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The Machines That Built America

? When you look at us as humans, at our core we arecompetitive beings and so that...

� When you look at us as humans, at our core we are
competitive beings and so that competitiveness
definitely is a major driver for innovation
throughout history

Full Transcript

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‐ When you look at us as humans,
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at our core we are competitive beings and
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so that competitiveness definitely is a major driver
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for innovation throughout history.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:22:25
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 idea was to reverse engineer Farnsworth's system - The Machines That Built America 00:12
The idea was to reverse engineer Farnsworth's system
S01 • E04 ‐ [Narrator] They think a revolutionary new engine, - The Machines That Built America 00:10
‐ [Narrator] They think a revolutionary new engine,
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] Meanwhile, Zworykin's undercover job at RCA - The Machines That Built America 00:07
‐ [Narrator] Meanwhile, Zworykin's undercover job at RC...
S01 • E04 It's called the V‐twin Engine. - The Machines That Built America 00:05
It's called the V‐twin Engine.
S01 • E01 ‐ See how a wheel only touches the ground - The Machines That Built America 00:06
‐ See how a wheel only touches the ground
S01 • E03 David Sarnoff already had a reputation - The Machines That Built America 00:07
David Sarnoff already had a reputation
S01 • E01 A wheel sinks into the mud - The Machines That Built America 00:05
A wheel sinks into the mud
S01 • E04 (laughing) - The Machines That Built America 00:08
(laughing)
S01 • E01 All that considerable weight pushes down - The Machines That Built America 00:06
All that considerable weight pushes down
S01 • E03 ‐ You can't be naive - The Machines That Built America 00:09
‐ You can't be naive
S01 • E01 But if I attach these slats together, - The Machines That Built America 00:13
But if I attach these slats together,
S01 • E04 Now you've got two cylinders and they're set up - The Machines That Built America 00:05
Now you've got two cylinders and they're set up
S01 • E04 If one cylinder is good, two cylinders have gotta be great. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
If one cylinder is good, two cylinders have gotta be great.
S01 • E03 (ominous music) - The Machines That Built America 00:15
(ominous music)
S01 • E04 Double the power, nothing feels like a V‐twin, - The Machines That Built America 00:08
Double the power, nothing feels like a V‐twin,
S01 • E04 ‐ [Narrator] The bike reaches a blistering 60 miles - The Machines That Built America 00:10
‐ [Narrator] The bike reaches a blistering 60 miles
S01 • E01 ‐ [Narrator] Other inventors have experimented - The Machines That Built America 00:11
‐ [Narrator] Other inventors have experimented
S01 • E03 But they're starting from square one - The Machines That Built America 00:11
But they're starting from square one
S01 • E04 ‐ This is gonna be an amazing paradigm shift - The Machines That Built America 00:08
‐ This is gonna be an amazing paradigm shift
S01 • E01 Holt believes wooden tracks are the key. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
Holt believes wooden tracks are the key.