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The Machines That Built America

And it's the first tofeature steering clutches, making it far more maneuverable

And it's the first to
feature steering clutches, making it far more maneuverable

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And it's the first to feature steering clutches,
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making it far more maneuverable.
Duration
6 seconds
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28
Timestamp in Movie
00:10:23
Uploaded
May 09, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
documentary
Production
Six West Media

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Movie Summary

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 ‐ [Narrator] Hedstrom knows that partnering - The Machines That Built America 00:07
‐ [Narrator] Hedstrom knows that partnering
S01 • E01 ‐ Holt's steam tractor could do the work - The Machines That Built America 00:06
‐ Holt's steam tractor could do the work
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] After months of silence, - The Machines That Built America 00:10
‐ [Narrator] After months of silence,
S01 • E01 This is a major cost savings - The Machines That Built America 00:05
This is a major cost savings
S01 • E01 ‐ [Narrator] The Holts quickly sell 130 - The Machines That Built America 00:10
‐ [Narrator] The Holts quickly sell 130
S01 • E04 ‐ Hendee becomes the business side - The Machines That Built America 00:06
‐ Hendee becomes the business side
S01 • E04 He also knew what it took to please a crowd. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
He also knew what it took to please a crowd.
S01 • E03 The future is electric television. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
The future is electric television.
S01 • E04 Whereas Hedstrom is very much the tinkerer, - The Machines That Built America 00:09
Whereas Hedstrom is very much the tinkerer,
S01 • E01 Then a flaw emerges, - The Machines That Built America 00:07
Then a flaw emerges,
S01 • E04 ‐ [Narrator] The pair immediately - The Machines That Built America 00:10
‐ [Narrator] The pair immediately
S01 • E01 (dramatic music) - The Machines That Built America 00:08
(dramatic music)
S01 • E04 Back in Milwaukee, - The Machines That Built America 00:17
Back in Milwaukee,
S01 • E01 They're expensive and their immense weight makes them hard - The Machines That Built America 00:13
They're expensive and their immense weight makes them h...
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] By 1927, American industry is booming - The Machines That Built America 00:08
‐ [Narrator] By 1927, American industry is booming
S01 • E03 And the hottest sector of all is tech. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
And the hottest sector of all is tech.
S01 • E03 ‐ We have aviation, we have cars, we have radio. - The Machines That Built America 00:05
‐ We have aviation, we have cars, we have radio.
S01 • E01 ‐ Because that engine was so heavy, - The Machines That Built America 00:12
‐ Because that engine was so heavy,
S01 • E03 ‐ The stock market takes off during the 1920s, - The Machines That Built America 00:10
‐ The stock market takes off during the 1920s,
S01 • E04 ‐ I think we bit off more than we can chew. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
‐ I think we bit off more than we can chew.