Samuel Colt and partners Edwin Smith & Daniel Wesson become locked in the first true “arms” race, as they compete to perfect the world’s first revolver.

Joseph Pulitzer’s journalistic integrity is tested when young millionaire, William Randolph Hearst, sets out to be the king of the newspaper industry and revolutionise journalism.

Philo Farnsworth has dedicated his life to developing the electric television. But when his idea gains the attention of RCA founder David Sarnoff, it kicks off a battle.

J. Robert Oppenheimer is in charge of developing the world’s first nuclear bomb, but finds himself in a race against Hitler and his own nuclear scientist, Werner Heisenberg.