Season 2 • Episode 13
LatestThe role and effectiveness of the RF-8 Crusader reconnaissance units in the Cuban Missile Crisis and the difficult decision to deploy them are explained.
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.
Production
Dramatic reenactments that aged like milk, charmingly.
Direction
Hunter Ellis's pilot-charisma selling you on steam engines.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This series epitomizes peak History Channel before it became the Ancient Aliens network — earnest, dramatic, slightly cheesy educational TV.
Host Hunter Ellis was an actual Navy pilot who competed on Survivor — his dramatic readings of historical events are fueled by reality TV training and genuine aviation knowledge.
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