The Machines That Built America (2021)

Name: The Machines That Built America
Genre: Documentary
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Campbell Scott, Travis Taylor, Max Hastings

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.

IMDb rating: 7.6 (258 votes)
Seasons: 1
Streaming (US): Philo · HISTORY Vault Apple TV Channel · HISTORY Vault Amazon Channel · History · Spectrum On Demand
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Campbell Scott Self - Narrator
Travis Taylor Self - Engineer
Max Hastings Arno Peterson

Seasons

Season 1 (2021)

7.73 avg 8 episodes 7.9 → 8.0 42 min avg

Big finale
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Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Tractor Revolution	7.9	41
2	Plane Pioneers	7.6	36
3	Titans of Television	7.7	43
4	Motorcycle Kings	7.5	37
5	Telephone Wars	7.7	35
6	Power Tools	7.7	27
7	Battle for the Skies	7.7	29
8	Home Tech Revolution	8.0	26