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Modern Marvels

Modern Marvels

Description: The host provides an insight into how gadgets from the past and the present have impacted society and brought about far-reaching changes in human lives.
Genre: History
Year Released: 1995
Number of episodes: 690
First episode air date: January 1, 1995
Narrated By: Lloyd Sherr, Harlan Saperstein, Will Lyman, Bill Ratner, Jack Perkins, David Ackroyd
Networks: History, A+E Networks, H2
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