The Titans That Built America — S01E02 — Titans vs FDR

00:00:01 ‐ Previously on the Titans That Built America,

00:03:50 and decided I'm going to go get myself a loan to buy stock.

00:07:27 ‐ High above street level,

00:11:11 on a secret project.

00:15:07 ‐ In an instant, the roaring twenties are over.

00:18:46 Raskob and du Pont, they're crunching the numbers.

00:22:14 ‐ Do you think it's possible to build anything taller

00:25:58 ‐ By 1931, the Great Depression has arrived.

00:29:50 and every company's stocks are going downwards,

00:34:29 especially for Boeing and the early 1930s.

00:38:06 and laid off workers and still,

00:41:09 He blames Hoover for the nation's misery

00:44:38 and Mark Zuckerberg.

00:48:51 And one of the chief villains

00:53:34 that the project would set an example

00:57:17 Enough to pave a two lane highway

01:01:10 and know, "I believe this is going to work.

01:04:36 to act.

01:08:42 It was more than he could accept.

01:11:35 They never want rules. No one does.

01:15:47 We've become pariahs

01:19:35 But now he's back in the pilot seat, testing a new plane.

01:23:17 if the Japanese gain control of East Asia.

01:26:11 ‐ It's only a matter of time.