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The Machines That Built America

Back in Milwaukee, obsessed with buildinga motorized bicycle, Harley and Davidsonspend...

Back in Milwaukee, obsessed with building
a motorized bicycle, Harley and Davidson
spend their nights in a tiny shed trying to put
their first engine together but with no money, they're forced to
scavenge parts and tools wherever they can find them

Full Transcript

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Back in Milwaukee,
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obsessed with building a motorized bicycle,
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Harley and Davidson spend their nights
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in a tiny shed trying to put their first engine together
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but with no money,
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they're forced to scavenge parts and tools
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wherever they can find them.
Duration
17 seconds
Views
35
Timestamp in Movie
00:11:10
Uploaded
May 09, 2025
Season
1
Episode
4
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 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] By 1927, American industry is booming - The Machines That Built America 00:08
‐ [Narrator] By 1927, American industry is booming
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 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.
S01 • E03 (dramatic music) - The Machines That Built America 00:09
(dramatic music)
S01 • E04 ‐ [Narrator] And there's another problem, - The Machines That Built America 00:07
‐ [Narrator] And there's another problem,
S01 • E03 Philo Farnsworth has secured a $25,000 investment - The Machines That Built America 00:06
Philo Farnsworth has secured a $25,000 investment
S01 • E04 Oscar Hedstrom does - The Machines That Built America 00:08
Oscar Hedstrom does
S01 • E01 ‐ So guess what happens when you have - The Machines That Built America 00:08
‐ So guess what happens when you have
S01 • E03 No longer an Idaho farm boy, - The Machines That Built America 00:09
No longer an Idaho farm boy,
S01 • E04 The engine doesn't generate enough power. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
The engine doesn't generate enough power.
S01 • E01 ‐ My tractor's stuck - The Machines That Built America 00:05
‐ My tractor's stuck
S01 • E04 Hendee and Hedstrom are at an impasse - The Machines That Built America 00:09
Hendee and Hedstrom are at an impasse
S01 • E03 The technology he's trying to develop - The Machines That Built America 00:06
The technology he's trying to develop
S01 • E01 (upbeat music) - The Machines That Built America 00:08
(upbeat music)
S01 • E03 He calls it his image dissector. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
He calls it his image dissector.
S01 • E03 ‐ The image dissector - The Machines That Built America 00:05
‐ The image dissector