Episodes (10)
Oct 17, 1978
One thing leads to another and our dependence on technology. A New York City Blackout serves as example.
Oct 24, 1978
Follow the connections from ancient Egyptian traders all the way up to modern radar and nuclear energy. You'll make stops along the way which include money, touch stones, sailing, vacuum pumps, weather charts, and hot air balloons.
Oct 31, 1978
follow the connections from the battle of Hastings in 1066, through the use of gunpowder, the invention of cannon, water pumps, barometers, the telephone, and radio telescopes.
Nov 07, 1978
Examines the transition from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance from the perspective of how commercialism, climate change and the Black Death influenced cultural development.
Nov 14, 1978
The Wheel of Fortune, traces connections from astrological knowledge in ancient Greek manuscripts, to the modern production line.
Nov 21, 1978
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Nov 28, 1978
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Dec 05, 1978
Food preservation began with the storage of edibles in bottles and led to such 19th-century inventions as air conditioning, refrigeration and the thermos bottle. Also discusses the first hand-held guns and traces the development of rocketry in this century.
Dec 12, 1978
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Dec 19, 1978
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About
Connections Season 1 (1978) is released on Oct 17, 1978. Watch Connections online - the English Documentary TV series from United Kingdom. Connections is directed by Mick Jackson and created by James Burke with James Burke and Kenneth Kendall.