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The Machines That Built America

? Zworykin and RCA pick up Farnsworth'sexperimental transmissions now growing more...

� Zworykin and RCA pick up Farnsworth's
experimental transmissions now growing more advanced and coming from just a
few hundred yards away

Full Transcript

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‐ Zworykin and RCA
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pick up Farnsworth's experimental transmissions
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now growing more advanced
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and coming from just a few hundred yards away.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
00:24:00
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 • E04 Now, the fact that you could put an engine - The Machines That Built America 00:10
Now, the fact that you could put an engine
S01 • E01 He invites a photographer to capture - The Machines That Built America 00:06
He invites a photographer to capture
S01 • E04 ‐ [Narrator] And the red hot motorcycle is - The Machines That Built America 00:08
‐ [Narrator] And the red hot motorcycle is
S01 • E04 By 1907, Indians showstopping V‐twin engine - The Machines That Built America 00:08
By 1907, Indians showstopping V‐twin engine
S01 • E03 Farnsworth is ahead of him again - The Machines That Built America 00:11
Farnsworth is ahead of him again
S01 • E04 It's a good thing for consumers, it tends to lower prices. - The Machines That Built America 00:05
It's a good thing for consumers, it tends to lower pric...
S01 • E04 It's also a good thing when it comes to innovation. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
It's also a good thing when it comes to innovation.
S01 • E03 I want you to blow Mr. Farnsworth's patent's - The Machines That Built America 00:05
I want you to blow Mr. Farnsworth's patent's
S01 • E04 ‐ [Narrator] Harley‐Davidson knows they can't compete - The Machines That Built America 00:05
‐ [Narrator] Harley‐Davidson knows they can't compete...
S01 • E03 ‐ Sarnoff wages a holy war on Farnsworth. - The Machines That Built America 00:05
‐ Sarnoff wages a holy war on Farnsworth.
S01 • E01 (photographer laughs) - The Machines That Built America 00:08
(photographer laughs)
S01 • E04 So they tackle another issue plaguing motorcycles - The Machines That Built America 00:09
So they tackle another issue plaguing motorcycles
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] In 1932, - The Machines That Built America 00:11
‐ [Narrator] In 1932,
S01 • E04 ‐ I personally cannot imagine that it was a lot - The Machines That Built America 00:08
‐ I personally cannot imagine that it was a lot
S01 • E01 (dramatic music) (tractor engine revving) - The Machines That Built America 00:16
(dramatic music) (tractor engine revving)
S01 • E03 Then, Sarnoff delivers another blow. - The Machines That Built America 00:04
Then, Sarnoff delivers another blow.
S01 • E04 ‐ It would have been driving 35, 40 miles an hour - The Machines That Built America 00:08
‐ It would have been driving 35, 40 miles an hour
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] Farnsworth's backer, Philco, - The Machines That Built America 00:07
‐ [Narrator] Farnsworth's backer, Philco,
S01 • E01 ‐ It's amazing that the track type system - The Machines That Built America 00:14
‐ It's amazing that the track type system
S01 • E04 ‐ [Narrator] After negotiating a rough patch - The Machines That Built America 00:07
‐ [Narrator] After negotiating a rough patch