Metal [videorecording] / produced by Actuality Productions, Inc. for the History Channel.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: AAE-43798 | A & E Home VideoSeries: Modern marvelsPublication details: [New York] : A & E Television Networks, c2003.Description: 1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 0767059743
  • 9780767059749
Other title:
  • Modern marvels : metal [Spine title]
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 669
LOC classification:
  • QD171
Production credits:
  • Writer/producer, Matthew P. Hickey ; producer, Bruce Nash.
Narrator, Max Raphael.Summary: Trace the development of the ubiquitous materials that literally support the modern world. Includes metals such as copper, bronze, tin, gold, iron, steel, aluminum, and the processes used to produce them. The journey begins with the ancient world, when the techniques of extracting and shaping bronze and then iron into tools and weapons were developed. The video continues into the 21st century with new metals/materials being designed at the molecular level. It also looks at the many ways that metal is woven into the fabric of our society.
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Writer/producer, Matthew P. Hickey ; producer, Bruce Nash.

Narrator, Max Raphael.

Trace the development of the ubiquitous materials that literally support the modern world. Includes metals such as copper, bronze, tin, gold, iron, steel, aluminum, and the processes used to produce them. The journey begins with the ancient world, when the techniques of extracting and shaping bronze and then iron into tools and weapons were developed. The video continues into the 21st century with new metals/materials being designed at the molecular level. It also looks at the many ways that metal is woven into the fabric of our society.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

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