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Have you ever wondered how the products you use every day are made? How It's Made leads you through the process of how everyday products, such as apple juice, skateboards, engines, contact lenses, and many

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Season 1

9.0/1074 votes
Hearing Aids, 3D Puzzles, Rubber Mats, Toilets
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/27/2001
Miniature electronic components are fitted into custom hearing aids, printed designs are cut and assembled into three-dimensional puzzles, rubber is processed into durable floor mats, and vitreous china is molded, glazed and fired to produce toilets.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
9.0/1068 votes
Copy Paper, Jeans, Computers, Plate Glass
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/3/2001
Wood pulp is refined and rolled into copy paper, denim is cut and sewn into jeans, electronic components are installed and tested in personal computers, and molten raw materials are formed into smooth sheets of plate glass.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
9.0/1063 votes
Nails and Staples, Safety Glasses, Fabrics, Bicycles
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/10/2001
Steel wire is cut and shaped into nails and staples, impact-resistant lenses and frames become safety glasses, yarn is woven or knitted into fabric, and bicycle frames and components are assembled into finished cycles.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
9.0/1061 votes
Kayaks, Safety Boots, Electronic Signs, Cereals
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/17/2001
The program examines the molding and outfitting of kayaks, construction of reinforced safety boots, assembly and programming of electronic signs, and large-scale preparation, cooking and packaging of breakfast cereal.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
9.0/1057 votes
Trucks, Adhesive Bandages, Computer Circuit Boards, Liquors
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/24/2001
Heavy truck chassis, engines, cabs and bodies are brought together on an assembly line; absorbent pads and adhesive strips become bandages; conductive pathways and components are added to printed circuit boards; and fermented ingredients are distilled and matured into liquor.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
9.0/1056 votes
Steel, Apple Juice, Aircraft Landing Gear, Cosmetics
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/3/2001
Raw materials are melted and processed into steel, apples are cleaned and pressed into juice, high-strength components are machined and assembled into aircraft landing gear, and pigments, oils and waxes are blended into cosmetics.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
9.0/1053 votes
Holograms, Package Printing, Skin Culture, Canned Corn
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/10/2001
Laser-recorded interference patterns are used to create holograms, high-speed presses print packaging materials, laboratory techniques grow replacement skin tissue, and corn is harvested, prepared, sealed and sterilized for canning.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
9.0/1054 votes
Plastic Bags, Solar Panels, Plastic Fuel Tanks, Hockey Sticks
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/17/2001
Plastic film is extruded, cut and sealed into bags; photovoltaic cells are connected and laminated into solar panels; durable polymers are molded into vehicle fuel tanks; and layered materials are shaped and finished into hockey sticks.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
9.0/1052 votes
Aluminum Screw Caps, Chocolate, Pills, Pasta
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 3/24/2001
Aluminum sheet is stamped and threaded into bottle caps, cocoa ingredients are refined and tempered into chocolate, pharmaceutical compounds are measured and compressed into pills, and flour-and-water dough is mixed and formed into pasta.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
9.0/1049 votes
Bicycle Helmets, Aluminum, Automotive Brakes, Lithium-Ion Batteries
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 3/31/2001
Expanded foam and protective shells are combined into bicycle helmets, aluminum is extracted and processed into usable metal, friction components and hydraulic parts become automotive braking systems, and precisely layered materials are assembled into rechargeable lithium-ion batteries.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
8.7/1086 votes
Toothpicks, Acrylic Bathtubs, Helicopters, Beer
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/20/2001
The episode demonstrates how timber is sliced and shaped into toothpicks, acrylic sheets are heated and vacuum-formed into bathtubs, helicopters are assembled and tested, and grain, hops, yeast and water are brewed into beer.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
8.5/10120 votes
Aluminum Foil, Snowboards, Contact Lenses, Bread
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/6/2001
The series premiere follows the transformation of aluminum into extremely thin household foil, the layered construction and finishing of snowboards, the precision molding of soft contact lenses, and the mixing, proofing and baking of commercial bread.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
8.3/1094 votes
Compact Discs, Mozzarella Cheese, Pantyhose, Fluorescent Tubes
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/13/2001
Manufacturing processes include encoding and molding compact discs, turning milk into mozzarella cheese, knitting exceptionally fine synthetic fibers into pantyhose, and assembling fluorescent tubes with phosphor coatings, electrodes and gas.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown