How We Got Here

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Documentary
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First Aired on

Jan 06, 2015

1 seaons till Mar 17, 2015

Popularity: 1.9682
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Networks
(US)
Production

Cry Havoc Productions

Status: Returning Series

In Production

Last episode: Harley Hogs the Road

Seasons & episodes

Total 1 seasons, 12 episodes

Season 1

Aired

12 Episodes
  • Episode 1Nazis Get Us to the Moon25 min

    Adolf Hitler has just died and the Nazi regime is crumbling. Amidst the chaos, rocket scientist Wernher Von Braun leads a team of colleagues on a daring escape out of Germany. If he doesn't escape, the race for outer space will turn out differently.

  • Episode 2Cars Win World War II25 min

    A chance meeting with his personal hero Thomas Edison and a visit to a Chicago meat packing plant give Henry Ford a bold dream destined to profoundly change the world. If he fails to put his inspiration into action, the United States will not win WWII.

  • Episode 3Gold Makes Headlines25 min

    George Hearst is on the verge of giving up his dream of striking gold during the '49 gold rush. But if he gives up, his son will never become a newspaper magnet, and Richard Nixon may never be held accountable for his actions in the Watergate scandal.

  • Episode 4Colt Makes All Men Equal25 min

    Samuel Colt's invention of the revolver and his use of mass production techniques to build it help drive the industrial revolution in the United States, directly linking him to the United States role as a world superpower.

  • Episode 5Denim Defeats Communism25 min

    Dry goods store owner Levi Strauss agrees to finance tailor Jacob Davis' design for overalls with copper rivets. The rivets help make Davis work clothes resistant to tears in the canvas fabric. Strauss patents the design, later switches the material from canvas to denim, and creates Levi's blue jeans, which over time becomes the worldwide symbol of youth and rebellion, including rebellion that leads to the collapse of the Berlin Wall.

Crew & Team

R.L. Hansen

Researcher

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