Smoke and Steel: The Modern World

Smoke and Steel: The Modern World

Documentary 2022

Available on Binge

The host examines the Industrial Revolution, a time when history's great engineers pioneered solutions that changed the way people live, think, and build.

Documentary 2022

PG

Starring Shini Somara

EPISODE 1

A Subterranean Revolution

A look at a cliff in England that offered the public a new ride experience. Plus, a look at an astronomical observatory in California and a mining hoist in Germany.

43 min · 24 June 2023 G
EPISODE 2

War On The Waves

Examines the HMS Warrior, an ironclad warship, now a museum, located in Portsmouth on the south coast of England; a grand public works facility in Prague; and the mint building in San Francisco.

43 min · 8 July 2023 PG
EPISODE 3

The Birth Of The Factory

A mill in Manchester is part of a revolution in the way people work; a bridge in St Louis and a vast hangar in Brazil have stories to tell.

43 min · 15 July 2023 PG
EPISODE 5

Global Communication Breakthrough

A cable hut in Cornwall has a storied legacy; a mountain railway in New Hampshire inspires its passengers; a tour of a lighthouse in France.

42 min · 22 July 2023 G
EPISODE 6

Scaling New Heights

Examines the legacy of the first iron-framed building, which is a mill in Shrewsbury, how paper production changed the world, and the impacts of the Trans-Siberian Railway.

43 min · 29 July 2023 PG

Shini Somara

Narrator

About

Smoke and Steel: The Modern World

DOCUMENTARY

The host examines the Industrial Revolution, a time when history's great engineers pioneered solutions that changed the way people live, think, and build.

Information

Studio: Discovery
Released: 2022
Rated: PG

Languages

Original Audio: English (United Kingdom)
Audio: English (Australia) (AAC)