Movies Similar to Modern Marvels: Earthmovers: The Power to Move Mountains (1997)

As produced by The History Channel, this documentary rests on an unusual observation: the fact that humans mechanistically moved more soil over the 20th and early 21st centuries than in any prior era. The program offers a detailed and systematic examination of the inventions used to effectuate those shifts, from hand tools to bulldozers, and biographically profiles some of the historical figures who catalyzed America's construction boom, such as John Deere, Jerome Case, and Caterpillar founders Benjamin Holt and Daniel Best. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi