Pioneers Turned Millionaires
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Meet five inventive, courageous, and hardworking entrepreneurs, who led the charge during one of the most exciting eras in economic history. Levi Strauss, Henry E. Steinway, William E. Boeing, John Jacob Astor and Henry J. Heinz changed the way the world eats, dresses, plays and travels. They each left Germany hoping to find a better life in America and they succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. Relive the tragedies and the triumphs that made them millions while leaving a major imprint on American culture.
(Source: The Smithsonian Channel)
(Source: The Smithsonian Channel)
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His path was a continual journey into the unknown, but William Boeing's life story is one of amazing ascent, from a trouble-making child shipped off to a Swiss boarding school to a starry-eyed adult who reached for the skies when few others dared. Boeing's journey was marked by turbulence and triumphs on his long path to creating a global enterprise. Take your seat as we follow the seminal moments of a life driven by passion, not profits, and a career that influenced the events of World War I, the Prohibition-era, and the Great Depression.
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His path was a continual journey into the unknown, but William Boeing's life story is one of amazing ascent, from a trouble-making child shipped off to a Swiss boarding school to a starry-eyed adult who reached for the skies when few others dared. Boeing's journey was marked by turbulence and triumphs on his long path to creating a global enterprise. Take your seat as we follow the seminal moments of a life driven by passion, not profits, and a career that influenced the events of World War I, the Prohibition-era, and the Great Depression.
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Classification: Documentary
Genre: Educational | Family | History | How To/Do It Yourself | Lifestyle
Status: New Series
Network: Smithsonian CHANNEL (
USA)
Airs: Sundays at 09:00 pm
Runtime: 60 Minutes
Premiere: November 06, 2011
Genre: Educational | Family | History | How To/Do It Yourself | Lifestyle
Status: New Series
Network: Smithsonian CHANNEL (
USA)Airs: Sundays at 09:00 pm
Runtime: 60 Minutes
Premiere: November 06, 2011
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