The History of Speed - People's Desire to Move
Investigating mankind's insatiable necessity to move faster and further; for pleasure, for work, to explore, to survive.
This is the remarkable story of innovative engineers who paved the way for travel across our continents. Pioneers who made it their life’s ambition to create machines that have inspired and aided future generations to reach their full potential to move across land, over water, through air, and even into space.
Europe excluding UK, Ireland, Nordics, France, Benelux
Middle East and North Africa
Greater China
Japan
Episodes
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Across Oceans
Throughout history, human society has run on trade, and trade moved on the oceans. The innovations that allowed faster and more accurate oceanic travel revolutionized the world.
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Across Continents
New inventions now help people and goods move on the water faster for recreation and commerce. Never in the history of humanity have so many of us been mobile, never has our demand for fast, efficient and safe transportation been so high, and never have we relied so heavily on technology to deliver. New innovations propel us into the world of self-driving cars and high-speed trains.
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Into the Skies
Growth in air transportation is set to soar, carrying over 10 billion passengers every year by 2050. To cope requires us to radically rethink aircraft design. Join us as we look into the world's most innovative research and development labs, to see first-hand the breakthroughs in aviation.
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Into Space
The most innovative area of human motion lies not on Earth, but with the exploration of space. Meet the private space entrepreneurs jostling to offer the tantalizing prospect of cheap, frequent travel beyond the atmosphere into Earth orbit.
Facts
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Original TitleSpeed
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Year2019
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Length4 × 52' (ENG, GER)
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Resolution4K, HD
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Film byJeremy Turner
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RightsEurope excluding UK, Ireland, Nordics, France, Benelux; Middle East and North Africa, Greater China, Japan
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