How America Works
(2021)Streaming Episode Guide
Season 3
Tools
Episode 10 - 12-20-2022
Featuring tools. With infrastructures growing the nation over, the demand for tools is at an all-time high. Leaving the works of Channellock Inc. in a mad dash to keep up.
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Glass
Episode 9 - 12-13-2022
From the moment Americans wake up in the morning, they are surrounded by glass. Finding out what it takes for companies like ARC Americas to make that all possible.
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Wheat
Episode 8 - 12-06-2022
Wheat is still one of America's cornerstone commodities. Featuring how the farmers and millers of the nation bring this all-important crop from the ground to the grocery store.
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National Parks
Episode 7 - 11-29-2022
America doesn't just work through building booms and essential industries. It also works greatly to the things chosen to conserve. Finding out how that's all done at Joshua Tree National Park.
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Copper
Episode 6 - 11-22-2022
It's not easy, wrestling one of America's metallic mainstays from the ground. Featuring how the folks at Rio Tinto do it at one of the world's largest open pit mines.
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Pipelines
Episode 5 - 11-15-2022
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Army
Episode 4 - 11-07-2022
Join the men and women of Ft. Carson as they conduct a training exercise like none before. But to pull it off, they'll need to win a simulated battle complete with apache helicopters and ground artillery.
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Concrete
Episode 3 - 11-01-2022
As the second most used resource behind water, the importance of concrete can't be understated. And with demand for it reaching all-time highs, the workers of GCC simply can't make it fast enough.
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Firefighting
Episode 2 - 10-25-2022
Firefighters battle more than 3,000 infernos every day; how the men and women of Grayback Forestry do their part to keep a lid on backcountry blazes.
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Cargo
Episode 1 - 10-18-2022
In the wake of COVID-19, supply shortages in the U.S. are rampant; but that doesn't mean cargo workers are sitting idle; how companies like Watco are grinding it out to bring goods back to a ravenous nation.
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Season 2
Paper
Episode 10 - 6-27-2022
Paper manufacturers are experts at turning wood pulp into needed products, but in the wake of the pandemic, demand for those products has spiked and sent paper mills and plants across the country into overdrive.
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Brick
Episode 9 - 6-20-2022
While most brick makers now rely on automation, the workers at Old Carolina still create theirs the old-fashioned way... all by hand; with building booms spurring higher demand, they too must belt out bricks faster than ever before.
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Sugar
Episode 8 - 6-13-2022
The men and women of U.S. Sugar work around the clock to harvest, mill and refine the sweet stuff that Americans crave.
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Navy
Episode 7 - 6-06-2022
Cameras board the USS George H.W. Bush to show what it takes to keep one of the country's largest aircraft carriers barreling forward and battle-ready; with 30 aviators to qualify for deployment, there's a lot to do before heading back to port.
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Heavy Machinery
Episode 6 - 5-30-2022
Building booms are springing up all over the United States, and the men and women at Volvo are working harder than ever to assemble the heavy equipment that makes all those projects possible, but creating multiple machines in a day is no easy task.
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Textiles
Episode 5 - 5-23-2022
Textile manufacturers in Stafford Springs, Conn., work long hours to keep the country clothed; with a last-minute order to fill in the middle of a staffing shortage, all of them are doubling down to hit their quotas by quitting time.
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Aluminum
Episode 4 - 5-16-2022
With supply chain issues the world over, demand for aluminum in the United States has never been higher; in Russellville, Ky., a thousand workers are laboring day and night to churn out the aluminum needed to keep the country running.
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Corn
Episode 3 - 5-09-2022
Corn growers and millers labor year-round to bring America's top crop to the masses; with Super Bowl Sunday fast approaching -- the peak day for corn consumption -- mills like Lifeline Foods race to process 1 million pounds of product per day.
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Beef
Episode 2 - 5-02-2022
A team of modern-day cowpunchers works tirelessly to bring beef from a ranch in southern Oklahoma to dinner tables across the country; with branding day upon them, they must double their efforts to tend the herd and process calves before sundown.
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Law Enforcement
Episode 1 - 4-25-2022
Cameras follow the men and women of the Wilmington Police Department as they struggle to keep a lid on crime during the busy holiday season.
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Season 1
Steel
Episode 10 - 11-22-2021
Steel workers labor to make the nation's infrastructure.
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Salt
Episode 9 - 11-15-2021
Salt workers brave a barren landscape in Carlsbad, N.M.
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Sewers
Episode 8 - 11-08-2021
A team of sewer technicians work out of sight.
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Airports
Episode 7 - 11-01-2021
The Sunday after Thanksgiving, the busiest day for airports.
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Entertainment
Episode 6 - 10-25-2021
The hard-working men and women of America's entertainment industry in Las Vegas are ramping up for post-COVID masses; and at Circus Circus Casino, that means bringing all operations back to 100 % capacity for the first time in over a year.
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Fish
Episode 5 - 10-18-2021
The men and women aboard a massive fishing boat toil 24/7 to harvest America's sustenance from the sea, but after coming up short on their last trip, the pressure is on to fill their quota.
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Electricity
Episode 4 - 10-11-2021
The employees of the Hoover Dam work to bring electricity to the masses; when a heat wave hits in the middle of maintenance season, the race is on to get all 17 generators online before the demand for power skyrockets.
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Waste
Episode 3 - 10-04-2021
Waste management workers bring cameras along for a day of taking out America's trash, but with a staff shortage and the same tight deadlines, keeping the streets clean will be a tall order.
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Oil
Episode 2 - 9-27-2021
A team of roughnecks shows what it takes to bring the lifeblood of modern society out of the ground and into everyday existence.
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Lumber
Episode 1 - 9-20-2021
A team of lumberjacks take to the forests of coastal Alaska to harvest the cornerstone commodity that frames our lives. But with a last-minute order to fill, they're working overtime to cut, haul and ship out a record amount of lumber.
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