Modern Marvels: Great Inventions (2000)
XviD Release Title: Modern.Marvels.Great.Inventions.2000.DVDRip.XviD-rXnX
Retail DVD release date: 03-28-2006
Rip date: 08-08-2006
Theatrical release date: TV
Source/Frame Rate: NTSC DVD5 @ 29.971 FPS
Genre: Documentary
Framesize/Aspect Ratio: 512x384 (1.33:1) [=4:3]
Audio bitrate: 48000Hz VBR 192 kb/s total LAME3.97b
Video bitrate: 963 kbps
Movie runtime/Length: 45 minutes
DVD site info link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000CS461E/102
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Size: 25x15mb
Codec: XviD 2pass
DRF average: Qf 0.163
Language: English
Subtitles: None
PLOT:
This program examines some of humanity's most outstanding
technological achievements. This episode provides a survey of
some of the inventions upon which modern society depends. From
the printing press to the Internet, the steam engine to the jet
airplane, our world owes a debt to the men and women who labored
over their visions until they became reality. The program takes
the viewer to the laboratories of inventors, from Tesla to Madame
Curie, for a firsthand look at the creative process that produced
the products of today's world.