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The Machines That Built America

? Thepair immediately began designingtheir new motorcycle, which they name afterHendee's...

� [Narrator] The
pair immediately began designing
their new motorcycle, which they name after
Hendee's popular bicycle, the Indian Single

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‐ [Narrator] The pair immediately
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began designing their new motorcycle,
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which they name after Hendee's popular bicycle,
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the Indian Single.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:10:56
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 • E01 (dramatic music) - The Machines That Built America 00:08
(dramatic music)
S01 • E04 Back in Milwaukee, - The Machines That Built America 00:17
Back in Milwaukee,
S01 • E01 They're expensive and their immense weight makes them hard - The Machines That Built America 00:13
They're expensive and their immense weight makes them h...
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] By 1927, American industry is booming - The Machines That Built America 00:08
‐ [Narrator] By 1927, American industry is booming
S01 • E03 And the hottest sector of all is tech. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
And the hottest sector of all is tech.
S01 • E03 ‐ We have aviation, we have cars, we have radio. - The Machines That Built America 00:05
‐ We have aviation, we have cars, we have radio.
S01 • E01 ‐ Because that engine was so heavy, - The Machines That Built America 00:12
‐ Because that engine was so heavy,
S01 • E03 ‐ The stock market takes off during the 1920s, - The Machines That Built America 00:10
‐ The stock market takes off during the 1920s,
S01 • E04 ‐ I think we bit off more than we can chew. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
‐ I think we bit off more than we can chew.
S01 • E03 (dramatic music) - The Machines That Built America 00:09
(dramatic music)
S01 • E04 ‐ [Narrator] And there's another problem, - The Machines That Built America 00:07
‐ [Narrator] And there's another problem,
S01 • E03 Philo Farnsworth has secured a $25,000 investment - The Machines That Built America 00:06
Philo Farnsworth has secured a $25,000 investment
S01 • E04 Oscar Hedstrom does - The Machines That Built America 00:08
Oscar Hedstrom does
S01 • E01 ‐ So guess what happens when you have - The Machines That Built America 00:08
‐ So guess what happens when you have
S01 • E03 No longer an Idaho farm boy, - The Machines That Built America 00:09
No longer an Idaho farm boy,
S01 • E04 The engine doesn't generate enough power. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
The engine doesn't generate enough power.
S01 • E01 ‐ My tractor's stuck - The Machines That Built America 00:05
‐ My tractor's stuck
S01 • E04 Hendee and Hedstrom are at an impasse - The Machines That Built America 00:09
Hendee and Hedstrom are at an impasse
S01 • E03 The technology he's trying to develop - The Machines That Built America 00:06
The technology he's trying to develop
S01 • E01 (upbeat music) - The Machines That Built America 00:08
(upbeat music)