Man, Moment, Machine — Season 1, Episode 6: Mine Rescue Mask
Documentary • 60 min • 2 seasons, 27 episodes
Episode synopsis
An episode dealing with the African American Inventor Garrett Morgan and his patented Morgan Safety Mask. His invention rose to prominence in 1916, when it was used to rescue 32 men in a collapsed tunnel underneath Lake Erie, and eventually became the basis for Air Rescue and Safety Masks used by the Military and Civilians alike.
About Man, Moment, Machine
Man, Moment, Machine was a television series which aired on The History Channel and was hosted by Hunter Ellis. It documented an important event in history and went into detail about, as the title suggests, the man and his background, the machine and how it was made, and the outcome.
More episodes from Season 1
- E1Hunting Bonnie and Clyde
- E2The Great Sub Rescue
- E3Doolittle's Daring Raid
- E4Stormin' Norman and the Abrams Tank
- E5Shot Down: The U-2 Spyplane
- E7Wernher von Braun and the V2 Rocket
- E8Thomas Edison and the Electric Chair
- E9Howard Hughes and the Spruce Goose
- E10Ultimate Weapon: Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb.
- E11The Higgins Landing Craft
- E12Dambuster: WWII's Bouncing Bomb
- E1325,000 Miles Non-Stop: Voyager Spacecraft