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The Machines That Built America

And to pull it off, Sarnoff's puttingthousands of RCA's dollars and his own job on the...

And to pull it off, Sarnoff's putting
thousands of RCA's dollars and his own job on the line

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And to pull it off,
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Sarnoff's putting thousands of RCA's dollars
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and his own job on the line.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:04:30
Uploaded
May 09, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
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] By opening his own manufacturing company. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
‐ [Narrator] By opening his own manufacturing company.
S01 • E01 But for now, he's just a kid - The Machines That Built America 00:07
But for now, he's just a kid
S01 • E03 ‐ They just thought it's this weird little thing - The Machines That Built America 00:05
‐ They just thought it's this weird little thing
S01 • E01 (dramatic music) - The Machines That Built America 00:05
(dramatic music)
S01 • E04 So he had kind of that name recognition - The Machines That Built America 00:06
So he had kind of that name recognition
S01 • E03 ‐ [Radio Announcer] July 2nd, 1921, - The Machines That Built America 00:07
‐ [Radio Announcer] July 2nd, 1921,
S01 • E01 (dramatic music) - The Machines That Built America 00:08
(dramatic music)
S01 • E04 ‐ George Hendee entered 300 bicycle races - The Machines That Built America 00:06
‐ George Hendee entered 300 bicycle races
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] To make sure a big audience can tune in, - The Machines That Built America 00:10
‐ [Narrator] To make sure a big audience can tune in,
S01 • E04 You enter 300 events of any type and you win them all - The Machines That Built America 00:07
You enter 300 events of any type and you win them all
S01 • E01 (dramatic music) - The Machines That Built America 00:08
(dramatic music)
S01 • E04 He was driven to design great bicycles and market them. - The Machines That Built America 00:06
He was driven to design great bicycles and market them.
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] But he's using World War I era - The Machines That Built America 00:08
‐ [Narrator] But he's using World War I era
S01 • E04 (bike roaring) - The Machines That Built America 00:31
(bike roaring)
S01 • E03 (bell dinging) - The Machines That Built America 00:06
(bell dinging)
S01 • E01 (gentle music) - The Machines That Built America 00:07
(gentle music)
S01 • E01 It's not on rails, - The Machines That Built America 00:05
It's not on rails,
S01 • E03 (crowd cheering) - The Machines That Built America 00:15
(crowd cheering)
S01 • E01 ‐ [Narrator] The so‐called road locomotive is used - The Machines That Built America 00:06
‐ [Narrator] The so‐called road locomotive is used
S01 • E01 In the late 19th century, - The Machines That Built America 00:06
In the late 19th century,