The World's First Time Machine

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Craig Sechler
Craig Sechler

Narrator

Bob Gale
Bob Gale

Simon Wells
Simon Wells

Tuyet Le
Tuyet Le

Teacher

Jason McColgan
Jason McColgan

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    Time travel is one of mankind's favorite fantasies. But what if it were possible to build a real time machine? To travel into the future, or the past? Scientists are now teetering on making that impossible dream, reality.

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    2003-12-03

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    7.5

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