The Machines That Built America

The Machines That Built America

20211 SeasonSeries
Documentary
72
7.2(4)

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.

Top Cast

Campbell Scott

Campbell Scott

Self - Narrator

Travis Taylor

Travis Taylor

Self - Engineer

Max Hastings

Max Hastings

Arno Peterson

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