Episode

How Do They Do It?: Leather Footballs, Mussels

Name: How Do They Do It?: Leather Footballs, Mussels
Released: 2012-09-13
Duration: 22 min
Cast: Rupert Degas, Robert Llewellyn, Naz Osmanoglu, Jeff Wilburn

How Do They Do It?Season 92012-09-13

Overview

How do they craft footballs for the National Football League? How do they farm mussels? How do they design the ultimate fighter pilot's helmet?

Details

Series: How Do They Do It?
Season: Season 9
Episode: Episode 11
Air date: 2012-09-13
Runtime: 22 min

Episode context

Leather Footballs, Mussels is Episode 11 in Season 9 of How Do They Do It?. It aired on 2012-09-13. The runtime is 22 min.

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