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The Machines That Built America

He stages the firstever TV broadcast of a heavyweighttitle bout on NBC between Joe Louis...

He stages the first
ever TV broadcast of a heavyweight
title bout on NBC between Joe Louis and Billy Conn and sells expensive
RCA televisions to bars so the public can watch it

Full Transcript

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He stages the first ever TV broadcast
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of a heavyweight title bout on NBC
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between Joe Louis and Billy Conn
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and sells expensive RCA televisions to bars
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so the public can watch it.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:38:48
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 • E04 They're fast, much faster than any other method - The Machines That Built America 00:07
They're fast, much faster than any other method
S01 • E01 They just didn't think there was enough of a market - The Machines That Built America 00:06
They just didn't think there was enough of a market
S01 • E04 ‐ [Narrator] The war effort demands more motorcycles - The Machines That Built America 00:17
‐ [Narrator] The war effort demands more motorcycles
S01 • E03 The broadcast draws 140,000 viewers in New York City alone - The Machines That Built America 00:10
The broadcast draws 140,000 viewers in New York City alone
S01 • E01 (dramatic music) - The Machines That Built America 00:14
(dramatic music)
S01 • E03 In the two years after Farnsworth's patent expires, - The Machines That Built America 00:11
In the two years after Farnsworth's patent expires,
S01 • E04 ‐ During World War One, they knew they had - The Machines That Built America 00:14
‐ During World War One, they knew they had
S01 • E01 I want you to watch me write a check for $2.5 million. - The Machines That Built America 00:09
I want you to watch me write a check for $2.5 million.
S01 • E03 ‐ Sarnoff was this person - The Machines That Built America 00:13
‐ Sarnoff was this person
S01 • E04 ‐ [Narrator] During the war, - The Machines That Built America 00:10
‐ [Narrator] During the war,
S01 • E01 (dramatic music) - The Machines That Built America 00:19
(dramatic music)
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] At the beginning of the 1950s, - The Machines That Built America 00:07
‐ [Narrator] At the beginning of the 1950s,
S01 • E04 ‐ If there were a weakness in Indians strategy, - The Machines That Built America 00:12
‐ If there were a weakness in Indians strategy,
S01 • E03 By the end of the decade, there are 55 million. - The Machines That Built America 00:05
By the end of the decade, there are 55 million.
S01 • E03 ‐ It's the sign of success and it's the symbol of the age. - The Machines That Built America 00:06
‐ It's the sign of success and it's the symbol of ...
S01 • E03 It becomes a way in which Americans - The Machines That Built America 00:07
It becomes a way in which Americans
S01 • E04 ‐ [Narrator] With Indian dealers left scrambling - The Machines That Built America 00:09
‐ [Narrator] With Indian dealers left scrambling
S01 • E01 Waterloo sells just under 6,000 tractors in 1918. - The Machines That Built America 00:05
Waterloo sells just under 6,000 tractors in 1918.
S01 • E03 ‐ It is a space where Americans experienced together - The Machines That Built America 00:08
‐ It is a space where Americans experienced together
S01 • E01 (tractor engine revving) (dramatic music) - The Machines That Built America 00:10
(tractor engine revving) (dramatic music)