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The Machines That Built America

? Invention isn't forthe weak at heart, they're getting beatup each and every day and they...

� Invention isn't for
the weak at heart, they're getting beat
up each and every day and they just keep
going after it

Full Transcript

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‐ Invention isn't for the weak at heart,
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they're getting beat up each and every day
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and they just keep going after it.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
35
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:30
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 • E01 (metal clings) (engine revving) - The Machines That Built America 00:14
(metal clings) (engine revving)
S01 • E03 (knocking on door) - The Machines That Built America 00:08
(knocking on door)
S01 • E04 ‐ [Narrator] Harley realizes that sitting the engine - The Machines That Built America 00:07
‐ [Narrator] Harley realizes that sitting the engine
S01 • E01 Sometimes, fortune favors the bold when it comes - The Machines That Built America 00:05
Sometimes, fortune favors the bold when it comes
S01 • E01 ‐ [Narrator] Froelich has just created - The Machines That Built America 00:06
‐ [Narrator] Froelich has just created
S01 • E03 The image dissector has a very specific design. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
The image dissector has a very specific design.
S01 • E01 It's nearly 17 tons lighter - The Machines That Built America 00:13
It's nearly 17 tons lighter
S01 • E04 You want your center of gravity to be down low. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
You want your center of gravity to be down low.
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] In April, 1930, - The Machines That Built America 00:08
‐ [Narrator] In April, 1930,
S01 • E04 ‐ [Narrator] If it works, - The Machines That Built America 00:04
‐ [Narrator] If it works,
S01 • E04 ‐ Their own frames allowed for larger engines - The Machines That Built America 00:09
‐ Their own frames allowed for larger engines
S01 • E03 Farnsworth knows of Zworykin's experiments in television - The Machines That Built America 00:09
Farnsworth knows of Zworykin's experiments in televisio...
S01 • E01 ‐ Froelich's gas powered tractor is a huge leap forward. - The Machines That Built America 00:05
‐ Froelich's gas powered tractor is a huge leap forward...
S01 • E01 You don't have to wait hours for the water to boil, - The Machines That Built America 00:06
You don't have to wait hours for the water to boil,
S01 • E03 (ominous music) - The Machines That Built America 00:09
(ominous music)
S01 • E01 And it's light enough - The Machines That Built America 00:05
And it's light enough
S01 • E04 (bike revving) - The Machines That Built America 00:07
(bike revving)
S01 • E01 ‐ [Narrator] With his breakthrough creation, - The Machines That Built America 00:10
‐ [Narrator] With his breakthrough creation,
S01 • E03 ‐ Zworykin's a scientist, he's no thief. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
‐ Zworykin's a scientist, he's no thief.
S01 • E01 With a group of investors, - The Machines That Built America 00:10
With a group of investors,