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The Machines That Built America

May I be of assistance?" ‐ He became his valet,his personal assistant

May I be of assistance?" ‐ He became his valet,
his personal assistant

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May I be of assistance?"
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‐ He became his valet, his personal assistant.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
35
Timestamp in Movie
00:03:28
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 People are desperate for a personal form - The Machines That Built America 00:10
People are desperate for a personal form
S01 • E01 ‐ Henry Ford grew up on a farm, - The Machines That Built America 00:06
‐ Henry Ford grew up on a farm,
S01 • E03 He wanted to become a great man like Marconi - The Machines That Built America 00:08
He wanted to become a great man like Marconi
S01 • E04 ‐ At the turn of the century, - The Machines That Built America 00:06
‐ At the turn of the century,
S01 • E01 He knows what arduous work farming is. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
He knows what arduous work farming is.
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] One day, Sarnoff will be known - The Machines That Built America 00:17
‐ [Narrator] One day, Sarnoff will be known
S01 • E04 It allows for Americans to be able to have freedom - The Machines That Built America 00:07
It allows for Americans to be able to have freedom
S01 • E01 ‐ He didn't like farming in large part - The Machines That Built America 00:07
‐ He didn't like farming in large part
S01 • E04 ‐ [Narrator] As bicycles become stronger, faster - The Machines That Built America 00:12
‐ [Narrator] As bicycles become stronger, faster
S01 • E01 (dramatic music) - The Machines That Built America 00:09
(dramatic music)
S01 • E03 Back in July, 1921, - The Machines That Built America 00:07
Back in July, 1921,
S01 • E01 When he was 12‐years‐old, - The Machines That Built America 00:04
When he was 12‐years‐old,
S01 • E04 Racing fuels a massive boom in sales and by the early 1890s, - The Machines That Built America 00:13
Racing fuels a massive boom in sales and by the early 1890s,
S01 • E01 He took it apart and put it back together so many times - The Machines That Built America 00:10
He took it apart and put it back together so many times
S01 • E03 He's trying something that's never been done, - The Machines That Built America 00:08
He's trying something that's never been done,
S01 • E01 (dramatic music) - The Machines That Built America 00:17
(dramatic music)
S01 • E04 In Springfield, Massachusetts, - The Machines That Built America 00:10
In Springfield, Massachusetts,
S01 • E03 American Jack Dempsey versus George Carpentier of France. - The Machines That Built America 00:06
American Jack Dempsey versus George Carpentier of France.
S01 • E03 And to pull it off, - The Machines That Built America 00:08
And to pull it off,
S01 • E04 ‐ [Narrator] By opening his own manufacturing company. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
‐ [Narrator] By opening his own manufacturing company.