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The Machines That Built America

(dramatic music fading) (upbeat music) 2,400 miles to thewest of Henry Ford, one budding...

(dramatic music fading) (upbeat music) 2,400 miles to the
west of Henry Ford, one budding entrepreneur has
just arrived in California to seize what he hopes
will be a big opportunity

Full Transcript

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2,400 miles to the west of Henry Ford,
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one budding entrepreneur has just arrived in California
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to seize what he hopes will be a big opportunity.
Duration
19 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:06:52
Uploaded
May 09, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
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 I mean, that was his thing - The Machines That Built America 00:10
I mean, that was his thing
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] Within three years, - The Machines That Built America 00:06
‐ [Narrator] Within three years,
S01 • E04 ‐ Arthur Davidson was an extrovert, - The Machines That Built America 00:10
‐ Arthur Davidson was an extrovert,
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] Sarnoff is elevated to vice president, - The Machines That Built America 00:09
‐ [Narrator] Sarnoff is elevated to vice president,
S01 • E03 ‐ I believe that television, - The Machines That Built America 00:11
‐ I believe that television,
S01 • E04 ‐ [Narrator] They love their jobs - The Machines That Built America 00:10
‐ [Narrator] They love their jobs
S01 • E01 (dramatic music) - The Machines That Built America 00:16
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S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] The only question is how does he do it? - The Machines That Built America 00:04
‐ [Narrator] The only question is how does he do it?
S01 • E04 ‐ The roads would have been rutted, filled with dirt and mud - The Machines That Built America 00:05
‐ The roads would have been rutted, filled with dirt and mud...
S01 • E03 Someone unexpected - The Machines That Built America 00:05
Someone unexpected
S01 • E04 So at the turn of the century, - The Machines That Built America 00:08
So at the turn of the century,
S01 • E03 (dramatic music) - The Machines That Built America 00:09
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S01 • E01 And Benjamin Holt himself out of the brothers was probably - The Machines That Built America 00:07
And Benjamin Holt himself out of the brothers was probably
S01 • E03 His name is Philo T. Farnsworth. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
His name is Philo T. Farnsworth.
S01 • E04 ‐ [Narrator] One day, the two friends stumble - The Machines That Built America 00:07
‐ [Narrator] One day, the two friends stumble
S01 • E01 ‐ [Narrator] His brothers run the Stockton Wheel Company, - The Machines That Built America 00:07
‐ [Narrator] His brothers run the Stockton Wheel Company,
S01 • E03 ‐ First of all, where but in America - The Machines That Built America 00:05
‐ First of all, where but in America
S01 • E03 And Farnsworth is just such a great American story. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
And Farnsworth is just such a great American story.
S01 • E04 ‐ Gather around ladies and gentlemen, - The Machines That Built America 00:11
‐ Gather around ladies and gentlemen,
S01 • E01 ‐ He pretty quickly realized - The Machines That Built America 00:11
‐ He pretty quickly realized