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The Machines That Built America

(dramatic music) ‐ By spring 1934, David Sarnoff and RCA have been waging a legalbattle...

(dramatic music) ‐ [Narrator] By spring 1934, David Sarnoff and RCA have been waging a legal
battle for nearly two years to invalidate the television
patent of Philo T. Farnsworth

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‐ [Narrator] By spring 1934,
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David Sarnoff and RCA
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have been waging a legal battle for nearly two years
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to invalidate the television patent of Philo T. Farnsworth.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:25:56
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 (dramatic music) - The Machines That Built America 00:10
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S01 • E04 ‐ Since Harley had started out as trying - The Machines That Built America 00:15
‐ Since Harley had started out as trying
S01 • E01 He's found success with his model A, F, K, and N. - The Machines That Built America 00:06
He's found success with his model A, F, K, and N.
S01 • E03 ‐ RCA still hasn't quite figured out - The Machines That Built America 00:12
‐ RCA still hasn't quite figured out
S01 • E01 He's just earned his first $1 million in profit, - The Machines That Built America 00:09
He's just earned his first $1 million in profit,
S01 • E04 ‐ Indian is sponsoring one of riders, I guarantee it. - The Machines That Built America 00:05
‐ Indian is sponsoring one of riders, I guarantee it.
S01 • E03 ‐ Seeing Farnsworth go up against RCA - The Machines That Built America 00:07
‐ Seeing Farnsworth go up against RCA
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] But Farnsworth, - The Machines That Built America 00:07
‐ [Narrator] But Farnsworth,
S01 • E04 ‐ We can probably afford to finance one. - The Machines That Built America 00:05
‐ We can probably afford to finance one.
S01 • E01 ‐ Not long after Henry Ford begins work on his automobile, - The Machines That Built America 00:06
‐ Not long after Henry Ford begins work on his automobile,
S01 • E01 It's something that he sort of has a heartfelt passion for. - The Machines That Built America 00:05
It's something that he sort of has a heartfelt passion ...
S01 • E03 Farnsworth at that point is drinking a lot. - The Machines That Built America 00:05
Farnsworth at that point is drinking a lot.
S01 • E04 ‐ Well, that rider - The Machines That Built America 00:09
‐ Well, that rider
S01 • E01 ‐ Some of the best businesses come from wanting - The Machines That Built America 00:10
‐ Some of the best businesses come from wanting
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S01 • E01 I think sometimes we think - The Machines That Built America 00:07
I think sometimes we think
S01 • E03 ‐ Mr. Zworykin, during your visit to Mr. Farnsworth lab, - The Machines That Built America 00:09
‐ Mr. Zworykin, during your visit to Mr. Farnsworth lab,
S01 • E01 ‐ [Narrator] Ford knows that Benjamin Holt caters - The Machines That Built America 00:06
‐ [Narrator] Ford knows that Benjamin Holt caters
S01 • E01 So he sets out to conquer an even more lucrative market; - The Machines That Built America 00:09
So he sets out to conquer an even more lucrative market;
S01 • E04 ‐ The new Indian Motorcycle - The Machines That Built America 00:07
‐ The new Indian Motorcycle