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When he was 12‐years‐old
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The Machines That Built America

When he was 12‐years‐old, his father gavehim a pocket watch

When he was 12‐years‐old, his father gave
him a pocket watch

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When he was 12‐years‐old,
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his father gave him a pocket watch.
Duration
4 seconds
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33
Timestamp in Movie
00:04:05
Uploaded
May 09, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
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 Racing fuels a massive boom in sales and by the early 1890s, - The Machines That Built America 00:13
Racing fuels a massive boom in sales and by the early 1890s,
S01 • E01 He took it apart and put it back together so many times - The Machines That Built America 00:10
He took it apart and put it back together so many times
S01 • E03 He's trying something that's never been done, - The Machines That Built America 00:08
He's trying something that's never been done,
S01 • E01 (dramatic music) - The Machines That Built America 00:17
(dramatic music)
S01 • E04 In Springfield, Massachusetts, - The Machines That Built America 00:10
In Springfield, Massachusetts,
S01 • E03 American Jack Dempsey versus George Carpentier of France. - The Machines That Built America 00:06
American Jack Dempsey versus George Carpentier of France.
S01 • E03 And to pull it off, - The Machines That Built America 00:08
And to pull it off,
S01 • E04 ‐ [Narrator] By opening his own manufacturing company. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
‐ [Narrator] By opening his own manufacturing company.
S01 • E01 But for now, he's just a kid - The Machines That Built America 00:07
But for now, he's just a kid
S01 • E03 ‐ They just thought it's this weird little thing - The Machines That Built America 00:05
‐ They just thought it's this weird little thing
S01 • E01 (dramatic music) - The Machines That Built America 00:05
(dramatic music)
S01 • E04 So he had kind of that name recognition - The Machines That Built America 00:06
So he had kind of that name recognition
S01 • E03 ‐ [Radio Announcer] July 2nd, 1921, - The Machines That Built America 00:07
‐ [Radio Announcer] July 2nd, 1921,
S01 • E01 (dramatic music) - The Machines That Built America 00:08
(dramatic music)
S01 • E04 ‐ George Hendee entered 300 bicycle races - The Machines That Built America 00:06
‐ George Hendee entered 300 bicycle races
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] To make sure a big audience can tune in, - The Machines That Built America 00:10
‐ [Narrator] To make sure a big audience can tune in,
S01 • E04 You enter 300 events of any type and you win them all - The Machines That Built America 00:07
You enter 300 events of any type and you win them all
S01 • E01 (dramatic music) - The Machines That Built America 00:08
(dramatic music)
S01 • E04 He was driven to design great bicycles and market them. - The Machines That Built America 00:06
He was driven to design great bicycles and market them.
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] But he's using World War I era - The Machines That Built America 00:08
‐ [Narrator] But he's using World War I era