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After the war, Holt manufacturing was challenged
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The Machines That Built America

? After the war, Holtmanufacturing was challenged because most of theircontracts were...

� After the war, Holt
manufacturing was challenged because most of their
contracts were government or military related, and so their sales were
essentially cut in half

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‐ After the war, Holt manufacturing was challenged
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because most of their contracts were government
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or military related,
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and so their sales were essentially cut in half.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:40:33
Uploaded
May 09, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
documentary
Production
Six West Media

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The stories behind innovations such as TV, radio, phones, airplanes, motorcycles and power tools as well as the inventors including Nikola Tesla, William Harley, Alexander Graham Bell, Duncan Black and Alonzo Decker.
S01 • E04 (employees cheering) - The Machines That Built America 00:16
(employees cheering)
S01 • E03 He was really written out of history. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
He was really written out of history.
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] The Farnsworth Television and Radio Corporation - The Machines That Built America 00:08
‐ [Narrator] The Farnsworth Television and Radio Corporation...
S01 • E01 ‐ If you built an entire business - The Machines That Built America 00:10
‐ If you built an entire business
S01 • E04 ‐ This was a real moment in the history - The Machines That Built America 00:06
‐ This was a real moment in the history
S01 • E03 The inventor himself leaves the TV industry behind - The Machines That Built America 00:06
The inventor himself leaves the TV industry behind
S01 • E01 ‐ [Narrator] Holt's Caterpillar, a vital machine - The Machines That Built America 00:08
‐ [Narrator] Holt's Caterpillar, a vital machine
S01 • E04 It put all of the other smaller makers - The Machines That Built America 00:07
It put all of the other smaller makers
S01 • E03 ‐ He did have what I would say is a final redeeming moment. - The Machines That Built America 00:05
‐ He did have what I would say is a final redeeming moment....
S01 • E04 ‐ [Narrator] But Harley‐Davidson's - The Machines That Built America 00:13
‐ [Narrator] But Harley‐Davidson's
S01 • E01 ‐ I'm sorry, I just can't afford to keep you on right now. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
‐ I'm sorry, I just can't afford to keep you on ri...
S01 • E01 ‐ [Narrator] In 1920, Holt dies after a month long illness. - The Machines That Built America 00:05
‐ [Narrator] In 1920, Holt dies after a month long illness....
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] In July, 1969, - The Machines That Built America 00:10
‐ [Narrator] In July, 1969,
S01 • E01 To save the company, - The Machines That Built America 00:08
To save the company,
S01 • E04 ‐ I think the question that consumers - The Machines That Built America 00:09
‐ I think the question that consumers
S01 • E03 A record 600 million people worldwide are tuned in - The Machines That Built America 00:11
A record 600 million people worldwide are tuned in
S01 • E01 Now known as the Caterpillar tractor company, - The Machines That Built America 00:15
Now known as the Caterpillar tractor company,
S01 • E04 Building that brand, developing a story - The Machines That Built America 00:06
Building that brand, developing a story
S01 • E04 ‐ [Narrator] Indian can't keep up, - The Machines That Built America 00:15
‐ [Narrator] Indian can't keep up,
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] For Philo Farnsworth, - The Machines That Built America 00:13
‐ [Narrator] For Philo Farnsworth,