Skip to content
0:00 / 0:00
Embed Player S1E2 API docs 

							
						

					


					

					

						

							
							

								
								×
								
								px
							

						

						

							
							

								
								
							

						

						

							
							
							
Choose which server this specific embed loads first. Leave on Default to keep the normal behavior (our sources first, automatic fallback only if they fail).

						

					


				

			

		

		
		

			

				The Machines That Built America			


			

				
The Machines That Built America


				

					7.2											
							IMDb tt14357586
						
										2021										Documentary				


				
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.

				

									

						
Cast

						

															

																		Campbell Scott
								

															

																		Travis Taylor
								

															

																		Max Hastings
								

													

					

							

		


					

				

	

		
Episodes							8
					

			


	

				
			

									Tractor Revolution
								1
								
			

			

				Tractor Revolution
				43m				In the 1870s, harvesting crops is grueling, back-breaking work. Farmers must walk miles behind horse drawn plows to…			

		
				
			

									Plane Pioneers
								2
									▶ Playing
								
			

			

				Plane Pioneers
				43m				In 1910, airplanes are a novelty, fragile wooden concoctions that float in the air--and crash. But that doesn't…			

		
				
			

									Titans of Television
								3
								
			

			

				Titans of Television
				43m				A ruthless mogul takes on a little-known inventor in a high stakes battle that will change the world…			

		
				
			

									Motorcycle Kings
								4
								
			

			

				Motorcycle Kings
				43m				At the end of the 19th century, private travel means taking a walk or riding a horse. But…			

		
				
			

									Telephone Wars
								5
								
			

			

				Telephone Wars
				43m				In the 1870s communicating with distant family requires sending a letter, and waiting days or weeks for a…			

		
				
			

									Power Tool Showdown
								6
								
			

			

				Power Tool Showdown
				43m							

		
				
			

									Tesla vs. Marconi
								7
								
			

			

				Tesla vs. Marconi
				43m				Two rival inventors have the same idea for improving things: wireless communication.			

		
				
			

									Home Tech Revolution
								8
								
			

			

				Home Tech Revolution
				43m				With America plugging in to electric power, a flood of innovation is not only changing industry, it's revolutionizing…			

		
			



			

		
		

			

	
You May Also Like

	

				
			

				Wartime Farm
									★ 8.8
								
			

			

				Wartime Farm
				2012
			

		
				
			

				Prophets of Science Fiction
									★ 7.7
								
			

			

				Prophets of Science Fiction
				2011
			

		
				
			

				Original Gangsters with Sean Bean
									★ 7.0
								
			

			

				Original Gangsters with Sean Bean
				2025
			

		
				
			

				Bill Bailey’s Vietnam
									★ 7.5
								
			

			

				Bill Bailey’s Vietnam
				2025
			

		
				
			

				Africa: A Voyage of Discovery
									★ 0.0
								
			

			

				Africa: A Voyage of Discovery
				1984
			

		
				
			

				Data Science vs Fake
									★ 0.0
								
			

			

				Data Science vs Fake
				2018
			

		
				
			

				Enquêtes en eaux profondes
									★ 0.0
								
			

			

				Enquêtes en eaux profondes
				2017
			

		
				
			

				Cash In The Attic
									★ 0.0
								
			

			

				Cash In The Attic
				2022
			

		
				
			

				Constructing Australia
									★ 0.0
								
			

			

				Constructing Australia
				2007
			

		
				
			

				The Fabulous History of Money
									★ 7.5
								
			

			

				The Fabulous History of Money
				2025
			

		
				
			

				The Food That Built America
									★ 7.9
								
			

			

				The Food That Built America
				2019
			

		
				
			

				Hitler's DNA: Blueprint of a Dictator
									★ 4.8
								
			

			

				Hitler's DNA: Blueprint of a Dictator
				2025