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The Machines That Built America

Benjamin Holt alsofalls on hard times

Benjamin Holt also
falls on hard times

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Benjamin Holt also falls on hard times.
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5 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:40:29
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 (cork popping) - The Machines That Built America 00:04
(cork popping)
S01 • E01 ‐ After the war, Holt manufacturing was challenged - The Machines That Built America 00:12
‐ After the war, Holt manufacturing was challenged
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 • 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 It put all of the other smaller makers - The Machines That Built America 00:07
It put all of the other smaller makers
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 ‐ [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