Modern Marvels
Season 15 Episode 44 - Library of Congress
Where in Washington DC is the nation's most incredible treasure chest? It's a library unlike any other in the world, the U.S. Library of Congress in Washington D.C. Modern Marvels explodes the myth that this 200 year old institution is simply "where members of Congress borrow books". Viewers are taken beyond the magnificent Jefferson Building Great Hall into the secret vaults where more than 600 miles of shelves hold 130 million items, many of them priceless treasures - from George Washington's hand-written diaries to Galileo's first images of the moon to the original camera film of the movie Frankenstein. See how a staff of 4000 catalogues protects and preserves these treasures and distributes them globally via a new World Digital Library.
Episodes in Season 15
Milk
44 min
Carbon
44 min
90s Tech
44 min
Superhighways
44 min
World's Strongest III
44 min
Strange Weapons
44 min
Whiskey
44 min
Alaskan Fishing
44 min
Bread
44 min
Gadgets 3
44 min
Locomotives
44 min
Rats
44 min
Mad Electricity
44 min
Axes
44 min
Most Dangerous
44 min
Super Hot
44 min
Lead
44 min
Corpse Tech
44 min
Ice Cream
44 min
Bathroom Tech II
44 min
Crashes
44 min
Underwear
44 min
Batman Tech
44 min
Coin Operated
44 min
Secrets of Oil
44 min
Iron
44 min
Wheat
44 min
Dangerous Roads
44 min
Mold & Fungus
44 min
Soft Drinks
44 min
Corrosion & Decompositon
44 min
Bulls-eye
44 min
Halloween Tech
44 min
The Horse
44 min
The Turkey
44 min
Salt
44 min
Car Wash
44 min
Retro Tech
44 min
Super Human
44 min
Measure It
44 min
Night
44 min
Fry It
44 min
Mega Meals
44 min
Library of Congress
44 min
