The Machines That Built America: Story, Cast and Series Facts
The Machines That Built America (2021): History. Series details, synopsis, cast and season dates from TVmaze.
Story and premise
TV. Radio. Phones. Airplanes. Motorcycles. Tractors. Home Appliances. Power Tools. These are The Machines That Built America. This docuseries reveals the surprising stories and rivalries behind the ground-breaking innovations that turned America into a superpower. Blending dramatic reenactments and archival footage with interviews from experts, biographers, and others, The Machines That Built America brings to life some of America's most storied inventors: Nikola Tesla, William Harley, Alexander Graham Bell, Duncan Black, Alonzo Decker, and many more. In eight episodes, viewers will meet these larger-than-life characters, inhabit their rivalries, and ride the rollercoaster of triumph and failure as they search for a breakthrough that will change humanity.
Series details
- Title: The Machines That Built America
- Format: Documentary
- Language: English
- Genres: History
- Premiere date: 2021-07-18
- Final broadcast date listed: 2021-08-29
- Status in TVmaze: Ended
- Network listed by TVmaze: History
- Network country: United States
- Typical episode runtime: 63 minutes
- TVmaze community rating: 8/10
- TVMaze ID: 55533
- IMDb ID: tt14357586
- TVDB ID: 405207
Cast and credited roles
- Campbell Scott — Narrator
Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue
- Season 1: premiered 2021-07-18; final listed air date 2021-08-29; episode order: 8.
Source and licence
Adapted from The Machines That Built America on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.
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