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[Narrator] Until a poor farm boy with a genius idea
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The Machines That Built America

? Until a poorfarm boy with a genius idea grows up to take on aruthless radio mogul in a...

� [Narrator] Until a poor
farm boy with a genius idea grows up to take on a
ruthless radio mogul in a race to bring this
revolutionary machine to the world

Full Transcript

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‐ [Narrator] Until a poor farm boy with a genius idea
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grows up to take on a ruthless radio mogul
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in a race to bring this revolutionary machine
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to the world.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
44
Timestamp in Movie
00:00:27
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 • E04 ‐ [Narrator] But to rival upstarts see a chance - The Machines That Built America 00:05
‐ [Narrator] But to rival upstarts see a chance
S01 • E01 ‐ The ability to move equipment through a field dependably, - The Machines That Built America 00:09
‐ The ability to move equipment through a field dependably,...
S01 • E01 ‐ [Narrator] As the 20th century approaches, - The Machines That Built America 00:07
‐ [Narrator] As the 20th century approaches,
S01 • E04 Everything was on the line and they knew - The Machines That Built America 00:06
Everything was on the line and they knew
S01 • E01 ‐ A year from now, - The Machines That Built America 00:05
‐ A year from now,
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] It's an epic battle of outsized egos, - The Machines That Built America 00:07
‐ [Narrator] It's an epic battle of outsized egos,
S01 • E04 (gun firing) - The Machines That Built America 00:06
(gun firing)
S01 • E01 ‐ They saw the opportunity - The Machines That Built America 00:04
‐ They saw the opportunity
S01 • E03 ‐ I want you to blow Mr. Farnsworth's plans - The Machines That Built America 00:05
‐ I want you to blow Mr. Farnsworth's plans
S01 • E01 ‐ [Narrator] Their quest to corner the market will produce - The Machines That Built America 00:07
‐ [Narrator] Their quest to corner the market will produce
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] But with billions at stake, - The Machines That Built America 00:05
‐ [Narrator] But with billions at stake,
S01 • E04 ‐ It was horrendously dangerous - The Machines That Built America 00:08
‐ It was horrendously dangerous
S01 • E03 (dramatic music) - The Machines That Built America 00:07
(dramatic music)
S01 • E01 (dramatic music) - The Machines That Built America 00:07
(dramatic music)
S01 • E04 ‐ These motorcycles did truly help build America. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
‐ These motorcycles did truly help build America.
S01 • E01 (dramatic music) - The Machines That Built America 00:07
(dramatic music)
S01 • E04 (intense upbeat music) - The Machines That Built America 00:04
(intense upbeat music)
S01 • E01 ‐ The tractor actually changed the American landscape - The Machines That Built America 00:05
‐ The tractor actually changed the American landscape
S01 • E01 ‐ [Narrator] This is "Tractor Empires." - The Machines That Built America 00:07
‐ [Narrator] This is "Tractor Empires."
S01 • E03 While the decade that will become known - The Machines That Built America 00:09
While the decade that will become known