Modern Marvels
Season 5, Episode 9: Radar
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Examines the history of radar, focusing on its role in the Allies’ victory in WWII–from the Chain Home Network, rudimentary radar towers that ringed England’s eastern coast, to the role of Boston’s MIT in developing a smuggled English secret, the cavity of magnetron.
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.