Modern marvels. Corn [videorecording] / produced by Actuality Productions, Inc. for History Television Network Productions ; written and produced by Gloria L. Morris.
Narrator: Max Raphael. Originally aired as a segment of Modern marvels in 2007.
Summary:
Modern Marvels investigates the many uses for the largest agricultural crop in the United States. While corn has fed the masses from ancient times to the present day, its unique properties make it ideal for a number of other applications--from making packing material to performance plastics to bio-fuel.
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