The World's First Time Machine

Dec 3, 2003

★ 7.5

Overview

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Discovery Communications

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Cast

Narrator

Craig Sechler

Bob Gale

Simon Wells

Teacher

Tuyet Le

Sniper

Jason McColgan

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The World's First Time Machine

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