Pioneers

Pioneers

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The two "Terra X - Pioneers" documentaries take a closer look at great industrial competitors of the 19th and 20th centuries. The first explains the "turf war" in the Ruhr Valley between two German steel barons, Krupp and Mayer, which began after both recognized the importance of steel casting for the heavy industry.
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  1. S1 F1 – The Battle for Steel Supremacy

    15. September 2012
    44 Min.
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    Steel is a powerful material. Without steel, neither knives, forks, pans and many tools would exist, nor would cars, bridges or electricity. Steel is a symbol of technological progress. Although today's technical standard is very high, the casting of steel remains a challenge of its own.
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  2. S1 F2 – The Triumph of the Turbojet

    22. September 2012
    43 Min.
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    In the 21st century boarding an aircraft and flying from one place to another is an everyday feature of a highly mobile society. But only eighty or so years ago that is something no-one could have imagined. It took two ingenious inventors to revolutionize aviation: Englishman Frank Whittle and German engineer Hans-Joachim Pabst von Ohain.
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