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Narrator:
LIKE MANY INVENTIONS, THE CARDBOARD BOX WAS BORN
BY SHEER ACCIDENT. IN THE 1870s, AN AMERICAN PRINTER
BY THE NAME OF ROBERT GAIR STUMBLED UPON THE IDEA. BY MISTAKE, HE CUT A PAPER
SEED BAG HE WAS CREASING WITH A METAL RULER. GAIR CONCLUDED HE COULD CREATE
A STURDIER CONTAINER WITH PAPERBOARD
LIKE MANY INVENTIONS, THE CARDBOARD BOX WAS BORN
BY SHEER ACCIDENT. IN THE 1870s, AN AMERICAN PRINTER
BY THE NAME OF ROBERT GAIR STUMBLED UPON THE IDEA. BY MISTAKE, HE CUT A PAPER
SEED BAG HE WAS CREASING WITH A METAL RULER. GAIR CONCLUDED HE COULD CREATE
A STURDIER CONTAINER WITH PAPERBOARD
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Narrator:
LIKE MANY INVENTIONS,
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THE CARDBOARD BOX WAS BORN
BY SHEER ACCIDENT.
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IN THE 1870s,
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AN AMERICAN PRINTER
BY THE NAME OF ROBERT GAIR
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STUMBLED UPON THE IDEA.
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BY MISTAKE, HE CUT A PAPER
SEED BAG HE WAS CREASING
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WITH A METAL RULER.
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GAIR CONCLUDED HE COULD CREATE
A STURDIER CONTAINER
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WITH PAPERBOARD.
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Movie Summary
Television series that documents how various everyday products are made.