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With his piston ring factory destroyed
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The Cars That Made the World

Powering bicycles with small surplus generator motors leftover from the war

With his piston ring factory destroyed, he's hoping to build a new business: Powering bicycles with small surplus generator motors leftover from the war

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With his piston ring factory destroyed,
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he's hoping to build a new business:
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Powering bicycles with small surplus generator motors
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leftover from the war.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:28:52
Uploaded
May 30, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
Genres
documentary, history
Production
Columbia Pictures

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Movie Summary

Inventions by their nature have an impact on the world, few more so than the development of the internal combustion engine and the car.
S01 • E04 - The engines were extremely high revving, - The Cars That Made the World 00:07
- The engines were extremely high revving,
S01 • E04 - This wasn't what the japanese government was looking for - The Cars That Made the World 00:05
- This wasn't what the japanese government was lookin...
S01 • E03 The generators were surplus, so no one was using them. - The Cars That Made the World 00:04
The generators were surplus, so no one was using them.
S01 • E03 So with that, he was able to create - The Cars That Made the World 00:06
So with that, he was able to create
S01 • E04 (loud clanking) (tense music) - The Cars That Made the World 00:09
(loud clanking) (tense music)
S01 • E03 Led by general douglas macarthur, - The Cars That Made the World 00:10
Led by general douglas macarthur,
S01 • E04 - If we make a race car that wins, - The Cars That Made the World 00:07
- If we make a race car that wins,
S01 • E04 - [narrator] but he doesn't want to make just any race car, - The Cars That Made the World 00:06
- [narrator] but he doesn't want to make just any race ...
S01 • E03 Elections are held and the new parliament is installed. - The Cars That Made the World 00:05
Elections are held and the new parliament is installed.
S01 • E04 - Entering formula one - The Cars That Made the World 00:07
- Entering formula one
S01 • E03 For macarthur, the goal - The Cars That Made the World 00:06
For macarthur, the goal
S01 • E04 - It's like if I were to decide, - The Cars That Made the World 00:06
- It's like if I were to decide,
S01 • E04 Not going to happen, but you know, - The Cars That Made the World 00:06
Not going to happen, but you know,
S01 • E03 - They decided very early on that japan needed to be rebuilt - The Cars That Made the World 00:08
- They decided very early on that japan needed to be rebuilt
S01 • E04 (upbeat music) - The Cars That Made the World 00:07
(upbeat music)
S01 • E03 The emerging cold war was an incentive - The Cars That Made the World 00:06
The emerging cold war was an incentive
S01 • E04 Consumer car making now rides on success - The Cars That Made the World 00:11
Consumer car making now rides on success
S01 • E03 - [narrator] but for kiichiro toyoda, - The Cars That Made the World 00:06
- [narrator] but for kiichiro toyoda,
S01 • E03 - Immediately after the war, - The Cars That Made the World 00:08
- Immediately after the war,
S01 • E04 He takes on challenges that most people would only dream of. - The Cars That Made the World 00:04
He takes on challenges that most people would only dream of.