Name: Built to Last
Released: 2010-12-03

Modern Marvels

S17 · E6 — Built to Last

S17:E6 · Built to Last

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14 episodes in this season

Mega Stores

44 min

Supersized Food

44 min

Coin Operated II

44 min

Engineering Disasters 22

44 min

Dogs

44 min

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Built to Last

44 min

Secret Underground

44 min

Made in the USA

44 min

Driver's Seat

44 min

E10

Rice

44 min

E11

Packaging

44 min

E12

Grease

44 min

E13

Ropes & Chains

44 min

E14

American Trucking

44 min

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Season 17 · Episode 6 · Dec 3, 2010

Enter the amazing and ingenious ultra-sturdy shelters, machines, containers, materials and packaging designed to deny the ruination of society. The drive to create the indestructible has inspired some of the most prolific and awe inspiring results: The Cold War spawned personal bomb shelters in the 1950s. They weren't truly safe and secure, but today's 21st century version will last a millennium. And so will the special food you can get, along with all the comforts of home–like running water, plumbing and electricity. Caskets serve as our final resting place, but how long do they really last? Investigate how valuable data from a plane crash survives in a "black box" (that's not really black), to explain what might have caused the accident. And get an intimate look at the new "home" that protects and preserves one of the world's most valuable documents–the case that houses the original Declaration of Independence.

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Built to Last

Season 17 · Episode 6 · Dec 3, 2010

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