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The Machines That Built America

Their machine is still crude, a small motor attached toan ordinary bicycle frame and it...

Their machine is still crude, a small motor attached to
an ordinary bicycle frame and it lacks the
carburetor refinement that Hedstrom developed
for the Indian Single, (engine revving)

Full Transcript

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Their machine is still crude,
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a small motor attached to an ordinary bicycle frame
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and it lacks the carburetor refinement
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that Hedstrom developed for the Indian Single,
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(engine revving)
Duration
14 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:17:53
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 • E03 Probably not as clever as Farnsworth but he's imaginative. - The Machines That Built America 00:06
Probably not as clever as Farnsworth but he's imaginati...
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] Zworykin has been working for years - The Machines That Built America 00:10
‐ [Narrator] Zworykin has been working for years
S01 • E04 But it works, - The Machines That Built America 00:07
But it works,
S01 • E03 (ominous music) - The Machines That Built America 00:10
(ominous music)
S01 • E01 ‐ Months of hard work - The Machines That Built America 00:10
‐ Months of hard work
S01 • E04 The test reveals it's faults, - The Machines That Built America 00:11
The test reveals it's faults,
S01 • E01 (metal clinging) - The Machines That Built America 00:06
(metal clinging)
S01 • E03 The screen will show a picture of five inches - The Machines That Built America 00:08
The screen will show a picture of five inches
S01 • E04 If they want to compete with Hendee, - The Machines That Built America 00:05
If they want to compete with Hendee,
S01 • E03 ‐ Farnsworth had a working camera. - The Machines That Built America 00:05
‐ Farnsworth had a working camera.
S01 • E03 So in a sense, they had two pieces of the puzzle. - The Machines That Built America 00:05
So in a sense, they had two pieces of the puzzle.
S01 • E01 (dramatic music) - The Machines That Built America 00:10
(dramatic music)
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] David Sarnoff steals Vladimir Zworykin - The Machines That Built America 00:10
‐ [Narrator] David Sarnoff steals Vladimir Zworykin
S01 • E04 ‐ [Narrtor] By 1903, the first automobiles are rumbling down - The Machines That Built America 00:23
‐ [Narrtor] By 1903, the first automobiles are rumbling down...
S01 • E03 (knocking on door) - The Machines That Built America 00:12
(knocking on door)
S01 • E01 ‐ [Narrator] Froelich's blacksmith has an idea. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
‐ [Narrator] Froelich's blacksmith has an idea.
S01 • E01 ‐ He gets an old school shotgun shell. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
‐ He gets an old school shotgun shell.
S01 • E01 This is an explosive - The Machines That Built America 00:04
This is an explosive
S01 • E04 ‐ Invention isn't for the weak at heart, - The Machines That Built America 00:08
‐ Invention isn't for the weak at heart,
S01 • E03 (dramatic music) - The Machines That Built America 00:04
(dramatic music)