Man, Moment, Machine
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{{Infobox television
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| runtime = 60 minutes
| starring = Hunter Ellis
| country = United States
| network = History Channel
| first_aired = {{start date|2005}}
| last_aired = {{end date|2006}}
| num_episodes = 24
| list_episodes =
}}
Man, Moment, Machine is a television series which aired on the History Channel and was hosted by Hunter Ellis. It documented important events of history and detailed about a machine, the point of time it was made, how it was made, and the outcome.
Production
The show explores historical instances where human-machine cooperation led to transformative events or achieved technological milestones.{{cite news |last= McNabb |first=Matt |date=2006-05-18 |title=History Hunter - Episode of 'Man, Moment, Machine' on Apollo 13 filmed at Cosmosphere |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/111B275A33D6121F&f=basic |newspaper=The Hutchinson News |accessdate=2024-08-22 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240822173759/https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/111B275A33D6121F&f=basic |archivedate=2024-08-22 }} The show's first season had 14 episodes. The show was produced by Edelman Productions and staffed by five crew members and six cast members.{{cite news |last=Hoffman |first=Stephanie |date=2005-07-01 |title=Rescue re-enacted by movie crew |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/12B08F5104D8C0D0&f=basic |newspaper=Half Moon Bay Review |accessdate=2024-08-22 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240822173814/https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/12B08F5104D8C0D0&f=basic |archivedate=2024-08-22 }} For the show's second season, the episode about the Apollo 13 mission was filmed at the Cosmosphere. The production team visited Mare Island to film three episodes.{{cite news |last=Raskin-Zrihen |first=Rachel |date=2006-09-20 |title=Film crews back on M.I. for History Channel series |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/114462CF103C76B0&f=basic |newspaper=Vallejo Times Herald |accessdate=2024-08-22 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240822173805/https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/114462CF103C76B0&f=basic |archivedate=2024-08-22 }}
Episodes
=Season 1=
- Hunting Bonnie and Clyde
- The Great Sub Rescue
- Doolittle's Daring Raid
- Stormin' Norman and the Abrams Tank
- Shot Down: The U-2 Spyplane
- Mine Rescue Mask
- Wernher von Braun and the V2 Rocket
- Thomas Edison and the Electric Chair
- Howard Hughes and the Spruce Goose
- Ultimate Weapon: Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb
- The Higgins Landing Craft
- Dam Buster: World War II's Bouncing Bomb
- 25,000 Miles non-stop: Voyager Spacecraft
- Sikorsky and the Rescue Chopper
Season 2
- Apollo 13: Triumph on the Dark Side
- Patton and the Desperate Tank Attack
- Alexander the Great and the Torsion Catapult
- Al Capone and the Machine Gun Massacre
- Stormin' Norman and the Stealth Fighter
- Lincoln and the Flying Spy Machine
- Alexander Graham Bell and the Astonishing Telephone
- Da Vinci and the Handgun
- The Red Baron and the Wings of Death
- Saddam Hussein and the Nerve Gas Atrocity
- Galileo and the Sinful Spy Glass
- Enzo Ferrari and the Historic Race
- JFK and the Crisis Crusader
Reception
Sierra Filucci of Common Sense Media penned a mixed review of the show. She praised the show for how "its unique method of storytelling" could "bring a new energy to a familiar event". She criticized the show, writing, "But aside from its relatively innovative approach, the show feels a lot like many other documentary-style programs that look back on historical moments."{{cite news |last=Filucci |first=Sierra |date=2022-02-28 |title=Parents' Guide to Man, Moment, Machine |url=https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/man-moment-machine |website=Common Sense Media |accessdate=2024-08-22 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240822174427/https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/man-moment-machine |archivedate=2024-08-22 }} In a mixed review, Angus Batey of The Times wrote about the episode featuring Barnes Wallis and the bouncing bomb, "The approach irritates: the American actors' accents slip in the numerous reconstructions, and the presenter, Hunter Ellis, strolls around tropical locations for no real reason. But the story of a determined inventor helping to win the war is strong enough to triumph."{{cite news |last=Batey |first=Angus |date=2006-04-13 |title=Choice - Multichannel |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/110F851FEE0C3D10&f=basic |newspaper=The Times |accessdate=2024-08-22 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240822173823/https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/110F851FEE0C3D10&f=basic |archivedate=2024-08-22 }}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0476919}}
{{History shows}}
Category:2005 American television series debuts
Category:2006 American television series endings
Category:Documentary television series about aviation
Category:American aviation television series
Category:History (American TV channel) original programming
Category:Works about V-weapons
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