Empires of Industry — Season 1, Episode 10: War Planes of World War II
Documentary • 30 min • 3 seasons, 12 episodes
Episode synopsis
Flight was born in America at the turn of the century. But World War II saw more planes built in a single year -- 300,000 -- than had been built in the previous forty.
About Empires of Industry
Chronicling the trades and commodities that made America an industrial power: coal, shipbuilding, brewing, textiles and steel. Also: profiles of magnates such as Andrew Carnegie and Henry Kaiser.