Synopsis
Man, Moment, Machine was a television series which aired on The History Channel and was hosted by Hunter Ellis. It documented an important event in history and went into detail about, as the title suggests, the man and his background, the machine and how it was made, and the outcome.
Episodes
1E1Hunting Bonnie and ClydeAn episode about Bonnie and Clyde Barrow use of the BAR machine gun to rob banks during the Great Depression.60m2E2The Great Sub Rescue60m3E3Doolittle's Daring RaidRecalling Doolittle's Raid on Tokyo in 1942, when a squadron of B-25 bombers made a retaliatory attack headed by Lt. Col. James Doolittle.60m4E4Stormin' Norman and the Abrams TankGeneral Norman Schwarzkopf uses the M1A1 Abrams tank to liberate the Kuwaitis in just 100 hours in the "Mother of all battles" against the elite Republican Guard in Kuwait.60m5E5Shot Down: The U-2 Spyplane60m6E6Mine Rescue MaskAn episode dealing with the African American Inventor Garrett Morgan and his patented Morgan Safety Mask. His invention rose to prominence in 1916, when it was used to rescue 32 men in a collapsed tunnel underneath Lake Erie, and eventually became the basis for Air Rescue and Safety Masks used by the Military and Civilians alike.60m7E7Wernher von Braun and the V2 Rocket60m8E8Thomas Edison and the Electric ChairThis episode explores the intersection between the invention of the electric chair, its significant moment in history, and its inventor Thomas Edison.60m9E9Howard Hughes and the Spruce GooseHoward Hughes takes on the challenge to build an enormous flying boat capable of airlifting 750 troops and war materiel as heavy as tanks across the Atlantic Ocean in support of the Allied war effort, thus avoiding the threat of German U-boats. The project becomes the focus of Hughes OCD. Even after the project is canceled by the military his company successfully builds and Hughes personally flies the prototype dubbed by its detractors as the spruce goose.60m10E10Ultimate Weapon: Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb.J. Robert Oppenheimer, the Father of the A-bomb, creates the world's deadliest weapon of mass destruction--with the "power of 1,000 suns" it can annihilate tens of thousands in a moment. His scientific brilliance is the power behind the atom bombs used against the Japanese during WWII, but his conscience led him to question the invention that helped end the war. Watch as Oppenheimer paces anxiously in New Mexico while the crew on a B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay, deploys the massive "Little Boy" bomb towards the Aioi Bridge in Hiroshima. The resulting massive loss of life leads Oppenheimer to rethink the way in which nuclear energy was to be used.60m11E11The Higgins Landing Craft60m12E12Dambuster: WWII's Bouncing Bomb60m13E1325,000 Miles Non-Stop: Voyager Spacecraft60m14E14Sikorsky and the Rescue Chopper60m
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