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The Machines That Built America

? Theylove their jobs but a decade afterthe market takes off, the bicycle business...

� [Narrator] They
love their jobs but a decade after
the market takes off, the bicycle business collapses when consumers get frustrated
with the bikes limitations

Full Transcript

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‐ [Narrator] They love their jobs
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but a decade after the market takes off,
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the bicycle business collapses
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when consumers get frustrated with the bikes limitations.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
40
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:14
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 00:16
(dramatic music)
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] The only question is how does he do it? - The Machines That Built America 00:04
‐ [Narrator] The only question is how does he do it?
S01 • E04 ‐ The roads would have been rutted, filled with dirt and mud - The Machines That Built America 00:05
‐ The roads would have been rutted, filled with dirt and mud...
S01 • E03 Someone unexpected - The Machines That Built America 00:05
Someone unexpected
S01 • E04 So at the turn of the century, - The Machines That Built America 00:08
So at the turn of the century,
S01 • E03 (dramatic music) - The Machines That Built America 00:09
(dramatic music)
S01 • E01 And Benjamin Holt himself out of the brothers was probably - The Machines That Built America 00:07
And Benjamin Holt himself out of the brothers was probably
S01 • E03 His name is Philo T. Farnsworth. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
His name is Philo T. Farnsworth.
S01 • E04 ‐ [Narrator] One day, the two friends stumble - The Machines That Built America 00:07
‐ [Narrator] One day, the two friends stumble
S01 • E03 ‐ First of all, where but in America - The Machines That Built America 00:05
‐ First of all, where but in America
S01 • E01 ‐ [Narrator] His brothers run the Stockton Wheel Company, - The Machines That Built America 00:07
‐ [Narrator] His brothers run the Stockton Wheel Company,
S01 • E03 And Farnsworth is just such a great American story. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
And Farnsworth is just such a great American story.
S01 • E04 ‐ Gather around ladies and gentlemen, - The Machines That Built America 00:11
‐ Gather around ladies and gentlemen,
S01 • E01 ‐ He pretty quickly realized - The Machines That Built America 00:11
‐ He pretty quickly realized
S01 • E03 ‐ His family as far as we know, didn't even have a radio. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
‐ His family as far as we know, didn't even have a radi...
S01 • E03 He'd only recently moved to a house that had electricity, - The Machines That Built America 00:12
He'd only recently moved to a house that had electricit...
S01 • E04 ‐ At the turn of the century, - The Machines That Built America 00:15
‐ At the turn of the century,
S01 • E01 ‐ [Narrator] He sees an opportunity, - The Machines That Built America 00:06
‐ [Narrator] He sees an opportunity,
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] In 1921, Farnsworth has his head - The Machines That Built America 00:12
‐ [Narrator] In 1921, Farnsworth has his head
S01 • E01 (dramatic music) - The Machines That Built America 00:16
(dramatic music)