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Still image from: Adam Savage's Tested: One Day Builds--Giant Flywheel Toy Car

Still image from: Adam Savage's Tested: One Day Builds--His Own Lightsaber

Industrial plant from a distance. Caption: That's the world's largest PLA manufacturing plant.

Machine in an assembly line constructs a circuit board.

Automobile factory with an assembly line of cars surrounded by several robotic devices.

Woman wearing a white t-shirt and dark pants stands next to a red car with white car waiting behind it in an automobile assembly line. Her head is turned and her mouth is in a wide smile as she extends her arm to reach for something out of view.

Man wearing glasses and a dark collared shirt looks forward and to the side while speaking. A suit jacket hangs on a bar behind him.

2 men in dark polo shirts and pants speak to each other in a machine shop. In the foreground, a table with a forged bench vice mounted to its top. Work tables and stools are in the background.

Woman wearing a dress and leggings walks through an office hallway with wood partitions and filing cabinets in the background.

Man wearing safety goggles speaks to a woman wearing glasses in a manufacturing plant. Caption. Really dig into the details on an assembly line.

Closeup of a hand wearing a latex glove and reaching towards a blueprint drawing of a machine part.

Man wearing a safety helmet and gloves leans over to weld something in a shop setting. Caption. To work on any aspect of the equipment.

Man wearing a welder's helmet with shield as he works on a work table. He holds a metal piece with 1 hand and uses a welding torch with the other. Bright light and sparks fly around his welding work and towards his helmet shield.

Man sits in a room full of sophisticated machines behind him. Text reads, “Morgan Smith. Advanced Manufacturing Engineer.

Young girl in a white turtleneck with light brown hair pulled back makes a small bubble with pink bubblegum.

Female factory worker stands next to a conveyor belt, using a funnel to dust several small pretzels with salt.

Still image from: Crash Course Kids Physical Science: Material Magic--Making Diamonds

Multi-colored border of markers pointing down and crayons pointing up against a white background.

Middle-aged woman with dark hair and bangs wearing a green paisley jacket and white collared shirt looks slightly off camera like she's speaking in an interview.

A carpet of green grass in a backyard with palm trees. Caption: (Steve) It looks 100% natural.

Computer screen with wire form of a play structure. Caption: so they can see in detail where every part goes.

Gloved hands reaching into a large cardboard drum full of lightbulbs. Caption: that live in the area that bring them for recycling.

Young girl smiles and looks off camera with a shy expression. A microphone is held up to her face like she's being interviewed for a news story. Caption. About nine. Eleven?

Closeup on a man's face looking slightly down. Behind him, an animatronic monster with red eyes and long teeth. Caption. They're fully operational animatronic characters.

Woman with blonde straight hair and bangs looks just off camera in a cafe setting. Caption. Everyone said she had the best cookie.

Woman looks slightly above camera in a factory setting. Caption. Dale will be the third generation driver.

Woman wearing a red and white jersey speaks into a microphone looking off camera like she is being interviewed for a news story. Behind her, houses are decorated with illuminated Christmas lights.

A middle-aged and a senior man speak to each other in front of camera. Behind them is a display of several trophies and plaques. Caption. Vic, it is an honor to be here. I'm excited to see the process.

Wide shot of an urban street with multi-story buildings at twilight. An overlay of green text reads, "Ergonomics. Derives from the Greek words: ergon, meaning work, and nomoi, meaning natural laws."

Space rocket launching as seen from below. Caption: I want to contribute to the first manned mission to Mars.

Snapshots of disconnected, unrelated illustrations jumbled together. Spanish captions.

Cartoon of a black bear wearing work clothes and a sun hat leaning over and holding an axe above a log that is partially split. Caption. Chirping.

Wide shot of a swather moves towards camera through a field of grain. Caption. We inspect food from all across the world.

2 different types of ice cream on cones flank a bright yellow ice cream bar.

Illustration of interlinked structures. Caption: in life sciences and nanotechnology.

Green and brown glass bottles spelling out the word "REDUCE". Caption: because the more people recycle, the more money the city saves.

Closeup of a coin sorting basin that is filled to the top by a pipe dropping coins into it. Caption. All the coins come here to be counted.

Aerial view of a silo complex. Paved roadways and plots of green grass run through and around it.

Rows of black barrels labeled, "Crude Oil." Title card reads, "Crude is a homogenous, unrefined mixture of, Gasoline, Diesel, Jet Fuel, Fuel Oil."

Still image from: Made There: F.R.O.G. Soap

Still image from: Make48: Kansas City, KS / Kansas State School for the Blind 2022

Still image from: Make48: North Little Rock, AR / The Innovation Hub

View a construction site. Front loader scoops a mound of clay. Caption. Clay is dug from out of the ground.

Closeup of clusters of oranges hanging from the branches of a tree. Green leaves and white blossoms surround the oranges.

Woman stands and addresses 4 children looking up at her from a round table in a library setting. Caption. People used different things to write on.

Woman stands and addresses 5 children seated at a round table looking at the tip of their pencils. Caption. The lead inside your pencil really isn't lead at all.

2 women wearing hoop skirt dresses and sun hats walk along a pathway next to a stream. Caption. Now, these people are dressed in period costumes.

Aerial closeup of a woman wearing a pink, purple, and tan striped sweater and holding a pearl necklace with 2 silver pendants in her hands over a white tile floor. Spanish caption. Es de nosotros, la único que es importado.

View from the cockpit of a race car. Spanish captions.

Person pouring fluid from a 5-gallon bucket into a large metal vat. Caption: Most people don't think about the chemistry

Tool emitting bright light cutting circles into wood. Caption: (narrator) Tools, including this laser cutter and wood router,

Blurry black and white still of a man in a long trench coat with 1 arm raised.

Gloved hand holding two small dark discs. Caption: to bring ultra-high-temperature ceramics to marketplace.

A large ship with equipment and sensors on the deck. Caption: Fourteen years in the planning and construction stages,

Young men sit at rows of desks in a school setting. Some lean forward and write in notebooks.

Electrical meter box attached to the outside of a building. Caption: All the entries have to be zero-energy homes,

Black and white photo of a complex machine. Caption: In the end, the assembly line changed the world.

2 female factory workers stand along an assembly line of cans that are being filled with soup from a large vat nearby.

White building with modern lines, many windows, and a sign that reads, "Delta Company. A Matsco Company." The sky is cloudy, the trees are bare, and a person with a green hoodie rides a unicycle in front.

A metal spout inserted into the bark of a tree with a bucket hanging to catch the discharge. Caption: will flow freely from the towering trees,

Black and white photo of a factory worker standing next to a classic car. Caption. The Model A was the first car built at the Rouge.

Outdoor waterpark with a big gray tube slide, a colorful wavy slide, various attractions, and other types of slides in the distance. Caption. "As well as a fourth-generation owner of the park."

Silver vehicle followed by a second silver vehicle traveling down a highway. Caption. On autonomous vehicles, or self-driving.

2 men inspect the wheel and engine of a Mack truck parked in a long line of trucks stretched back behind it.

Textile factory floor with high ceilings and long rolls of white and blue fabric in a production line.

Still image from: Xploration Earth 2050: How Things Are Made

Still image from: Xploration Outer Space: Building Rockets