largest, fastest and most powerful machines on the planet.

Friday, April 24

Traffic

Season 6 • Episode 15

Traffic was created on roadways, railways, airways, and seaways; traffic that must be controlled.

Friday, April 24

Tunnels

Season 2 • Episode 19

Design and construction of tunnels; Holland Tunnel; Lincoln Tunnel.

Friday, April 24

Trolley: The Cars That Built Our Cities

The world's architectural and engineering structures, scientific inventions and social wonders.

Saturday, April 25

Roller Coasters: The Search for the Ultimate Thrill Ride

Season 2 • Episode 31

Advances in technology allow designers of roller coasters to test the limits of the human body.

Saturday, April 25

Drag Racing

Season 8 • Episode 18

Dragsters hit top speeds above 330 mph racing down straightaways.

Saturday, April 25

Motorcycles

Season 5 • Episode 23

Fast and powerful, they come in a hundred shapes and a thousand colors.

Saturday, April 25

Limos

Season 8 • Episode 39

Limousines have been stretched to greater and greater lengths.

Saturday, April 25

Driver's Seat

Season 15 • Episode 32

Behind the wheel of some of the largest, fastest and most powerful machines on the planet.

Saturday, April 25

Traffic

Season 6 • Episode 15

Traffic was created on roadways, railways, airways, and seaways; traffic that must be controlled.

Saturday, April 25

Tunnels

Season 2 • Episode 19

Design and construction of tunnels; Holland Tunnel; Lincoln Tunnel.

Saturday, April 25

Trolley: The Cars That Built Our Cities

The world's architectural and engineering structures, scientific inventions and social wonders.

Monday, April 27

Edwards Air Force Base

Season 11 • Episode 11

Edwards Air Force Base: America's premier flight test center for over 60 years testing all aircraft.

Tuesday, April 28

Edwards Air Force Base

Season 11 • Episode 11

Edwards Air Force Base: America's premier flight test center for over 60 years testing all aircraft.

Tuesday, April 28

Edwards Air Force Base

Season 11 • Episode 11

Edwards Air Force Base: America's premier flight test center for over 60 years testing all aircraft.

Sunday, May 3

Battle Ready

Season 16 • Episode 12

Episode explores the science and technology of building and operating a base in a war zone.

Sunday, May 3

Machines of D-Day

Season 11 • Episode 18

In order to invade Nazi-occupied Europe, the Allies produce an array of specialized equipment.