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The Machines That Built America

Someone unexpected may have already beatenhim to the answer

Someone unexpected may have already beaten
him to the answer

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Someone unexpected
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may have already beaten him to the answer.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
34
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:28
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 • E03 (dramatic music) - The Machines That Built America 00:09
(dramatic music)
S01 • E04 So at the turn of the century, - The Machines That Built America 00:08
So at the turn of the century,
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 • 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 ‐ First of all, where but in America - The Machines That Built America 00:05
‐ First of all, where but in America
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)
S01 • E04 (engine clanking) - The Machines That Built America 00:20
(engine clanking)
S01 • E03 At the time, the only device that exists - The Machines That Built America 00:11
At the time, the only device that exists
S01 • E01 (upbeat music) - The Machines That Built America 00:10
(upbeat music)
S01 • E03 ‐ The speeding disc would capture pieces of an image - The Machines That Built America 00:08
‐ The speeding disc would capture pieces of an image