Extreme Machines (1997)
This series features some of the world's biggest and meanest machines and examines their complex mechanics.
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Episode 1 - Diving Deep
Release Date: 1997-04-26All About Submersibles
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Episode 2 - Choppers
Release Date:All About Helicopters. Featuring the AH-64 Apache.
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Episode 3 - Hovercrafts
Release Date: 1997-04-26All About Hovercraft
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Episode 4 - Image Impossible
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Episode 5 - Fatest Man on Earth
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Episode 6 - Race Cars
Release Date: 1997-04-26All About Race Cars
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Episode 7 - Rockets
Release Date: 1997-04-26Featuring Rocket Tech: Space Shuttle, Energia/Buran, Long March 3B, Ariane 5, V-2 Rocket, R-16/SS-7 Saddler, R-7 Semyorka/SS-6 Sapwood, Vostok, Mercury, Saturn V, DC-XA
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Episode 8 - Roller Coasters
Release Date: 1997-04-26All About Roller Coasters
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Episode 9 - Space Planes
Release Date: 1997-04-26Featuring: Space Shuttle, DC-XA, VentureStar, Energia/Buran, HOPE-X, Hermes
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Episode 10 - Speed Freaks
Release Date: 1997-04-26Going Fast...
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Episode 11 - Wheels of Steel
Release Date: 1997-04-26This program focuses on the fastest, largest, and tallest trains. We take a brief look at the steam era -- at the Mallard and the huge Big Boys of the Union Pacific railways and a more detailed look at the trains of today -- in particular the French TGV with its top speed of 320 mph. We investigate breaking systems, on-board computer systems and the latest in hi-tech tracks. We show some of the spectacular train crashes and disasters across time and take the audience on a time-lapse trip from London to Paris. Finally, we look at plans for the future with NASA's Maglifter concept -- a launch lift for tomorrow's space train.