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[Narrator] 50 Million are sold every year
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The Machines That Built America

? 50 Millionare sold every year, creating a $10 billionindustry in the US alone and...

� [Narrator] 50 Million
are sold every year, creating a $10 billion
industry in the US alone and feeding a primal
need for speed and power but at the onset of
the 20th century, it's a crazy and dangerous idea

Full Transcript

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‐ [Narrator] 50 Million are sold every year,
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creating a $10 billion industry in the US alone
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and feeding a primal need for speed and power
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but at the onset of the 20th century,
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it's a crazy and dangerous idea.
Duration
23 seconds
Views
43
Timestamp in Movie
00:00:02
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 ‐ [Narrator] They are in 90% of American households - The Machines That Built America 00:11
‐ [Narrator] They are in 90% of American households
S01 • E01 ‐ [Narrator] From backyards to big ag, - The Machines That Built America 00:07
‐ [Narrator] From backyards to big ag,
S01 • E01 (dramatic music) - The Machines That Built America 00:09
(dramatic music)
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] But one century ago, - The Machines That Built America 00:08
‐ [Narrator] But one century ago,
S01 • E01 (dramatic music) - The Machines That Built America 00:11
(dramatic music)
S01 • E04 If you want the fun, if you want the freedom, - The Machines That Built America 00:07
If you want the fun, if you want the freedom,
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] Until a poor farm boy with a genius idea - The Machines That Built America 00:13
‐ [Narrator] Until a poor farm boy with a genius idea
S01 • E01 ‐ Farm life is grueling in the 19th century. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
‐ Farm life is grueling in the 19th century.
S01 • E01 ‐ The ability to move equipment through a field dependably, - The Machines That Built America 00:09
‐ The ability to move equipment through a field dependably,...
S01 • E04 ‐ [Narrator] But to rival upstarts see a chance - The Machines That Built America 00:05
‐ [Narrator] But to rival upstarts see a chance
S01 • E01 ‐ [Narrator] As the 20th century approaches, - The Machines That Built America 00:07
‐ [Narrator] As the 20th century approaches,
S01 • E04 Everything was on the line and they knew - The Machines That Built America 00:06
Everything was on the line and they knew
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] It's an epic battle of outsized egos, - The Machines That Built America 00:07
‐ [Narrator] It's an epic battle of outsized egos,
S01 • E01 ‐ A year from now, - The Machines That Built America 00:05
‐ A year from now,
S01 • E04 (gun firing) - The Machines That Built America 00:06
(gun firing)
S01 • E03 ‐ I want you to blow Mr. Farnsworth's plans - The Machines That Built America 00:05
‐ I want you to blow Mr. Farnsworth's plans
S01 • E01 ‐ They saw the opportunity - The Machines That Built America 00:04
‐ They saw the opportunity
S01 • E01 ‐ [Narrator] Their quest to corner the market will produce - The Machines That Built America 00:07
‐ [Narrator] Their quest to corner the market will produce
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] But with billions at stake, - The Machines That Built America 00:05
‐ [Narrator] But with billions at stake,
S01 • E04 ‐ It was horrendously dangerous - The Machines That Built America 00:08
‐ It was horrendously dangerous