Modern Marvels
Season 5 Episode 4 - Radio: Out Of Thin Air
8.1 ?
1993
Documentary
To some it was a miracle. Others call it the triumph of illiteracy. Somewhere between adoration and scorn. Somewhere between the carrier pigeon and television. There was and is radio. We take radio for granted. Perhaps think of it as a second rate medium. A poor relation to our pride and joy, television. But fewer than a hundred years ago, the discovery that people could communicate over great distances without wires, galvanized the world to a degree that has been equalled.
Episodes in Season 5
1
Polio Vaccine
44 min
2
The Motion Picture
44 min
3
Satellites.
44 min
4
Radio: Out Of Thin Air
44 min
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5
The Electric Light
44 min
6
The Phonograph
44 min
7
Great Towers in the Sky
44 min
8
Household Wonders.
44 min
9
Radar
44 min
10
Forensic Science: The Crime Fighter's Weapon.
44 min
11
The Stock Exchange
44 min
12
NORAD: The War Game Fortress
44 min
13
Earthmovers: The Power to Move Mountains
44 min
14
International Airports
44 min
15
Deep Sea Exploration: Challenging The Abyss
44 min
16
The Alaskan Oil Pipeline
44 min
17
American Steel: Built to Last.
44 min
18
Battlefield Engineering.
44 min
19
Statue of Liberty.
44 min
