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BROWSING SEASON 1 OF THE TV SERIES THE MACHINES THAT BUILT AMERICA

Tractor Revolution
The Machines That Built America - Tractor Revolution
Season 1 - Episode 1

Show Description In the 1870s, harvesting crops is grueling, back-breaking work. Farmers must walk miles behind horse drawn plows to get food on American tables. But a group of dreamers--all of them rivals--has a vision that will change farming forever and create one of the worlds most iconic machines: the tractor. Their quest to corner the market--worth 75 billion today--produces some of the greatest innovations and most iconic brands of all time: Caterpillar, John Deere, and Ford.
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Plane Pioneers
The Machines That Built America - Plane Pioneers
Season 1 - Episode 2

Show Description In 1910, airplanes are a novelty, fragile wooden concoctions that float in the air--and crash. But that doesnt stop two young dreamers with a passion for this newfangled machine from imagining a very different future: one in which planes carry millions of passengers across the country, even across the seas. To realize that vision and create a lucrative new market, William Boeing and Donald Douglas take on automobile titan Henry Ford, infamous Dutch aviation giant Anthony Fokker--and each other.
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Titans of Television
The Machines That Built America - Titans of Television
Season 1 - Episode 3

Show Description In the 1920s, the idea of beaming moving images through the air is pure science fiction. Most people find entertainment in books, magazines, or theater. But two daring pioneering see a different future, where people sit in front of screens, dazzled and engaged by what they see. To dominate the burgeoning market, a ruthless mogul takes on a little-known inventor in a high stakes battle that will change the world forever.
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Motorcycle Kings
The Machines That Built America - Motorcycle Kings
Season 1 - Episode 4

Show Description At the end of the 19th century, private travel means taking a walk or riding a horse. But scrappy upstarts William Harley and Arthur Davidson have a bold vision for a new form of transportation--connecting a motor to a bicycle. Theyll take on George Hendees Indian Motorcycle in a classic David Vs. Goliath battle, fighting to dominate a market valued at more than 7 billion dollars today, the rivals will push their machines to the limit and tap into the lure of the open road, to try and rule the motorcycle kingdom.
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Telephone Wars
The Machines That Built America - Telephone Wars
Season 1 - Episode 5

Show Description Two daring inventors go head-to-head in a fight that will forever change the way humans connect when communication giant Western Union offers a colossal cash prize to anyone who can improve its network. Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray will stop at nothing to lay claim to the new technology and dominate the market. But there can be just one winner in this battle that ultimately leads to the advent of the worlds most common device: the telephone.
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Power Tool Showdown
The Machines That Built America - Power Tool Showdown
Season 1 - Episode 6

Show Description At the dawn of the 20th century, America is transforming from a primitive agrarian society to a modern Mecca of technology, mass production and automation. Factories are stocked full of machines that require maintenance from new tools. With a growing need for speed and efficiency, a few visionary companies--Black and Decker, Milwaukee, DeWalt--create the power tools that revolutionize how America is built, and how many Americans spend their weekends now.
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Tesla vs. Marconi
The Machines That Built America - Tesla vs. Marconi
Season 1 - Episode 7

Show Description In 1893, sending information across America is a time-consuming process. Letters travel slowly by land, and those who can afford it, send telegrams along a limited network of fixed wires. But two rival inventors have the same idea for improving things: wireless communication. Nikola Tesla is one of the most famous and successful thinkers of his day, single-handedly changing the way electricity is supplied and generated. Guglielmo Marconi is a young, uneducated Italian inventor who ignores scientific consensus and goes with his gut. Both want to rid the world of wires and send messages through the air. With millions of dollars on the line, the two men battle to dominate the new market and bring radio to the masses.
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Home Tech Revolution
The Machines That Built America - Home Tech Revolution
Season 1 - Episode 8

Show Description Housework in the late 1800s is back-breaking labor and has been for centuries. It takes 40 hours a week to maintain a sanitary home and preserving food in an icebox is a luxury only the rich can afford. But with America plugging in to electric power, a flood of innovation is not only changing industry, its revolutionizing the home. The new technology makes housework easier and gives women opportunities to work outside the home. Todays home appliance market is worth more than a billion dollars, but 100 years ago, it exists only in the imaginations of a few daring inventors.
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