The Machines That Built America Telephone Wars (Season 1, Episode 5)
TV Episode | 42 min | Documentary

The Machines That Built America

Telephone Wars (Season 1, Episode 5)

TV Episode | 42 min | Documentary

When communication giant Western Union offers a colossal cash prize to anyone who can improve its network, two daring inventors go head-to-head in a fight that will forever change the way humans connect.

Directors

Stuart Jones | Karl Hollandt (directed by)

Producers

Andy Gradwell | Steve Murphy

Cinematographers

Z.S. Grant | Corey Wascinski

Editors

Jon Baskin | Kevin Chapados | Brian Derr | David Jakubovic

Casting Director

Sonia Allam

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Updated Aug 8, 2021

Release date

Aug 8, 2021 (United States)

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13 cast members

Name	Known for
Christopher Ashman Alex Bell Alex Bell See fewer	Mabel (2019)
Dan Barry Zenas Wibur Zenas Wibur See fewer	AEW Dark (2019)
Daniel Barry Zenas Wilbur (as Dan Barry) Zenas Wilbur (as Dan Barry) See fewer	Ron (2023)
Chase Brown Thomas A Watson Thomas A Watson See fewer	Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)
Natasha Campling Mabel Hubbard Mabel Hubbard See fewer	The Machines That Built America (2021)
Shane G. Casey Gardiner Green Hubbard Gardiner Green Hubbard See fewer	Kneecap (2024)
Adam Hillier Marcellus Bailey Marcellus Bailey See fewer	Dolittle (2020)
Nicholas McCluskey Tin Can Boy Tin Can Boy See fewer	Sparklers (2020)
Adam Richman Self - Tv Host Self - Tv Host See fewer	All My Children (1970)
Stephen Samson Forman Forman See fewer	Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023)
Campbell Scott Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Big Night (1996)
Daniel Swain Elisha Gray Elisha Gray See fewer	Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
Samantha Johnson Lady (uncredited) Lady (uncredited) See fewer	The Swimmers (2022)