America Revealed

How does America keeps pace with its insatiable appetite? This is the story of how a revolution in food production turned deserts into orchards, prairies into a bread basket, and created the biggest food machine in the world.

Americans are the most mobile people on earth and their transport systems are the biggest and most complex. From the rural school bus to the busiest airport, we explore the vast infrastructure that keeps Americans on the move.

We take electricity for granted. But how is it generated and how does our vast but aging grid get it to every house, office and factory in the nation?

This is the story of how American manufacturers embraced new ideas and technologies to transform themselves into world-leading producers of everything from sleek new cars to mighty ships and microchips.