The Machines That Built America

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0h 43m
2021
7.2 /10 (4)

Overview

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.

Country : Not Available
Languages : en, es
Last Air Date:2021-08-29
Created by :Not Available

Seasons

Season 1
2021-07-18

Episodes

Episode: 1Tractor Revolution
S01
E01
2021-07-18
Episode: 2Plane Pioneers
S01
E02
2021-07-18
Episode: 3Titans of Television
S01
E03
2021-07-25
Episode: 4Motorcycle Kings
S01
E04
2021-08-01
Episode: 5Telephone Wars
S01
E05
2021-08-08
Episode: 6Power Tool Showdown
S01
E06
2021-08-15
Episode: 7Tesla vs. Marconi
S01
E07
2021-08-22
Episode: 8Home Tech Revolution
S01
E08
2021-08-29

Series Cast

Campbell Scott

Self - Narrator

Travis Taylor

Self - Engineer

Max Hastings

Arno Peterson

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