S9.E1 ∙ Thomas EdisonWed, Sep 25, 1968Thomas Edison wasn't merely a lone inventful genius. He invented modern research team makes possible technology shaping our world.Rate
S9.E3 ∙ MaterialsWed, Oct 9, 1968A review of history of man's oldest materials: wood, stone, iron, bronze and glass.Rate
S9.E4 ∙ StructureWed, Nov 6, 1968Defying force of gravity, man has strewn his structures across earth. This program looks at some of them.Rate
S9.E5 ∙ CommunicationsWed, Nov 13, 1968Much of this program deals with basic communications problem of getting a signal through noise.Rate
S9.E6 ∙ Canals And TunnelsWed, Nov 20, 1968The great engineers of past - men like DE Lesseps of Suez fame and Panama infamy and Bradley - whose canals were arteries of industrial revolution, sacrificed health and fortune, and sometimes lives.Rate
S9.E7 ∙ Central PowerWed, Nov 27, 1968One test of civilization is ability to organize sources of energy. Central power was something new in 1876.Rate
S9.E8 ∙ Man And MachinesWed, Dec 4, 1968The Greek inventor, Alexander Hero, first defined five basic devices which make all machines possible: lever, wedge, wheel, pulley and screw.Rate
S9.E9 ∙ Land And WaterWed, Dec 11, 1968This program shows how man changes his environment by shaping land he lives on, reclaiming land from sea, making new lakes and rivers.Rate
S9.E10 ∙ Man AloftWed, Dec 18, 1968This film looks, sometimes whimsically, at examples of old and modern flying machines.Rate
S9.E11 ∙ Portable PowerWed, Dec 25, 1968Man's first "portable power" device was part of his own body, energy from contraction of long molecules in presence of sugar: muscle power.Rate
S9.E12 ∙ Machines And Man: TransportationWed, Jan 1, 1969Are problems of urban transportation insurmountable? The traffic jams which are a regular feature of city life make it appear so.Rate
S9.E13 ∙ Machine And Man: Systems EngineeringWed, Jan 8, 1969A system, according to Oxford dictionary, is a whole composed of parts in orderly arrangement, according to some scheme or plan.Rate
S9.E14 ∙ AudubonMon, Mar 17, 1969A study of life and work of Jean Jacques Audubon, great painter-naturalist who captured beauty of American wildlife on canvas.Rate