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The Machines That Built Americachevron_right
S01E05: Telephone WarsIn the 1870s communicating with distant family requires sending a letter, and waiting days or weeks for a reply. The telegraph is faster, but too expensive for most people. When communication giant Western Union offers a colossal cash prize to anyone who can improve its network, two daring inventors go head-to-head in a fight that will forever change the way humans connect. Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray will stop at nothing to lay claim to the new technology and dominate the market.
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Air Date:
Aug 08, 2021
Runtime:
43 minutes
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Campbell Scott, Travis Taylor, Max Hastings
