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The Machines That Built America

(engine clanking) ‐ The machine isunwieldy and barely functional‐ (engine dying) (crowd...

(engine clanking) ‐ [Narrator] The machine is
unwieldy and barely functional‐ (engine dying) (crowd jeering) But for a young William
Harley and Arthur Davidson, it's a revelation

Full Transcript

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(engine clanking)
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‐ [Narrator] The machine is unwieldy and barely functional‐
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(engine dying)
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(crowd jeering)
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But for a young William Harley and Arthur Davidson,
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it's a revelation.
Duration
20 seconds
Views
36
Timestamp in Movie
00:08:14
Uploaded
May 09, 2025
Season
1
Episode
4
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 • E03 At the time, the only device that exists - The Machines That Built America 00:11
At the time, the only device that exists
S01 • E01 (upbeat music) - The Machines That Built America 00:10
(upbeat music)
S01 • E03 ‐ The speeding disc would capture pieces of an image - The Machines That Built America 00:08
‐ The speeding disc would capture pieces of an image
S01 • E01 To meet demand, - The Machines That Built America 00:09
To meet demand,
S01 • E03 ‐ At this point, - The Machines That Built America 00:13
‐ At this point,
S01 • E04 They decide to go all in on building their own motorcycle, - The Machines That Built America 00:08
They decide to go all in on building their own motorcycle,
S01 • E01 ‐ But then, inventors figured out - The Machines That Built America 00:07
‐ But then, inventors figured out
S01 • E01 And that's how you get the first tractors. - The Machines That Built America 00:05
And that's how you get the first tractors.
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] Farnsworth believes the key is a new device - The Machines That Built America 00:05
‐ [Narrator] Farnsworth believes the key is a new device
S01 • E04 By 1900, George Hendee's bicycle business is on the ropes. - The Machines That Built America 00:05
By 1900, George Hendee's bicycle business is on the rop...
S01 • E01 (dramatic music) - The Machines That Built America 00:11
(dramatic music)
S01 • E03 It's already been used in radio to transmit sound. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
It's already been used in radio to transmit sound.
S01 • E03 He thinks it can do the same with images. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
He thinks it can do the same with images.
S01 • E04 He also sees the motorcycle - The Machines That Built America 00:06
He also sees the motorcycle
S01 • E01 So he and his brothers gamble - The Machines That Built America 00:11
So he and his brothers gamble
S01 • E04 He doesn't know the first thing about building one. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
He doesn't know the first thing about building one.
S01 • E01 (dramatic music) - The Machines That Built America 00:07
(dramatic music)
S01 • E04 He heads to his favorite racetrack - The Machines That Built America 00:06
He heads to his favorite racetrack
S01 • E01 (dramatic music) - The Machines That Built America 00:06
(dramatic music)
S01 • E04 ‐ Now George Hendee had been - The Machines That Built America 00:09
‐ Now George Hendee had been