‎How We Got Here - Apple TV

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A series examining entrepreneurship and technological advances in the U.S.

Documentary · 2015 · 22 min

Starring Joey Pepin

EPISODE 1

Nazis Get Us to the Moon

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.

22 min · Jan 7, 2015
EPISODE 2

Cars Win World War II

Henry Ford's inspiration and how it affects World War II.

21 min · Jan 7, 2015
EPISODE 3

Gold Makes Headlines

After gold has been discovered in California, a prospector named George Hearst goes west to seek it; William Randolph Hearst takes over a second rate newspaper.

22 min · Jan 14, 2015
EPISODE 4

Colt Makes All Men Equal

Samuel Colt's mass production of the revolver changes the face of war and helps transform America into an industrial powerhouse.

22 min · Jan 21, 2015
EPISODE 5

Morse Code Connects Us All

Painter Samuel Morse devotes the second half of his life to the perfection of the electromagnetic telegraph system.

21 min · Feb 4, 2015
EPISODE 6

Denim Defeats Communism

Tailor Jacob Davis, who invented the copper rivet for use in clothing, joins forces with businessman Levi Strauss to make blue jeans a popular American item.

21 min · Jan 28, 2015

Joey Pepin

Narrator
Dylan Weiss

Producer