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The Machines That Built America

  • TV Series
  • 2021–
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The Machines That Built America (2021)
The Machines That Built America
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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, Dunca... Read allThe 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.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.

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    • Campbell Scott
    • Adam Richman
    • Nigel Barber
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    • Stars
      • Campbell Scott
      • Adam Richman
      • Nigel Barber
    • 9User reviews
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    Campbell Scott
    Campbell Scott
    • Narrator
    • 2021
    Adam Richman
    Adam Richman
    • Self - Tv Host
    • 2021
    Nigel Barber
    Nigel Barber
    • Henry Ford
    • 2021
    Ossian Luke
    • Louis Paulhan
    • 2021
    Alex Francis
    • David Sarnoff
    • 2021
    JR Long
    • Charles Parker
    • 2021
    Jack Tyler Fisher
    Jack Tyler Fisher
    • Kolman Czito
    • 2021
    Tom Connolly
    Tom Connolly
    • Arthur Davidson
    • 2021
    Chase Brown
    Chase Brown
    • Thomas A Watson
    • 2021
    Israr Azam
    • Boeing Engineer
    • 2021
    Josh Burdett
    Josh Burdett
    • Henry Ford
    • 2021
    Richard Winsor
    Richard Winsor
    • Bill Boeing
    • 2021
    Stephen Samson
    Stephen Samson
    • Forman
    • 2021
    Declan Joyce
    Declan Joyce
    • Donald K Lippincott
    • 2021
    Timothy Blore
    Timothy Blore
    • Walter Davidson
    • 2021
    Mark Barrett
    Mark Barrett
    • Duncan Black
    • 2021
    Alastair Natkiel
    Alastair Natkiel
    • Donald Douglas
    • 2021
    Simon Adkins
    Simon Adkins
    • Oscar Hedstrom
    • 2021
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    5pumping_iron-1

    Background music annoying

    As a retired Bell employee, I was excited to watch Ep5 Telephone Wars. However, I found the background music quite annoying. I even turned off my audio sound system. The background music was still annoying and a distraction to the story.
    3pidstr

    Well made, minus the facts.

    "Don't let the truth get in the way of telling a good story" is the crutch of the production dept., with no budget, or no fact checkers.

    How someone approved the description of Serbian national treasure Nikolai Tesla as "From what is now called Croatia" beggars belief.

    And "Plane Pioneers" completely ignores Edsel Ford's contribution as the driving force behind the Ford Aircraft Co,.

    And that's just the easily spotted contradictions between this and other documentary series.
    4christaylorcoe

    Grossly inaccurate!

    This program isn't what it purports to be. Whilst well Put together and interesting, factually it is wrong largely because it's US centric and biased. Many of these inventions started in the UK and Europe, NOT THE US. Example television, stated to be invented and developed in the states, no mention of the real Scottish inventor, John Logi Baird. Ditto the motorcycle invented by Daimler, the program cites Harley Davison along with another U. S. inventor.

    If you want an interesting documentary, well produced, then fine. If you want real facts, forget it!
    1panchenkovroman

    False facts about history of TV

    The idea of TV belongs to Russian-American inventor, engineer, and pioneer of television technology. Zworykin invented a television transmitting and receiving system employing cathode-ray tubes. Accept this fact and make it easy)
    3maybejet-27204

    Details Matter!

    If you call yourself "The History Channel", know your history. There were probably lots of futuristic displays when Bill Boeing attended the 1910 International Air Meet, but a 50 star U. S. flag was not one of them.

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      • July 18, 2021 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • German
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      • Machines That Built the World
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      • Six West Media
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