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The Best Episodes of Man, Moment, Machine

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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,

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    Man, Moment, Machine Season 1 Episode 3 - Doolittle's Daring Raid
    9.0/10(8 votes)

    #1 - Doolittle's Daring Raid

    S1:E3

    Recalling Doolittle's Raid on Tokyo in 1942, when a squadron of B-25 bombers made a retaliatory attack headed by Lt. Col. James Doolittle.

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  2. Man, Moment, Machine Season 1 Episode 8 - Thomas Edison and the Electric Chair
    9.0/10(6 votes)

    #2 - Thomas Edison and the Electric Chair

    S1:E8

    This episode explores the intersection between the invention of the electric chair, its significant moment in history, and its inventor Thomas Edison.

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  3. Man, Moment, Machine Season 1 Episode 7 - Wernher von Braun and the V2 Rocket
    8.7/10(8 votes)

    #3 - Wernher von Braun and the V2 Rocket

    S1:E7

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  4. Man, Moment, Machine Season 1 Episode 1 - Hunting Bonnie and Clyde
    8.5/10(11 votes)

    #4 - Hunting Bonnie and Clyde

    S1:E1

    An episode about Bonnie and Clyde Barrow use of the BAR machine gun to rob banks during the Great Depression.

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  5. Man, Moment, Machine Season 2 Episode 4 - Al Capone and the Machine Gun Massacre
    7.4/10(9 votes)

    #5 - Al Capone and the Machine Gun Massacre

    S2:E4

    Passage of the 18th Amendment suddenly provides a lucrative business for gangsters. High profits lead to fierce competition which the ruthless operators escalate into violence. The Thompson sub-machine gun, designed for but rejected by the military, is easily portable, extremely powerful and legal. This weapon in the hands of the gangsters escalates the violence to new heights. Inevitably, a few audacious, bloody murders, such as the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, garner nation-wide attention to the gangsters, particularly Al Capone.

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  6. Man, Moment, Machine Season 2 Episode 9 - The Red Baron and the Wings of Death
    7.4/10(8 votes)

    #6 - The Red Baron and the Wings of Death

    S2:E9

    It is the April 1917, known to the British as Bloody April, when their pilot losses were large. German Air Ace Baron Manfred Von Richthofen, aka the Red Baron is the top pilot of World War One, however the British are introducing new planes with new technology to combat the Baron and his Albatross plane. Enter the advent of the Sopwith Triplane, which then led to the introduction of the Sopwith Camel.

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  7. Man, Moment, Machine Season 2 Episode 10 - Saddam Hussein and the Nerve Gas Atrocity
    7.2/10(21 votes)

    #7 - Saddam Hussein and the Nerve Gas Atrocity

    S2:E10

    An episode dealing with Saddam's use of chemical WMDs against his enemies, most specifically against the Kurds in the years just prior to the first Gulf War.

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  8. Man, Moment, Machine Season 1 Episode 11 - The Higgins Landing Craft
    7.0/10(6 votes)

    #8 - The Higgins Landing Craft

    S1:E11

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  9. Man, Moment, Machine Season 1 Episode 12 - Dambuster: WWII's Bouncing Bomb
    7.0/10(6 votes)

    #9 - Dambuster: WWII's Bouncing Bomb

    S1:E12

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  10. Man, Moment, Machine Season 2 Episode 3 - Alexander the Great and the Devastating Catapult
    7.0/10(6 votes)

    #10 - Alexander the Great and the Devastating Catapult

    S2:E3

    An episode dealing with the famous military leader, Alexander the Great and his long siege against the city of Tyre in 332 BC. With the help of his Persian allies, Alexander should be able to smash Tyre, but he is thwarted multiple times. The Man is Alexander. The Moment is his decision to use a new version of a military device to defeat the Tyrians. The Machine is a massive and mobile siege catapult with multiple launchers that enables Alexander to win the battle.

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  11. Man, Moment, Machine Season 1 Episode 2 - The Great Sub Rescue
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #11 - The Great Sub Rescue

    S1:E2

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  12. Man, Moment, Machine Season 1 Episode 4 - Stormin' Norman and the Abrams Tank
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #12 - Stormin' Norman and the Abrams Tank

    S1:E4

    General Norman Schwarzkopf uses the M1A1 Abrams tank to liberate the Kuwaitis in just 100 hours in the "Mother of all battles" against the elite Republican Guard in Kuwait.

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  13. Man, Moment, Machine Season 1 Episode 5 - Shot Down: The U-2 Spyplane
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #13 - Shot Down: The U-2 Spyplane

    S1:E5

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  14. Man, Moment, Machine Season 1 Episode 6 - Mine Rescue Mask
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #14 - Mine Rescue Mask

    S1:E6

    An 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.

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  15. Man, Moment, Machine Season 1 Episode 9 - Howard Hughes and the Spruce Goose
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #15 - Howard Hughes and the Spruce Goose

    S1:E9

    Howard 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.

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  16. Man, Moment, Machine Season 1 Episode 10 - Ultimate Weapon: Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb.
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    #16 - Ultimate Weapon: Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb.

    S1:E10

    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.

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  17. Man, Moment, Machine Season 1 Episode 13 - 25,000 Miles Non-Stop: Voyager Spacecraft
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #17 - 25,000 Miles Non-Stop: Voyager Spacecraft

    S1:E13

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  18. Man, Moment, Machine Season 1 Episode 14 - Sikorsky and the Rescue Chopper
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #18 - Sikorsky and the Rescue Chopper

    S1:E14

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  19. Man, Moment, Machine Season 2 Episode 1 - Apollo 13: Triumph on the Dark Side of the Moon
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #19 - Apollo 13: Triumph on the Dark Side of the Moon

    S2:E1

    April 1970, the Apollo 13 mission is 178,000 miles from Earth, just two days away from a lunar landing, when an explosion rips the spacecraft apart and puts the crew's lives on the line. Only the leadership of Jim Lovell, the ingenuity of the NASA team in space and on the ground, and the robust systems of the spacecraft offer a chance for survival.

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  20. Man, Moment, Machine Season 2 Episode 2 - Patton and the Desperate Tank Attack
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #20 - Patton and the Desperate Tank Attack

    S2:E2

    George S. Patton realizes his dream of leading an army in a desperate battle when he confronts the German army at Bastogne in the Battle of the Bulge.

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  21. Man, Moment, Machine Season 2 Episode 5 - Stormin' Norman and the Stealth Fighter
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #21 - Stormin' Norman and the Stealth Fighter

    S2:E5

    General Norman Schwarzkopf uses the F-117 Nighthawk "stealth fighter" to liberate the Kuwaitis during the Persian Gulf War.

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  22. Man, Moment, Machine Season 2 Episode 6 - Lincoln and the Flying Spying Machine
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    #22 - Lincoln and the Flying Spying Machine

    S2:E6

    Abraham Lincoln, a self taught President, uses new technology to help win the Civil War. He uses the hot air balloon, high above the battle fields, to relay information back to the troops on the ground. Giving the Union the advantage and shaping the outcome of the Civil War.

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  23. Man, Moment, Machine Season 2 Episode 7 - Alexander Graham Bell & the Astonishing Telephone
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    #23 - Alexander Graham Bell & the Astonishing Telephone

    S2:E7

    In one of those historical moments when a revolutionary invention dovetailed perfectly with the period that ensconced it, Alexander Graham Bell's March 1876 invention of the telephone functioned as the ideal accessory to America's then-burgeoning (and then-nascent) industrial age. In the process, this invention permanently displaced the telegraph as the chief method of interpersonal communication across lengthy distances. The History Channel documentary Man, Moment, Machine: Alexander Graham Bell and the Astonishing Telephone ventures back to the 1870s for a biographical portrait of Bell and a detailed account of how the telephone came about. The program touches on such subtopics as Bell's discovery of the invention amid his ambitious attempt to cure deafness, and his rivalry with fellow inventor Elisha Gray - a competition that almost caused Bell to be written out of history forever.

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  24. Man, Moment, Machine Season 2 Episode 8 - Da Vinci and the Handgun
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #24 - Da Vinci and the Handgun

    S2:E8

    An episode dealing with the MAN, famed artist and inventor Leonardo DaVinci, whose constant mechanical sketches for fantastic inventions leads to the weapons milestone of the enclosed "Wheel lock" pistol. The MOMENT is his inspiration to design an completely enclosed firing device, which was much easier to load and fire than the existing "Match lock" firearms. The MACHINE is the eventual development of this weapon and the influence it had in the creation of following generations of firearms.

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  25. Man, Moment, Machine Season 2 Episode 11 - Galileo and the Sinful Spyglass
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #25 - Galileo and the Sinful Spyglass

    S2:E11

    In the 17th Century it was believed you could find God in the stars. One man looked and found something quite different, and his discovery brought him to the brink of excommunication.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Doolittle's Daring Raid" is the best rated episode of "Man, Moment, Machine". It scored 9/10 based on 8 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 8/23/2005. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Thomas Edison and the Electric Chair".