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At a time when Americans earned about 16 cents an hour
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The Machines That Built America

At a time when Americansearned about 16 cents an hour, radios costs $200, too expensive to...

At a time when Americans
earned about 16 cents an hour, radios costs $200, too expensive to be
common in homes

Full Transcript

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At a time when Americans earned about 16 cents an hour,
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radios costs $200,
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too expensive to be common in homes.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
36
Timestamp in Movie
00:01:58
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 • E01 ‐ By the close of the Civil War, - The Machines That Built America 00:06
‐ By the close of the Civil War,
S01 • E01 About half of Americans worked in agriculture, - The Machines That Built America 00:06
About half of Americans worked in agriculture,
S01 • E03 Most still think of radio only as a way to send messages, - The Machines That Built America 00:07
Most still think of radio only as a way to send messages,
S01 • E04 These primitive machines are more like glorified bicycles - The Machines That Built America 00:08
These primitive machines are more like glorified bicycles
S01 • E01 But that's gonna change rapidly - The Machines That Built America 00:04
But that's gonna change rapidly
S01 • E03 ‐ The notion that we would send - The Machines That Built America 00:16
‐ The notion that we would send
S01 • E04 There are entrants from dozens of companies all eager - The Machines That Built America 00:12
There are entrants from dozens of companies all eager
S01 • E01 (dramatic music) (steam blowing) - The Machines That Built America 00:11
(dramatic music) (steam blowing)
S01 • E01 As people moved from farms to the city, - The Machines That Built America 00:07
As people moved from farms to the city,
S01 • E03 (dramatic music) - The Machines That Built America 00:09
(dramatic music)
S01 • E04 The real contest is a David and Goliath battle - The Machines That Built America 00:12
The real contest is a David and Goliath battle
S01 • E01 Somebody has to grow your food for you. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
Somebody has to grow your food for you.
S01 • E01 (dramatic music) - The Machines That Built America 00:07
(dramatic music)
S01 • E04 The outcome will have a major impact - The Machines That Built America 00:09
The outcome will have a major impact
S01 • E01 ‐ [James] Farm labor was incredibly challenging work - The Machines That Built America 00:12
‐ [James] Farm labor was incredibly challenging work
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] But one low‐level executive at RCA, - The Machines That Built America 00:10
‐ [Narrator] But one low‐level executive at RCA,
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] 30 year old David Sarnoff - The Machines That Built America 00:07
‐ [Narrator] 30 year old David Sarnoff
S01 • E01 ‐ [Narrator] Harvesting a single five acre farm - The Machines That Built America 00:08
‐ [Narrator] Harvesting a single five acre farm
S01 • E04 In the decades following the civil war, - The Machines That Built America 00:08
In the decades following the civil war,
S01 • E03 ‐ When Sarnoff first got here, - The Machines That Built America 00:07
‐ When Sarnoff first got here,