The de Havilland DH.106 Comet was the world's first commercial jet airliner and was invented and designed in the 1950s by a British engineer, but how did the aeroplane industry switch from propellers to the technology of the future? Also discover other unique inventions that revolutionised society in the 1950s.

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Engineer Brendan Walker discovers the life-changing technology behind the inventions that that launched humanity into the world of the future.

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00:00 Intro
07:40 Fertilizer
21:00 Triumph Bike
33:40 De Havilland Comet