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The Machines That Built America

Sarnoff pens an oped about television in The New York Times

Sarnoff pens an op
ed about television in The New York Times

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Sarnoff pens an op ed about television
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in The New York Times.
Duration
5 seconds
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27
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:05
Uploaded
May 09, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
Genres
documentary
Production
Six West Media

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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 ‐ He says, "RCA is gonna be the company - The Machines That Built America 00:18
‐ He says, "RCA is gonna be the company
S01 • E01 (dramatic music) - The Machines That Built America 00:11
(dramatic music)
S01 • E04 Meanwhile, still struggling to get their motorcycle built, - The Machines That Built America 00:07
Meanwhile, still struggling to get their motorcycle built,
S01 • E01 ‐ [Narrator] During the day, - The Machines That Built America 00:17
‐ [Narrator] During the day,
S01 • E03 ‐ Innovation depends on a certain degree of confidence - The Machines That Built America 00:06
‐ Innovation depends on a certain degree of confidence
S01 • E04 ‐ Arthur writes a letter to his brother, - The Machines That Built America 00:08
‐ Arthur writes a letter to his brother,
S01 • E03 And so one of the things the depression did - The Machines That Built America 00:07
And so one of the things the depression did
S01 • E03 (dramatic music) - The Machines That Built America 00:09
(dramatic music)
S01 • E04 Walter was a bit hoodwinked, he was told - The Machines That Built America 00:07
Walter was a bit hoodwinked, he was told
S01 • E03 His most valuable asset, his TV design, - The Machines That Built America 00:07
His most valuable asset, his TV design,
S01 • E04 We just have to throw it all together - The Machines That Built America 00:06
We just have to throw it all together
S01 • E01 ‐ He built from parts he could find around the house, - The Machines That Built America 00:07
‐ He built from parts he could find around the house,
S01 • E04 ‐ Well, you. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
‐ Well, you.
S01 • E03 ‐ And although he was still a young man, - The Machines That Built America 00:06
‐ And although he was still a young man,
S01 • E01 It shows the innovation and how clever, - The Machines That Built America 00:06
It shows the innovation and how clever,
S01 • E04 ‐ [Narrator] But Walter is so convinced - The Machines That Built America 00:12
‐ [Narrator] But Walter is so convinced
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] In New York, RCA takes a major hit as well. - The Machines That Built America 00:05
‐ [Narrator] In New York, RCA takes a major hit as well.
S01 • E03 Sarnoff lays off several hundred RCA employees - The Machines That Built America 00:09
Sarnoff lays off several hundred RCA employees
S01 • E04 Almost immediately, it seems like he's made a big mistake. - The Machines That Built America 00:05
Almost immediately, it seems like he's made a big mista...
S01 • E03 Even so, Americans still hold on to their radios. - The Machines That Built America 00:06
Even so, Americans still hold on to their radios.