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[Narrator] But one low‐level executive at RCA
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The Machines That Built America

? But onelow‐level executive at RCA, the Radio Corporation of America sees this...

� [Narrator] But one
low‐level executive at RCA, the Radio Corporation of America sees this technology
as his way to the top

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‐ [Narrator] But one low‐level executive at RCA,
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the Radio Corporation of America
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sees this technology as his way to the top.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:02:44
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 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] 30 year old David Sarnoff - The Machines That Built America 00:07
‐ [Narrator] 30 year old David Sarnoff
S01 • E01 ‐ [Narrator] Harvesting a single five acre farm - The Machines That Built America 00:08
‐ [Narrator] Harvesting a single five acre farm
S01 • E04 In the decades following the civil war, - The Machines That Built America 00:08
In the decades following the civil war,
S01 • E03 ‐ When Sarnoff first got here, - The Machines That Built America 00:07
‐ When Sarnoff first got here,
S01 • E04 ‐ Society is changing, - The Machines That Built America 00:18
‐ Society is changing,
S01 • E01 In 1875, one young farm boy will do anything he can - The Machines That Built America 00:08
In 1875, one young farm boy will do anything he can
S01 • E03 I mean the guy was a hustler. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
I mean the guy was a hustler.
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] That hustle got him a job at the company - The Machines That Built America 00:06
‐ [Narrator] That hustle got him a job at the company
S01 • E03 When one day Sarnoff just a teenage office boy, - The Machines That Built America 00:07
When one day Sarnoff just a teenage office boy,
S01 • E04 ‐ [Narrator] Cars don't yet exist - The Machines That Built America 00:05
‐ [Narrator] Cars don't yet exist
S01 • E01 ‐ [Narrator] His name is Henry Ford. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
‐ [Narrator] His name is Henry Ford.
S01 • E03 May I be of assistance?" - The Machines That Built America 00:08
May I be of assistance?"
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