The Machine That Made Us

The Machine That Made Us

2008 · Documentary, History · 0h 59m · 7.0

The printing press was the world's first mass-production machine. Its invention in the 1450s changed the world as dramatically as splitting the atom or sending men into space, sparking a cultural revolution which shaped the modern age.

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Cast

Stephen Fry
Stephen Fry
Self - Presenter
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Barbara Rupp
Self

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