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The Machines That Built America

But that's gonna change rapidly with the industrial revolution

But that's gonna change rapidly with the industrial revolution

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But that's gonna change rapidly
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with the industrial revolution.
Duration
4 seconds
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26
Timestamp in Movie
00:02:13
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 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,
S01 • E04 ‐ Society is changing, - The Machines That Built America 00:18
‐ Society is changing,
S01 • E01 In 1875, one young farm boy will do anything he can - The Machines That Built America 00:08
In 1875, one young farm boy will do anything he can
S01 • E03 I mean the guy was a hustler. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
I mean the guy was a hustler.
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] That hustle got him a job at the company - The Machines That Built America 00:06
‐ [Narrator] That hustle got him a job at the company
S01 • E03 When one day Sarnoff just a teenage office boy, - The Machines That Built America 00:07
When one day Sarnoff just a teenage office boy,
S01 • E04 ‐ [Narrator] Cars don't yet exist - The Machines That Built America 00:05
‐ [Narrator] Cars don't yet exist