Speed Machines

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This innovative series tells the story of eight battles to design and build the fastest cars, ships, planes, boats and trains

Series 1 Episode 1 Great Ocean Liners

The 1930s was a highpoint for ocean-going liners. Crossing the Atlantic by boat was the only way to reach the US, and competition between the French and British shipyards was never less…
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Series 1 Episode 2 The Flying Boats

Back in the 1930s, two giant airlines began to span the globe, flying firstly mail and then passengers around the world. Pan American flew to Latin America and eventually across the Pacific…
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21 January 2009

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