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The Machines That Built America

? Harley andthe Davidson brothers are convinced theycan make a big splash in the...

� [Narrator] Harley and
the Davidson brothers are convinced they
can make a big splash in the motorcycle business
but will it be big enough to compete with Hendee
and Hedstroms Indian?

Full Transcript

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‐ [Narrator] Harley and the Davidson brothers
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are convinced they can make a big splash
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in the motorcycle business but will it be big enough
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to compete with Hendee and Hedstroms Indian?
Duration
11 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
00:21:07
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 Convinced his work is an imminent threat to RCA. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
Convinced his work is an imminent threat to RCA.
S01 • E01 You can't go to the hardware store - The Machines That Built America 00:04
You can't go to the hardware store
S01 • E04 The growing team moves its operation to a real factory. - The Machines That Built America 00:05
The growing team moves its operation to a real factory.
S01 • E01 So when you're building an engine - The Machines That Built America 00:09
So when you're building an engine
S01 • E03 ‐ We are to own all Mr. Farnsworth's patents - The Machines That Built America 00:05
‐ We are to own all Mr. Farnsworth's patents
S01 • E04 Arthur begins recruiting new Harley‐Davidson dealers. - The Machines That Built America 00:05
Arthur begins recruiting new Harley‐Davidson dealers.
S01 • E04 ‐ Arthur Davidson wanted somebody - The Machines That Built America 00:10
‐ Arthur Davidson wanted somebody
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] Sarnoff knows Farnsworth's lab - The Machines That Built America 00:06
‐ [Narrator] Sarnoff knows Farnsworth's lab
S01 • E01 ‐ [Narrator] Over the next year, - The Machines That Built America 00:07
‐ [Narrator] Over the next year,
S01 • E03 ‐ Sarnoff would make $100,000 offer - The Machines That Built America 00:09
‐ Sarnoff would make $100,000 offer
S01 • E04 ‐ [Narrator] Within a year, Harley‐Davidson Motorcycles are - The Machines That Built America 00:11
‐ [Narrator] Within a year, Harley‐Davidson Motorcycles are...
S01 • E01 ‐ By 1895, his partners decided they wanna go - The Machines That Built America 00:05
‐ By 1895, his partners decided they wanna go
S01 • E03 ‐ Tell Mr. Sarnoff he may be able - The Machines That Built America 00:05
‐ Tell Mr. Sarnoff he may be able
S01 • E01 (metal clings) - The Machines That Built America 00:10
(metal clings)
S01 • E03 ‐ Especially in the backdrop of the depression, - The Machines That Built America 00:06
‐ Especially in the backdrop of the depression,
S01 • E01 ‐ [Donny] So many startups do have the great idea, - The Machines That Built America 00:05
‐ [Donny] So many startups do have the great idea,
S01 • E03 ‐ Most passionate inventors will do that. - The Machines That Built America 00:05
‐ Most passionate inventors will do that.
S01 • E03 They believe so much in what they have - The Machines That Built America 00:06
They believe so much in what they have
S01 • E01 ‐ [Narrator] Froelich's tractor will one day return, - The Machines That Built America 00:07
‐ [Narrator] Froelich's tractor will one day return,
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] But Sarnoff won't let a simple no stop him. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
‐ [Narrator] But Sarnoff won't let a simple no stop him...