Tập
Modern Marvels: Episode 23
Tóm tắt
Espionage has been used for at least the last 4,000 years. And where there are spies, you find gadgets! We focus on the last 100 years of cloak and dagger technology–from early code-breaking computers to satellite reconnaissance–and take a look at the James Bond-type gadgets of the Cold War.
Chi tiết
- Phim bộ
- Modern Marvels
- Mùa
- Mùa 6
- Tập
- Tập 23
- Ngày phát sóng
- 1999-05-01
- Thời lượng
- 44 min
Thông tin tập
Episode 23 là tập 23 trong Season 6 của Modern Marvels. Tập này phát sóng ngày 1999-05-01. Thời lượng là 44 min.
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