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[Narrator] Despite the financial challenges
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The Machines That Built America

? Despitethe financial challenges caused by the depression, Sarnoff doubles down and buys...

� [Narrator] Despite
the financial challenges caused by the depression, Sarnoff doubles down and buys up radio stations
nationwide on the cheap, building the very first
broadcast network, NBC

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‐ [Narrator] Despite the financial challenges
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caused by the depression,
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Sarnoff doubles down
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and buys up radio stations nationwide on the cheap,
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building the very first broadcast network,
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NBC.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:16:34
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 • E01 (flywheel rotating) - The Machines That Built America 00:16
(flywheel rotating)
S01 • E04 ‐ [Narrator] Back in Springfield, - The Machines That Built America 00:16
‐ [Narrator] Back in Springfield,
S01 • E01 He's one step closer to his dream - The Machines That Built America 00:07
He's one step closer to his dream
S01 • E03 ‐ [Spokesperson] Have a bottle of ice cold Coke - The Machines That Built America 00:04
‐ [Spokesperson] Have a bottle of ice cold Coke
S01 • E04 By the end of the year, - The Machines That Built America 00:07
By the end of the year,
S01 • E01 (dramatic music) - The Machines That Built America 00:04
(dramatic music)
S01 • E03 ‐ Can you imagine how messaging can be crafted and shaped - The Machines That Built America 00:11
‐ Can you imagine how messaging can be crafted and shaped
S01 • E04 Nearly one third of the average Americans annual salary. - The Machines That Built America 00:05
Nearly one third of the average Americans annual salary.
S01 • E01 But John Froelich is even further ahead. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
But John Froelich is even further ahead.
S01 • E03 That was impossible - The Machines That Built America 00:05
That was impossible
S01 • E04 Motorcycles have started to catch on. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
Motorcycles have started to catch on.
S01 • E01 He's almost connected the gas engine from his grain elevator - The Machines That Built America 00:07
He's almost connected the gas engine from his grain ele...
S01 • E04 ‐ It provided transportation - The Machines That Built America 00:07
‐ It provided transportation
S01 • E03 ‐ [Sarnoff] Not tomorrow, I want it done now. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
‐ [Sarnoff] Not tomorrow, I want it done now.
S01 • E04 It'd be like if we got a flying car today, - The Machines That Built America 00:05
It'd be like if we got a flying car today,
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] In 1930, - The Machines That Built America 00:06
‐ [Narrator] In 1930,
S01 • E04 ‐ They were exciting, they were dangerous, - The Machines That Built America 00:06
‐ They were exciting, they were dangerous,
S01 • E03 Flush with money from NBC's ads, - The Machines That Built America 00:11
Flush with money from NBC's ads,
S01 • E04 If you lived on a farm 10 miles outside of town, - The Machines That Built America 00:07
If you lived on a farm 10 miles outside of town,
S01 • E01 After months of work, Froelich has managed - The Machines That Built America 00:09
After months of work, Froelich has managed