The Toys That Built America - Season 1 - Eps 3: Toy Car Wars

2021-12-1242 min⭐ 7/10

As car culture cranks up in the early 1950s, a young machinist in England invents one of the world's most successful toys when he creates a toy car small enough to fit inside a matchbox for his daughter to take to school. In Los Angeles, Elliot Handler creates one of the biggest toy rivalries in history when he brings on a former missile designer to make a toy car behemoth of his own.

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About The Toys That Built America

The Toys That Built America

Title: The Toys That Built America

First Air Date: 2021-11-28

Last Air Date: 2023-12-17

Status: Returning Series

Rating: 7/10 (from 9 votes)

Language: EN

Seasons: 3

Total Episodes: 26

Network: History

Genres: Documentary

Production Companies: Six West Media

Synopsis

Against the backdrop of major events in American history like the Civil War and the Great Depression, "The Toys that Built America" tells a different story—one that brings toys to the forefront as driving forces behind untold cultural and economic shifts.

Cast

Ian Karr

Ian Karr

Self - Narrator (voice)

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