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The Machines That Built America

It becomes a wayin which Americans demonstrate to each other, that frankly they're doing...

It becomes a way
in which Americans demonstrate to each other, that frankly they're doing well
enough to buy a television

Full Transcript

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It becomes a way in which Americans
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demonstrate to each other,
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that frankly they're doing well enough to buy a television.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:39:51
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 ‐ [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)
S01 • E04 ‐ When you have store owners, - The Machines That Built America 00:15
‐ When you have store owners,
S01 • E03 Television becomes a huge driver - The Machines That Built America 00:06
Television becomes a huge driver
S01 • E01 It's the top selling tractor brand in the United States - The Machines That Built America 00:09
It's the top selling tractor brand in the United States
S01 • E03 (dramatic music) - The Machines That Built America 00:15
(dramatic music)
S01 • E01 But Froelich, the man who built - The Machines That Built America 00:11
But Froelich, the man who built
S01 • E04 ‐ [Narrator] By 1918, - The Machines That Built America 00:06
‐ [Narrator] By 1918,
S01 • E03 By then, TV is as common in America as indoor plumbing. - The Machines That Built America 00:06
By then, TV is as common in America as indoor plumbing.
S01 • E04 ‐ Today, you work in the number one motorcycle company - The Machines That Built America 00:06
‐ Today, you work in the number one motorcycle company
S01 • E01 Benjamin Holt also falls on hard times. - The Machines That Built America 00:05
Benjamin Holt also falls on hard times.
S01 • E03 The man who believes he invented television, however, - The Machines That Built America 00:07
The man who believes he invented television, however,
S01 • E04 (cork popping) - The Machines That Built America 00:04
(cork popping)
S01 • E01 ‐ After the war, Holt manufacturing was challenged - The Machines That Built America 00:12
‐ After the war, Holt manufacturing was challenged
S01 • E04 (employees cheering) - The Machines That Built America 00:16
(employees cheering)
S01 • E03 He was really written out of history. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
He was really written out of history.
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] The Farnsworth Television and Radio Corporation - The Machines That Built America 00:08
‐ [Narrator] The Farnsworth Television and Radio Corporation...
S01 • E01 ‐ If you built an entire business - The Machines That Built America 00:10
‐ If you built an entire business