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The Machines That Built America

(dramatic music) The win over RCAattracts new investors and Farnsworth begins plansto...

(dramatic music) The win over RCA
attracts new investors and Farnsworth begins plans
to launch his own company at an old phonograph factory
in Fort Wayne, Indiana

Full Transcript

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The win over RCA attracts new investors
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and Farnsworth begins plans to launch his own company
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at an old phonograph factory in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Duration
17 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:29:09
Uploaded
May 09, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
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 • E01 ‐ [Travis] Finding the perfect balance on how heavy - The Machines That Built America 00:18
‐ [Travis] Finding the perfect balance on how heavy
S01 • E01 ‐ [Narrator] When his first tractor fails, - The Machines That Built America 00:14
‐ [Narrator] When his first tractor fails,
S01 • E03 But these court fights - The Machines That Built America 00:08
But these court fights
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] Despite winning the case, - The Machines That Built America 00:08
‐ [Narrator] Despite winning the case,
S01 • E04 ‐ [Narrator] After a grueling two day, 350 mile endurance race - The Machines That Built America 00:17
‐ [Narrator] After a grueling two day, 350 mile endurance ra...
S01 • E01 You just have to have this resilience - The Machines That Built America 00:06
You just have to have this resilience
S01 • E03 He needs cash quick, - The Machines That Built America 00:12
He needs cash quick,
S01 • E01 And the great ones have that - The Machines That Built America 00:05
And the great ones have that
S01 • E01 ‐ [Narrator] Over the next few years, - The Machines That Built America 00:06
‐ [Narrator] Over the next few years,
S01 • E01 And while Ford's Model T is a resounding success, - The Machines That Built America 00:08
And while Ford's Model T is a resounding success,
S01 • E04 For George Hendee and Indian, it's a wake‐up call. - The Machines That Built America 00:05
For George Hendee and Indian, it's a wake‐up call.
S01 • E01 Then in 1914, - The Machines That Built America 00:08
Then in 1914,
S01 • E04 They double the size of their factory, - The Machines That Built America 00:20
They double the size of their factory,
S01 • E01 (dramatic music) - The Machines That Built America 00:09
(dramatic music)
S01 • E03 ‐ He started to drink heavily, - The Machines That Built America 00:04
‐ He started to drink heavily,
S01 • E03 And he got a prescription for chloral hydrate as a sedative, - The Machines That Built America 00:10
And he got a prescription for chloral hydrate as a sedative,
S01 • E01 When you have sides fighting - The Machines That Built America 00:14
When you have sides fighting
S01 • E03 ‐ And mentally, he's getting very depressed - The Machines That Built America 00:08
‐ And mentally, he's getting very depressed
S01 • E04 ‐ Police forces embrace the motorcycle - The Machines That Built America 00:05
‐ Police forces embrace the motorcycle
S01 • E04 ‐ And the city of Detroit, Michigan - The Machines That Built America 00:09
‐ And the city of Detroit, Michigan