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The Machines That Built America

(ominous music) ‐ Then, acash strapped Farnsworth gets an unexpected lifeline RCA's...

(ominous music) ‐ [Narrator] Then, a
cash strapped Farnsworth gets an unexpected lifeline RCA's rival, radio maker Philco have finally realized the goldmine potential
of television

Full Transcript

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‐ [Narrator] Then, a cash strapped Farnsworth
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gets an unexpected lifeline
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RCA's rival, radio maker Philco
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have finally realized
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the goldmine potential of television.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
37
Timestamp in Movie
00:23:05
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 Double the power, nothing feels like a V‐twin, - The Machines That Built America 00:08
Double the power, nothing feels like a V‐twin,
S01 • E04 ‐ [Narrator] The bike reaches a blistering 60 miles - The Machines That Built America 00:10
‐ [Narrator] The bike reaches a blistering 60 miles
S01 • E01 ‐ [Narrator] Other inventors have experimented - The Machines That Built America 00:11
‐ [Narrator] Other inventors have experimented
S01 • E03 But they're starting from square one - The Machines That Built America 00:11
But they're starting from square one
S01 • E04 ‐ This is gonna be an amazing paradigm shift - The Machines That Built America 00:08
‐ This is gonna be an amazing paradigm shift
S01 • E01 Holt believes wooden tracks are the key. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
Holt believes wooden tracks are the key.
S01 • E01 If he's wrong, the Holt brothers massive investment - The Machines That Built America 00:06
If he's wrong, the Holt brothers massive investment
S01 • E03 They gave him some of the corporate structure - The Machines That Built America 00:07
They gave him some of the corporate structure
S01 • E04 ‐ [Narrator] Thanks to the power of the V‐twin, - The Machines That Built America 00:10
‐ [Narrator] Thanks to the power of the V‐twin,
S01 • E01 ‐ [David] Inventors and entrepreneurs too - The Machines That Built America 00:08
‐ [David] Inventors and entrepreneurs too
S01 • E03 (mysterious music) - The Machines That Built America 00:10
(mysterious music)
S01 • E01 Sometimes, it can border on the fanatic. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
Sometimes, it can border on the fanatic.
S01 • E01 You wonder why they won't let go of this idea, - The Machines That Built America 00:09
You wonder why they won't let go of this idea,
S01 • E03 On the other side was Camden, New Jersey, - The Machines That Built America 00:06
On the other side was Camden, New Jersey,
S01 • E04 ‐ [Narrator] It's the first decade of the 20th century - The Machines That Built America 00:07
‐ [Narrator] It's the first decade of the 20th century...
S01 • E03 (dramatic music) - The Machines That Built America 00:07
(dramatic music)
S01 • E04 ‐ Previously, people could only go as fast - The Machines That Built America 00:06
‐ Previously, people could only go as fast
S01 • E01 (dramatic music) - The Machines That Built America 00:09
(dramatic music)
S01 • E03 ‐ Zworykin and RCA - The Machines That Built America 00:09
‐ Zworykin and RCA
S01 • E04 Now, the fact that you could put an engine - The Machines That Built America 00:10
Now, the fact that you could put an engine