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The Machines That Built America

(dramatic music)(steam blowing) ‐ People were beingdrawn from the farms by higher paying...

(dramatic music)
(steam blowing) ‐ People were being
drawn from the farms by higher paying jobs in
the factories of the cities

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(dramatic music) (steam blowing)
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‐ People were being drawn from the farms
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by higher paying jobs in the factories of the cities.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:02:17
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 • 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
S01 • E01 Somebody has to grow your food for you. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
Somebody has to grow your food for you.
S01 • E01 (dramatic music) - The Machines That Built America 00:07
(dramatic music)
S01 • E04 The outcome will have a major impact - The Machines That Built America 00:09
The outcome will have a major impact
S01 • E01 ‐ [James] Farm labor was incredibly challenging work - The Machines That Built America 00:12
‐ [James] Farm labor was incredibly challenging work
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] But one low‐level executive at RCA, - The Machines That Built America 00:10
‐ [Narrator] But one low‐level executive at RCA,
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] 30 year old David Sarnoff - The Machines That Built America 00:07
‐ [Narrator] 30 year old David Sarnoff
S01 • E01 ‐ [Narrator] Harvesting a single five acre farm - The Machines That Built America 00:08
‐ [Narrator] Harvesting a single five acre farm
S01 • E04 In the decades following the civil war, - The Machines That Built America 00:08
In the decades following the civil war,
S01 • E03 ‐ When Sarnoff first got here, - The Machines That Built America 00:07
‐ When Sarnoff first got here,
S01 • E04 ‐ Society is changing, - The Machines That Built America 00:18
‐ Society is changing,
S01 • E01 In 1875, one young farm boy will do anything he can - The Machines That Built America 00:08
In 1875, one young farm boy will do anything he can
S01 • E03 I mean the guy was a hustler. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
I mean the guy was a hustler.
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] That hustle got him a job at the company - The Machines That Built America 00:06
‐ [Narrator] That hustle got him a job at the company
S01 • E03 When one day Sarnoff just a teenage office boy, - The Machines That Built America 00:07
When one day Sarnoff just a teenage office boy,
S01 • E04 ‐ [Narrator] Cars don't yet exist - The Machines That Built America 00:05
‐ [Narrator] Cars don't yet exist
S01 • E01 ‐ [Narrator] His name is Henry Ford. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
‐ [Narrator] His name is Henry Ford.
S01 • E03 May I be of assistance?" - The Machines That Built America 00:08
May I be of assistance?"