Man, Moment, Machine
Season 1
TV-PG
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.
Where to Watch Season 1
14 Episodes
- Doolittle's Daring RaidE3
Doolittle's Daring RaidThis episode revolves around the advent and use of the B25 Mitchell Bomber and the decision to strike at Tokyo in the months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec 7, 1941. The MAN involved is Lt. Col Jimmy Doolittle, the MOMENT is the decision to use aircraft carriers to launch land based bombers, the MACHINE is the B25 Mitchell Bomber. - Shot Down: The U-2 Spyplane
E5Shot Down: The U-2 SpyplaneThis episode chronicles the story of Francis Gary Powers and his fateful flight over the Soviet Union, and the disastrous consequences the shoot down had on nuclear non-proliferation talks between the Soviet Union and the United States. The MAN is pilot Francis Gary Powers, the MOMENT is the targeting and destruction of his plane by a newly developed Soviet Surface to Air missile, the MACHINE is the revolutionary U2 Spyplane. - Mine Rescue MaskE6
Mine 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. - Howard Hughes and the Spruce GooseE9
Howard 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. - Ultimate Weapon: Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb.E10
Ultimate 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.
