The Machines That Built America

About The Machines That Built America

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.

The Machines That Built America is a documentary series that airs on History. Since July 2021 it has reached one season of 8 episodes.

Its themes are science, docudrama, business competition, and historical reenactment. Campbell Scott stars as Self - Narrator, Travis Taylor as Self - Engineer, and Max Hastings as Arno Peterson.

In the United States it streams on History, HISTORY Vault Amazon Channel, and HISTORY Vault Apple TV channel.

Titanic Sinks Tonight, The Food That Built America, and Human make useful companions to The Machines That Built America, all filed under history. It carries a TV-PG rating.