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Great inventions / produced by Actuality Productions, Inc. ; Hearst Entertainment ; a presentation of the History Channel ; writer and producer, Jude Gerard Prest ; producer Bruce Nash.
LIBRA DVD 024 337
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Inventions--History.
- Inventions.
- History.
- Steam-engines--History.
- Steam-engines.
- Railroads--History.
- Railroads.
- Automobiles--History.
- Automobiles.
- Airplanes--History.
- Airplanes.
- Printing presses--History.
- Printing presses.
- Electric lighting--History.
- Electric lighting.
- Telegraph--History.
- Telegraph.
- Telephone--History.
- Telephone.
- Television--History.
- Television.
- Computers--History.
- Computers.
- Internet--History.
- Internet.
- Antibiotics--History.
- Antibiotics.
- X-rays--History.
- X-rays.
- Microscopes--History.
- Microscopes.
- Genre:
- Television series.
- Documentary television programs.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 50 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : A&E Home Video : distributed in the U.S. by New Video, [2002]
- System Details:
- DVD.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Tells the stories of the men and discoveries that have literally made history. Goes from the present, where the impact of these inventions is examined and then back in time to see how they came about, visiting the workshops, laboratories and garages where they were created. Examines the origins of the steam engine, railroads, the automobile, airplanes, the printing press, electric light, the telegraph, telephone and television, computers and the internet, antibiotics, x-rays and the microscope.
- Participant:
- Narrator, Harlen Saperstein.
- Credits:
- Editor, Florence Vinger, Sean Dash, Avi Fisher ; music, Alan Ett.
- Notes:
- Originally telecast on the History Channel (c2000) as a segment of the series Modern marvels.
- ISBN:
- 076707100X
- OCLC:
- 79400210
- Publisher Number:
- 733961723670
- AAE-72367 A&E Home Video
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