That Built
That Built is an American television franchise[1] a docudrama broadcast on The History Channel that covers various historic subjects and the notable people involved roughly spanning the Industrial Revolution of the 1860s to the present. The series started with the miniseries The Men Who Built America in 2012.[2]
To date, the longest running of these series is The Food That Built America, which premiered on August 11, 2019. The fourth season premiered on February 19, 2023.[3]
List
- The Men Who Built America[2] (2012)
- The Cars that Made America[2] (2017)
- The Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen[2] (2018)
- The Food That Built America[2] (2019–)
- The Cars That Built the World[2] (2020)
- The Titans That Built America[2] (2021)
- The Machines That Built America[2] (2021)
- The Engineering That Built the World[2] (2021)
- The Toys That Built America[2] (2021, 2022, 2023)
- The Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America[2][4](2022)
- The Mega-Brands That Built America[5][6](2023)
The Cars That Built the World
Episode 1: Fueling invention
In 1888, Bertha Benz drives a Benz Motorwagon to her mother home. The car uses ligroin as fuel while bring much-needed proof of concept for her husband's car.
In the 1890s, Charles Rolls is a wealthy aristocrat designing luxury cars in England.
On the other hand, Henry Ford in Detroit, Michigan wants to make cars available for the purchasing power of the average consumer. Ford's first vehicle is the Quadricycle. This four horsepower car is over five times as powerful as the Benz Motorwagon which premiered in the 1880s.
In the 1890s, Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach partner to build the world's most powerful car engine. Maybach comes up with a new idea: atomize the fuel into a mist to mix with the air in the carburetor.
Emil Jellinek, a wealthy businessman, quickly becomes Daimler's biggest and "most difficult customer."
In the United States, Ransom Olds unveils the first assembly line.
In 1901, mechanical engineer Henry Royce is working to design perfect cars in England.
Maybach is the first to place the engine in the front while putting the driver behind it within the chassis. He is under immense pressure from Jellinek to produce a that is both safe and powerful. To cool the heating engine, Maybach devices a honeycomb grill that becomes the radiator. Daimler and Maybach deliver the radiator for Jellinek's Mercedes.
References
- ^ "History Channel Expands 'That Built' Franchise, Orders Protest Doc From Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Moves Bill Clinton Series To 2022". Retrieved April 22, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k https://www.history.com/that-built-documentaries
- ^ "Adam Richman on 'The Food That Built America' Origin Stories in Season 4". Retrieved April 23, 2023.
- ^ "Lucky 8, Smash Awesome producing latest "…That Built" series for History". Retrieved April 23, 2023.
- ^ "The Mega-Brands That Built America". Retrieved December 3, 2023.
- ^ "New Series "The Mega-Brands That Built America" Covering Greatest Leaders in Consumer History to Premiere July 23 on The HISTORY Channel". Retrieved December 3, 2023.
- 2012 American television series debuts
- Documentary television series about technology
- Science docudramas
- History (American TV channel) original programming
- 2010s American drama television miniseries
- 2020s American drama television miniseries
- Television series about the history of the United States
- American television docudramas