The Machines That Built America - Season 1 Episode 2 Plane Pioneers
In 1910, airplanes are a novelty, fragile wooden concoctions that float in the air--and crash. But that doesn't stop two young dreamers with a passion for this newfangled machine from imagining a very different future: one in which planes carry millions of passengers across the country, even across the seas. To realize that vision and create a lucrative new market, William Boeing and Donald Douglas take on automobile titan Henry Ford, infamous Dutch aviation giant Anthony Fokker--and each other.
- Genre: Documentary
- Studio: History
- Keyword: industry, docudrama, business competition, historical reenactment, enterpreneur, american businessman
- Cast: Campbell Scott, Travis Taylor, Max Hastings
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