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The Machines That Built America

(dramatic music) ‐ John Froelichhas just spent months trying to build a revolutionarygas...

(dramatic music) ‐ [Narrator] John Froelich
has just spent months trying to build a revolutionary
gas powered tractor

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‐ [Narrator] John Froelich has just spent months trying
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to build a revolutionary gas powered tractor,
Duration
10 seconds
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37
Timestamp in Movie
00:18:57
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 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] David Sarnoff steals Vladimir Zworykin - The Machines That Built America 00:10
‐ [Narrator] David Sarnoff steals Vladimir Zworykin
S01 • E04 ‐ [Narrtor] By 1903, the first automobiles are rumbling down - The Machines That Built America 00:23
‐ [Narrtor] By 1903, the first automobiles are rumbling down...
S01 • E03 (knocking on door) - The Machines That Built America 00:12
(knocking on door)
S01 • E01 ‐ [Narrator] Froelich's blacksmith has an idea. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
‐ [Narrator] Froelich's blacksmith has an idea.
S01 • E01 ‐ He gets an old school shotgun shell. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
‐ He gets an old school shotgun shell.
S01 • E01 This is an explosive - The Machines That Built America 00:04
This is an explosive
S01 • E04 ‐ Invention isn't for the weak at heart, - The Machines That Built America 00:08
‐ Invention isn't for the weak at heart,
S01 • E03 (dramatic music) - The Machines That Built America 00:04
(dramatic music)
S01 • E01 (metal clings) (engine revving) - The Machines That Built America 00:14
(metal clings) (engine revving)
S01 • E03 (knocking on door) - The Machines That Built America 00:08
(knocking on door)
S01 • E04 ‐ [Narrator] Harley realizes that sitting the engine - The Machines That Built America 00:07
‐ [Narrator] Harley realizes that sitting the engine
S01 • E01 Sometimes, fortune favors the bold when it comes - The Machines That Built America 00:05
Sometimes, fortune favors the bold when it comes
S01 • E01 ‐ [Narrator] Froelich has just created - The Machines That Built America 00:06
‐ [Narrator] Froelich has just created
S01 • E03 The image dissector has a very specific design. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
The image dissector has a very specific design.
S01 • E01 It's nearly 17 tons lighter - The Machines That Built America 00:13
It's nearly 17 tons lighter
S01 • E04 You want your center of gravity to be down low. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
You want your center of gravity to be down low.
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] In April, 1930, - The Machines That Built America 00:08
‐ [Narrator] In April, 1930,
S01 • E04 ‐ [Narrator] If it works, - The Machines That Built America 00:04
‐ [Narrator] If it works,
S01 • E04 ‐ Their own frames allowed for larger engines - The Machines That Built America 00:09
‐ Their own frames allowed for larger engines
S01 • E03 Farnsworth knows of Zworykin's experiments in television - The Machines That Built America 00:09
Farnsworth knows of Zworykin's experiments in televisio...