Modern Marvels

Modern Marvels (1993 – ...)

1993 • 23 seasons • Documentary • TV-PG

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Episode 37 — Breaking the Sound Barrier

Season 10 • Modern Marvels

Released: 2003-07-16 • Documentary

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For decades, the sound barrier loomed as an impenetrable wall against manned flight that buffeted planes with shock waves as they approached the speed of sound. Scientists thought the barrier couldn’t be breached–until the development of jet technology and rocket fuel at the end of WWII. This is the dramatic story, told through the eyes of many who were there, of the work leading up to October 10, 1947, when 24-year-old test pilot Chuck Yeager smashed through the sound barrier in a Bell EM XS-1 /EM aircraft.

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Episode 1
Trans-Siberian Railroad
2003-01-01

Episode 2
Castles & Dungeons
2003-01-07

Episode 3
Ice Road Truckers
2003-01-30

Episode 4
Winter Warriors
2003-01-31

Episode 5
Booby Traps
2003-02-04

Episode 6
The Alcan Highway
2003-02-11

Episode 7
Twin Towers of the East
2003-03-04

Episode 8
The Mackinac Bridge
2003-03-05

Episode 9
Bullet Trains
2003-03-11

Episode 10
Non-Lethal Weapons
2003-03-13

Episode 11
Space Stations
2003-03-14

Episode 12
Army Corps of Engineers
2003-03-18

Episode 13
Black Hawk: Night Stalker
2003-03-26

Episode 14
Japanese Guns of WWII
2003-03-26

Episode 15
Titanic Tech
2003-04-01

Episode 16
Coal Mines
2003-04-02

Episode 17
Secrets of the Acropolis
2003-04-10

Episode 18
Machine Guns
2003-04-30

Episode 19
Ball Turret Gunners
2003-05-01

Episode 20
U.S. Guns of World War II
2003-05-08

Episode 21
MiG 15
2003-05-10

Episode 22
T-34: Russian Victory
2003-05-10

Episode 23
Tank Crews
2003-05-15

Episode 24
Harley-Davidson
2003-05-21

Episode 25
Torture Devices
2003-05-22

Episode 26
Cosmodrome
2003-05-26

Episode 27
Exterminator
2003-06-03

Episode 28
Million Dollar Guns
2003-06-07

Episode 29
High Voltage
2003-06-24

Episode 30
4x4
2003-06-22

Episode 31
Dangerous Cargo
2003-06-25

Episode 32
Gunslingers
2003-06-26

Episode 33
More Engineering Disasters
2003-07-02

Episode 34
Engineering Disasters 4
2003-07-02

Episode 35
Nature Tech: Tsunamis
2003-07-08

Episode 36
Logging Tech
2003-07-09

Episode 37
Breaking the Sound Barrier
2003-07-16

Episode 38
Car Crashes
2003-07-23

Episode 39
Sandhogs
2003-07-23

Episode 40
Convertibles
2003-07-24

Episode 41
Loading Docks
2003-07-30

Episode 42
Terror Tech: Military
2003-08-05

Episode 43
Nature Tech: Tornadoes
2003-08-05

Episode 44
Military Movers
2003-08-06

Episode 45
Police Guns
2003-08-07

Episode 46
Terror Tech: Defending the Highrise
2003-08-12

Episode 47
Bullets
2003-08-13

Episode 48
Aircraft Carrier
2003-08-15

Episode 49
The Gunboats of Vietnam
2003-08-18

Episode 50
Metal
2003-08-19

Episode 51
Landmines
2003-08-21

Episode 52
Space Shuttle Columbia
2003-08-26

Episode 53
Overseas Highway
2003-09-03

Episode 54
Terror Tech: Civilian
2003-09-08

Episode 55
Machu Picchu
2003-09-24

Episode 56
The PT Boats
2003-09-24

Episode 57
The Battleships
2003-09-24

Episode 58
Early Machine Guns
2003-09-26

Episode 59
Smart Bombs
2003-09-30

Episode 60
Lake Pontchartrain Causeway
2003-10-15

Episode 61
Inviting Disaster 1: Three Mile Island
2003-10-21

Episode 62
The Luftwaffe
2003-10-22

Episode 63
Panzers
2003-10-22

Episode 64
U-Boats
2003-10-25

Episode 65
Inviting Disaster 2: The Kursk
2003-10-28

Episode 66
FBI's Crime Lab
2003-10-29

Episode 67
Inviting Disaster 3: Challenger and Columbia
2003-11-04

Episode 68
Inviting Disaster 4, Building Failures
2003-11-04

Episode 69
Shipyards
2003-11-05

Episode 70
Guns of the Sky
2003-11-07

Episode 71
Extreme Trucks
2003-11-12

Episode 72
Guns of Infamy
2003-11-17

Episode 73
ET Tech
2003-11-25

Episode 74
Million Dollar Cars
2003-11-26

Episode 75
The Technology of Lewis and Clark
2003-04-28

Episode 76
B-52: Stratofortress
2003-11-28

Episode 77
Extreme Sports Gadgets
2003-12-02

Episode 78
Rolls Royce
2003-12-02

Episode 79
Tailgating
2003-12-03

Episode 80
Wheel Estate
2003-12-03

Episode 81
Sports Cars
2003-12-04

Episode 82
Technology of Kitty Hawk
2003-12-17

Episode 83
Egyptian Pyramids
2003-12-18

Episode 84
The Berlin Wall
2003-12-19

Episode 85
Toys
2003-12-23

Episode 86
Engineering Disasters 5
2003-12-30

Information

Episode air date	16.07.2003
Episode runtime	44 min
Episode rating	0.00
Genres	Documentary
TMDB series rating	8.1
IMDb series rating	8.1
Series status	Returning series
Age rating	6+
Country	US

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