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The Machines That Built America

(dramatic music) ‐ Benjamin grew up in theNortheast in New Hampshire and he and his four...

(dramatic music) ‐ Benjamin grew up in the
Northeast in New Hampshire and he and his four brothers
worked in the family saw mill, helping make wagon wheels and learning the business

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‐ Benjamin grew up in the Northeast in New Hampshire
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and he and his four brothers worked in the family saw mill,
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helping make wagon wheels
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and learning the business.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
56
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:22
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] 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
S01 • E03 ‐ His family as far as we know, didn't even have a radio. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
‐ His family as far as we know, didn't even have a radi...
S01 • E03 He'd only recently moved to a house that had electricity, - The Machines That Built America 00:12
He'd only recently moved to a house that had electricit...
S01 • E04 ‐ At the turn of the century, - The Machines That Built America 00:15
‐ At the turn of the century,
S01 • E01 ‐ [Narrator] He sees an opportunity, - The Machines That Built America 00:06
‐ [Narrator] He sees an opportunity,
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] In 1921, Farnsworth has his head - The Machines That Built America 00:12
‐ [Narrator] In 1921, Farnsworth has his head
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S01 • E04 (engine clanking) - The Machines That Built America 00:20
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