How America Works

Season 2

2022 · 10 episodes · 10h 0m in all

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Law Enforcement

   25 Apr 2022 · 60 min

   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.

2. 2

   2. Beef

   2 May 2022 · 60 min

   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.

3. 3

   3. Corn

   9 May 2022 · 60 min

   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.

4. 4

   4. Aluminum

   16 May 2022 · 60 min

   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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   5. Textiles

   23 May 2022 · 60 min

   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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   6. Heavy Machinery

   30 May 2022 · 60 min

   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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   7. Navy

   6 Jun 2022 · 60 min

   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.

8. 8

   8. Sugar

   13 Jun 2022 · 60 min

   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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   9. Brick

   20 Jun 2022 · 60 min

   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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    10. Paper

    27 Jun 2022 · 60 min

    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.