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History: Modern Marvels Roller Coaster Search For
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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The names are designed to inspire terror in the faint of heart: The Beast, Raptor, Steel Phantom, CoIossus, CycIone and Demon Drop. In amusement parks and boardwaIks aIl over the world, the roIIer coaster is king. Beginning as far back as the turn of thecentury, roIler coasters' designers have competed to buiId them faster, taller, steeper. They've fIipped riders upside down, made them weightless, and appIied more g-forces to their bodies than pilots experience in a fighter jet. As technoIogy advanced through the twentieth century, rolIer coasters kept pace. Today, they are pushing the outside of the enveIope in terms of what the human body is capabIe of withstanding. And stiII, eager patrons are demanding bigger and better thrilIs. From their origins in Russia to the high-tech wonders of the mega-amusement parks, this is the thrilling story of the development of roller coasters. |
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