Modern Marvels
Season 5, Episode 7: Great Towers in the Sky
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Viewer discretion is advised for those with vertigo! Featuring rare construction footage and interviews with steely-nerved iron workers who risked death to build them, we climb to the top of the world's tallest, most innovative, and most thrilling structures, including Seattle's Space Needle, Toronto's CN Tower, and Las Vegas's Stratosphere. The architects who designed these astounding buildings explain how each broke the boundaries of architecture at the time it was built.
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.