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The Machines That Built America

? During World War I, they looked at theCaterpillar tractor and they saw theCaterpillar...

� During World War I, they looked at the
Caterpillar tractor and they saw the
Caterpillar tractor getting through the mud, they looked at the traction, and all of a sudden they
have this a‐ha moment, that Eureka moment and go,
"Wait, that would be amazing "to have something like
that on the battlefield

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‐ During World War I,
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they looked at the Caterpillar tractor
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and they saw the Caterpillar tractor getting
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through the mud,
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they looked at the traction,
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and all of a sudden they have this a‐ha moment,
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that Eureka moment and go, "Wait, that would be amazing
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"to have something like that on the battlefield.
Duration
18 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:16
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 ‐ People love a vibe and they love an image - The Machines That Built America 00:13
‐ People love a vibe and they love an image
S01 • E03 Instead of being made of wood, it's made of lucite, - The Machines That Built America 00:09
Instead of being made of wood, it's made of lucite,
S01 • E04 Creating a whole subculture around it, - The Machines That Built America 00:05
Creating a whole subculture around it,
S01 • E01 "Let's make a tank." - The Machines That Built America 00:29
"Let's make a tank."
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] Cameras are there - The Machines That Built America 00:05
‐ [Narrator] Cameras are there
S01 • E04 Harley‐Davidson did that way back in the day - The Machines That Built America 00:07
Harley‐Davidson did that way back in the day
S01 • E03 ‐ It's really hard to recapture what it was like - The Machines That Built America 00:07
‐ It's really hard to recapture what it was like
S01 • E04 ‐ The motorcycle becomes a kind of symbol - The Machines That Built America 00:14
‐ The motorcycle becomes a kind of symbol
S01 • E03 You know, "Wave." - The Machines That Built America 00:06
You know, "Wave."
S01 • E03 And people who saw it, - The Machines That Built America 00:06
And people who saw it,
S01 • E04 ‐ [Narrator] By 1913, while Harley‐Davidson is tapping - The Machines That Built America 00:13
‐ [Narrator] By 1913, while Harley‐Davidson is tapping
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] Sarnoff himself dedicates the exhibit - The Machines That Built America 00:11
‐ [Narrator] Sarnoff himself dedicates the exhibit
S01 • E03 ‐ We have arranged this demonstration - The Machines That Built America 00:08
‐ We have arranged this demonstration
S01 • E04 They enter a team - The Machines That Built America 00:06
They enter a team
S01 • E04 ‐ These people are like going 116 miles an hour - The Machines That Built America 00:15
‐ These people are like going 116 miles an hour
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] What no one knows - The Machines That Built America 00:10
‐ [Narrator] What no one knows
S01 • E03 A fact Sarnoff is brazenly ignoring. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
A fact Sarnoff is brazenly ignoring.
S01 • E01 (dramatic music) - The Machines That Built America 00:12
(dramatic music)
S01 • E03 ‐ Sarnoff just made this decision, - The Machines That Built America 00:07
‐ Sarnoff just made this decision,
S01 • E04 ‐ [Narrator] As the popularity of the sport continues - The Machines That Built America 00:09
‐ [Narrator] As the popularity of the sport continues