Empires of Industry(2001)
Documentary
First Air Date: 2001-06-25
Average Runtime: N/A
Rating: 0.0
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Seasons: 3
Episodes: 12
Chronicling the trades and commodities that made America an industrial power: coal, shipbuilding, brewing, textiles and steel. Also: profiles of magnates such as Andrew Carnegie and Henry Kaiser.
Keywords
americaindustrial powerandrew carnegiehenry kaiserindustrial magnates
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 10E01
The Cola Wars
Air Date: 2001-06-25
A look at the history of Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola and the rivalry between the two soft-drink companies. Included: com...
E02
Wildcatters
Air Date: 2001-07-02
No episode overview available.
E03
Battle for the Skies
Air Date: 2001-07-09
No episode overview available.
E04
The DuPont Dynasty
Air Date: 2001-07-16
The history of the Du Pont family is chronicled from their beginnings as gunpowder manufacturers at the turn of the 1...
E05
Andrew Carnegie and the Age of Steel
Air Date: 2001-07-23
Andrew Carnegie and the Age of Steel chronicles the rise of the iron and steel industries in the United States and th...
E06
J. Pierpont Morgan: Emperor of Wall Street
Air Date: 2001-07-30
He single-handedly saved the U.S. from bankruptcy on two occasions, but was often accused of being a monopolist. He w...
E07
The Kellogg Brothers: Cornflake Kings
Air Date: 2001-08-06
They may have collaborated on the cornflake, but the Kellogg brothers could not have been less alike. One was an ecce...
E08
Black Gold: The Story of Oil
Air Date: 2001-08-13
Modern America depends on a steady source of petroleum and petroleum by-products to satisfy its ever-increasing and v...
E09
Brewed in America
Air Date: 2001-08-20
Brewing grows from a mainly local endeavor into a commercial industry in the 19th century and survives crises in the ...
E10
War Planes of World War II
Air Date: 2001-08-27
Flight was born in America at the turn of the century. But World War II saw more planes built in a single year -- 300...
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