The Machines That Built America(2021)
Documentary
First Air Date: 2021-07-18
Average Runtime: 43m
Rating: 7.2
Votes: 4
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 8
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.
Keywords
industrydocudramabusiness competitionhistorical reenactmententerpreneuramerican businessmanhistoryscience
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Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 8E01
Tractor Revolution
Air Date: 2021-07-18
In the 1870s, harvesting crops is grueling, back-breaking work. Farmers must walk miles behind horse drawn plows to g...
E02
Plane Pioneers
Air Date: 2021-07-18
In 1910, airplanes are a novelty, fragile wooden concoctions that float in the air--and crash. But that doesn't stop ...
E03
Titans of Television
Air Date: 2021-07-25
A ruthless mogul takes on a little-known inventor in a high stakes battle that will change the world forever, asking ...
E04
Motorcycle Kings
Air Date: 2021-08-01
At the end of the 19th century, private travel means taking a walk or riding a horse. But scrappy upstarts William Ha...
E05
Telephone Wars
Air Date: 2021-08-08
In the 1870s communicating with distant family requires sending a letter, and waiting days or weeks for a reply. The ...
E06
Power Tool Showdown
Air Date: 2021-08-15
No episode overview available.
E07
Tesla vs. Marconi
Air Date: 2021-08-22
Two rival inventors have the same idea for improving things: wireless communication.
E08
Home Tech Revolution
Air Date: 2021-08-29
With America plugging in to electric power, a flood of innovation is not only changing industry, it's revolutionizing...
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