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S2 E8: The First Giants

Original Air Date: Sep 23, 2020

The First World War led to a number of astounding war factories, which laid the foundations and paved the way for modern factories of today.

Jan 16

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1:15PM

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54 Min

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S2 E8: The First Giants

Original Air Date: Sep 23, 2020

The First World War led to a number of astounding war factories, which laid the foundations and paved the way for modern factories of today.

Jan 16

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1:15PM

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54 Min

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Available with Freestream

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S2 E7: Colt & Kalashnikov

Original Air Date: Sep 16, 2020

Long before Henry Ford, Samuel Colt was the true father of mass production. Ironically, it was the inadequacy of Soviet factory production which made the AK47 so effective.

Jan 16

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12:21PM

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54 Min

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Available with Freestream

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S2 E6: Dambuster Factory

Original Air Date: Sep 9, 2020

How the Lancaster factory, one of the biggest buildings in Europe at the time, helped to create a truly war-winning weapon.

Jan 16

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11:27AM

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54 Min

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S2 E5: The Kamikaze Bullet

Original Air Date: Sep 2, 2020

Japan would create arguably the greatest fighter in WW2 - the Mitsubishi Zero. But their failed War Factories would ultimately reduce the Zero to a Kamikaze plane.

Jan 15

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1:33PM

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54 Min

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S2 E4: Apocalypse Factories

Original Air Date: Aug 26, 2020

The incredible story of the arms race to create America's nuclear arms factories.

Jan 15

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12:39PM

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54 Min

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Available with Freestream