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The First Long Distance Test Drive

Season 1 Episode 4 | 2m 48s

In 1886, German inventor and engineer, Karl Benz, has his patent accepted for what is regarded as the world’s first automobile, but it’s a failure. Benz doesn't sell a single one for two years. Facing financial ruin he plunges into depression. Thankfully for humanity one person sees great potential in his "motor wagon" - someone who also knows how to create a bit of publicity, his wife Bertha.

Extras
Hedy Lamarr invents a way to control torpedoes remotely.
Dial in to the fascinating history of the smartphone.
Franklin Chang-Diaz demonstrates the energy required to launch a rocket into space.
Blast off into history to see how rockets originated not in the sky, but in a cave.
Go for a ride through the 9,000-year history of the ultimate freedom machine: the car.
The invention of the rubber powered plane inspires the famous Wright brothers.
A legendary artist studies the bodies of flying animals in extraordinary detail.
In 1923, Edwin Hubble began the manual process of photographing the Andromeda Nebula.
Check out the history of robots and learn how they are becoming a part of everyday life.
Take to the sky with the dreamers whose work gave humans the ability to fly.