Modern Marvels
Season 5, Episode 11: The Stock Exchange
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Welcome to the center of the American economy, where nearly $90-million changes hands each minute. Journey back to the wooden wall, built to hold back Indians, where early traders signed a pact creating the New York Stock Exchange; watch worldwide markets quake with the crash of 1929; and visit today’s computer-driven wonder.
All Episodes - Season 5
Episode 1
Polio Vaccine
Episode 2
The Motion Picture
Episode 3
Satellites.
Episode 4
Radio: Out Of Thin Air
Episode 5
The Electric Light
Episode 6
The Phonograph
Episode 7
Great Towers in the Sky
Episode 8
Household Wonders.
Episode 9
Radar
Episode 10
Forensic Science: The Crime Fighter's Weapon.
Episode 11
The Stock Exchange
Episode 12
NORAD: The War Game Fortress
Episode 13
Earthmovers: The Power to Move Mountains
Episode 14
International Airports
Episode 15
Deep Sea Exploration: Challenging The Abyss
Episode 16
The Alaskan Oil Pipeline
Episode 17
American Steel: Built to Last.
Episode 18
Battlefield Engineering.
Episode 19
Statue of Liberty.