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The Machines That Built America

(dramatic music) ‐ A handful ofinventors began experimenting with these new machines, but...

(dramatic music) ‐ [Narrator] A handful of
inventors began experimenting with these new machines, but Benjamin Holt believes
he can build a better one

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‐ [Narrator] A handful of inventors began experimenting
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with these new machines,
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but Benjamin Holt believes he can build a better one.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:08:52
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 • E03 It's already been used in radio to transmit sound. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
It's already been used in radio to transmit sound.
S01 • E03 He thinks it can do the same with images. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
He thinks it can do the same with images.
S01 • E04 He also sees the motorcycle - The Machines That Built America 00:06
He also sees the motorcycle
S01 • E01 So he and his brothers gamble - The Machines That Built America 00:11
So he and his brothers gamble
S01 • E04 He doesn't know the first thing about building one. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
He doesn't know the first thing about building one.
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S01 • E04 He heads to his favorite racetrack - The Machines That Built America 00:06
He heads to his favorite racetrack
S01 • E01 (dramatic music) - The Machines That Built America 00:06
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S01 • E04 ‐ Now George Hendee had been - The Machines That Built America 00:09
‐ Now George Hendee had been
S01 • E01 (dramatic music) - The Machines That Built America 00:15
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S01 • E03 While staring at the family's potato field, - The Machines That Built America 00:08
While staring at the family's potato field,
S01 • E04 So it comes to reason that he would reach out to some - The Machines That Built America 00:08
So it comes to reason that he would reach out to some
S01 • E03 ‐ You plow a field by doing one row, - The Machines That Built America 00:06
‐ You plow a field by doing one row,
S01 • E01 But in the late 1880s, - The Machines That Built America 00:09
But in the late 1880s,
S01 • E04 ‐ Mr. Hedstrom. - The Machines That Built America 00:05
‐ Mr. Hedstrom.
S01 • E03 ‐ That's it, that was his bolt from the blue. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
‐ That's it, that was his bolt from the blue.
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] He envisions a system - The Machines That Built America 00:09
‐ [Narrator] He envisions a system
S01 • E04 ‐ Mr. Hendee, were you at the race today? - The Machines That Built America 00:05
‐ Mr. Hendee, were you at the race today?
S01 • E03 ‐ Farnsworth realized that the secret of television - The Machines That Built America 00:08
‐ Farnsworth realized that the secret of television
S01 • E04 ‐ Oscar Hedstrom, he was a Swedish immigrant - The Machines That Built America 00:08
‐ Oscar Hedstrom, he was a Swedish immigrant