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The Machines That Built America

(upbeat music) ‐ It's 1901 andOscar Hedstrom is desperate to find a way to increasethe...

(upbeat music) ‐ [Narrator] It's 1901 and
Oscar Hedstrom is desperate to find a way to increase
the Indian Motorcycles power, which will increase its speed

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‐ [Narrator] It's 1901 and Oscar Hedstrom is desperate
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to find a way to increase the Indian Motorcycles power,
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which will increase its speed.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:33
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 ‐ The image dissector tube was structurally unsound - The Machines That Built America 00:08
‐ The image dissector tube was structurally unsound
S01 • E01 They would go to South Dakota - The Machines That Built America 00:04
They would go to South Dakota
S01 • E01 ‐ [Narrator] His 45,000 pounds steam powered tractor is key - The Machines That Built America 00:10
‐ [Narrator] His 45,000 pounds steam powered tractor is key...
S01 • E04 The problem seems to be the carburetor - The Machines That Built America 00:05
The problem seems to be the carburetor
S01 • E04 ‐ The job of a carburetor is to take the air - The Machines That Built America 00:09
‐ The job of a carburetor is to take the air
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] After months of failures - The Machines That Built America 00:12
‐ [Narrator] After months of failures
S01 • E01 And this is in the late 1800s - The Machines That Built America 00:08
And this is in the late 1800s
S01 • E03 But now, Farnsworth has to prove his new tube - The Machines That Built America 00:08
But now, Farnsworth has to prove his new tube
S01 • E04 ‐ [Narrator] Then, a possible solution strikes him - The Machines That Built America 00:06
‐ [Narrator] Then, a possible solution strikes him
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] Transmitting a simple vertical line - The Machines That Built America 00:06
‐ [Narrator] Transmitting a simple vertical line
S01 • E01 ‐ [Narrator] Frustrated after weeks of effort, - The Machines That Built America 00:09
‐ [Narrator] Frustrated after weeks of effort,
S01 • E03 (ominous music) - The Machines That Built America 00:04
(ominous music)
S01 • E03 ‐ Just going to adjust the focusing coil. - The Machines That Built America 00:06
‐ Just going to adjust the focusing coil.
S01 • E04 ‐ In the tank you have this float that when you flush it, - The Machines That Built America 00:14
‐ In the tank you have this float that when you flush it,
S01 • E03 (mysterious music) - The Machines That Built America 00:04
(mysterious music)
S01 • E04 ‐ [Narrator] Hedstrom devises a new intake system - The Machines That Built America 00:14
‐ [Narrator] Hedstrom devises a new intake system
S01 • E01 (dramatic music) (engine revving) - The Machines That Built America 00:06
(dramatic music) (engine revving)
S01 • E01 He thinks, "What if I could use - The Machines That Built America 00:09
He thinks, "What if I could use
S01 • E04 By spring, the two men believe they are ready - The Machines That Built America 00:07
By spring, the two men believe they are ready
S01 • E03 ‐ Looking back on it for us, it doesn't seem like a lot, - The Machines That Built America 00:10
‐ Looking back on it for us, it doesn't seem like a lot...