Watch ‘The Machines That Built America’ Documentary Series Online

The “Built America” History Channel documentary series continues in summer 2021 with The Machines That Built America. The first episode of the 8-part series will look at the tractor in Tractor Revolution.

The premiere date and time for Part 1 of The Machines That Built America miniseries is Sunday, July 18th 2021 at 9/8c on the History Channel. Part 2 will premiere a week later.


If you don’t have a cable or satellite subscription, find out how to stream and watch The Machines That Built America online free without cable either live or anytime after it premieres.

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History Channel’s synopsis for The Machines That Built America is as follows:

“TV. Radio. Phones. Airplanes. Motorcycles. Tractors. Home Appliances. Power Tools. These are “The Machines That Built America.” This new HISTORY Channel 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 including Nikola Tesla, William Harley, Alexander Graham Bell, Duncan Black, Alonzo Decker, and many more.

In eight one-hour episodes, viewers will meet these larger-than-life characters, learn about their rivalries, and ride the rollercoaster of triumph and failure as they search for breakthroughs that will change humanity.

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