Documentary ~ The Men Who Built America

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Date: Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 6:14 PM

Subject: The Men Who Built America ~ Interesting Read

Interesting read starts with this Documentary I saw on TV.

I'm more interested in the History than the actors or the movie.

Also... the... 

'Direct Current' of 'Thomas Edison' versus the... 

'Alternating Current' of 'George Westinghouse' and 'Nikola Tesla'

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Henry Ford and his Model T and his own business, Ford Motor Company.

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Cornelius Vanderbilt (this is the one that started this whole story)

Jim Fisk

Jay Gould

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John D. Rockefeller

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Andrew Carnegie

Henry Frick

J.P. Morgan

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Politicians

Theodore Roosevelt

William Jennings Bryan

William McKinley

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The Men Who Built America

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Men_Who_Built_America

The Men Who Built America (also known as The Innovators: The Men Who Built America in some international markets) is a History six-hour, four-part miniseries docudrama broadcast in Fall (Autumn) 2012, and on the History Channel UK in Spring 2013. The series focuses on Cornelius Vanderbilt, John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, J. P. Morgan and Henry Ford and how their industrial innovations and business empires revolutionized modern society. The series is directed by Patrick Reams and Ruán Magan and is narrated by Campbell Scott. It averaged 2.6 million total viewers, 1.2 million Adults 25–54 and 1 million Adults 18–49 across 4 nights.

Note: The series consists of eight one hour episodes; for TV they were combined into four two-hour episodes.

• ~ Episode 1 ~ A New War Begins

Cornelius Vanderbilt grows from a steamboat entrepreneur to the head of a railroad empire, and gets into a heated rivalry with Jim Fisk and Jay Gould; the up and coming John D. Rockefeller founds Standard Oil and starts to expand his wealth by diverting his business from the railroads to a new innovation, oil pipelines.

• ~ Episode 2 ~ Bloody Battles

Andrew Carnegie builds an empire around steel, but finds himself struggling to save face after the ruthless tactics of his business partner, Henry Frick, result in both the Johnstown Flood as well asthe bloody 1892 strike at the Homestead Steel Works.

• ~ Episode 3 ~ Changing the Game

J.P. Morgan proceeds to banish the dark with the direct current electric light of Thomas Edison, but the two soon face serious competition from the alternating current of George Westinghouse and Nikola Tesla. As the 19th century comes to a close, the titans of industry must try to work together to stop a new threat in budding politician William Jennings Bryan, who threatens to dissolve monopolies in America.

• ~ Episode 4 ~ When One Ends, Another Begins

Rockefeller, Carnegie and Morgan team up to help elect William McKinley to the U.S. presidency by paying for his 1896 campaign, to avoid a possible attack on monopolies. However, fate intervenes when McKinley is suddenly assassinated, and vice president Theodore Roosevelt assumes the presidency and promptly begins dissolving monopolies and trusts in America. Meanwhile, Morgan buys out Carnegie Steel to make Carnegie the richest man in the world, and Henry Ford designs an affordable automobile with his Model T and starts his own business, Ford Motor Company, which sets a new business model for companies to follow.

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Cast

In alphabetical order:

• William Jennings Bryan—James Kidd
• Andrew Carnegie—Adam Jonas Segaller
• Andrew Carnegie (The Younger)—Aj Achinger
• Thomas Edison—Justin Morck
• Jim Fisk—Kenneth Cavett
• Henry Ford—Cary Donaldson
• Henry Frick—John C. Bailey
• Jay Gould—Cameron McNary
• President William McKinley—Dan Odell
• J.P. Morgan—Eric Rolland
• J.P. Morgan (The Elder)—Ray Reynolds
• Junius Morgan—David Gamble
• John D. Rockefeller—Tim Getman
• Theodore Roosevelt—Joseph Wiegand
• Charles M. Schwab—John Keabler
• Thomas Scott—Don Meehan
• Nikola Tesla—Alex Falberg
• Cornelius Vanderbilt—David Donahoe
• William Henry Vanderbilt—Michael Chmiel
• George Westinghouse—Einar Gunn

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