1 Season
8 Episode
The Machines That Built America - Season 1 Episode 5 Telephone Wars
In 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.
- Year : 2021
- Country : United States of America
- Genre : Documentary
- Studio : History
- Keyword : industry, docudrama, business competition, historical reenactment, enterpreneur, american businessman
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- Cast : Campbell Scott, Travis Taylor, Max Hastings