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The Machines That Built America

(dramatic music) ‐ From agricultureto highway building, to mining, to energy

(dramatic music) ‐ From agriculture
to highway building, to mining, to energy

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(dramatic music)
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‐ From agriculture to highway building,
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to mining, to energy.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:01:15
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 (intense upbeat music) - The Machines That Built America 00:04
(intense upbeat music)
S01 • E01 ‐ The tractor actually changed the American landscape - The Machines That Built America 00:05
‐ The tractor actually changed the American landscape
S01 • E01 ‐ [Narrator] This is "Tractor Empires." - The Machines That Built America 00:07
‐ [Narrator] This is "Tractor Empires."
S01 • E03 While the decade that will become known - The Machines That Built America 00:09
While the decade that will become known
S01 • E03 ‐ Entertainment that everyone is sharing - The Machines That Built America 00:12
‐ Entertainment that everyone is sharing
S01 • E04 (birds chirping) - The Machines That Built America 00:30
(birds chirping)
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] Cinema is still silent - The Machines That Built America 00:06
‐ [Narrator] Cinema is still silent
S01 • E01 (steam engine chugging) - The Machines That Built America 00:10
(steam engine chugging)
S01 • E03 At a time when Americans earned about 16 cents an hour, - The Machines That Built America 00:10
At a time when Americans earned about 16 cents an hour,
S01 • E01 ‐ By the close of the Civil War, - The Machines That Built America 00:06
‐ By the close of the Civil War,
S01 • E03 Most still think of radio only as a way to send messages, - The Machines That Built America 00:07
Most still think of radio only as a way to send messages,
S01 • E01 About half of Americans worked in agriculture, - The Machines That Built America 00:06
About half of Americans worked in agriculture,
S01 • E04 These primitive machines are more like glorified bicycles - The Machines That Built America 00:08
These primitive machines are more like glorified bicycles
S01 • E03 ‐ The notion that we would send - The Machines That Built America 00:16
‐ The notion that we would send
S01 • E01 But that's gonna change rapidly - The Machines That Built America 00:04
But that's gonna change rapidly
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