How did a simple series of dots and dashes transform worldwide communication? To find out, Sabrina recreates the telegraph, Samuel Morse's groundbreaking 1832 invention (and your cell phone's cool great-grandparent). Learn more in this episode of History Remade with Sabrina. Watch new episodes of The Engineering That Built the World on Sundays at 9/8c, and stay up to date on all of your favorite The HISTORY Channel shows at http://history.com/schedule. #HistoryRemadeWithSabrina Subscribe for more HISTORY: http://histv.co/SubscribeHistoryYT Check out exclusive HISTORY content: History Newsletter - https://histv.co/newsletter Website - https://histv.co/History Facebook - https://histv.co/Facebook Twitter - https://histv.co/Twitter HISTORY® is the leading destination for award-winning original series and specials that connect viewers with history in an informative, immersive, and entertaining manner across all platforms. The network’s all-original programming slate features a roster of hit series, premium documentaries, and scripted event programming. CREDITS Executive Producer Sabrina Cruz Melissa Fernandes Taha Khan Producer Molly Williams Researcher George Lawson Craft Engineer Jade Codinera Writer Sabrina Cruz Host Sabrina Cruz Director Melissa Fernandes B-Cam / DIT River Shepperd Production Assistant Gabrielle Augustin Varman Nava Story Editor Stephanie Castillo Editor Chase Madsen Animators Krisztina Varga Olivér Varga Executive Producers Sarah Walker Brian Huffman Executive Creative Director, A+E Networks Tim Nolan VP, Marketing Production, A+E Networks Kate Leonard VP, Brand Creative, History Matt Neary Music Courtesy of Audio Network Additional Footage and Photos Provided By Wikimedia Commons Pexels.com Freepik.com Metmuseum.org Library of Congress Produced by Answer in Progress for HISTORY® ©2021 A&E TELEVISION NETWORKS, LLC ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. SOURCES Dot-Dash to Dot.Com How Modern Telecommunications Evolved from the Telegraph, (2011) A. Wheen, Springer New York. “Essay on the development of Morse telegraphy by Werner von Siemens 'induction telegraphy and enhanced magnetic systems’” (2021) in Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik, Vol.138 (4-5). ReMaking History, Volume 2: Industrial Revolutionaries (2016) W. Gurstelle, Maker Media. Samuel F. B. Morse and the Dawn of the Age of Electricity, (2015) G. Botjer, Lexington Books. “The Influence of the Telegraph in the United States Society in the 19th Century” (2010) by F. Saez de Adana in 2010 Second Region 8 IEEE Conference on the History of Communications available at DOI: 10.1109/HISTELCON.2010.5735291 http://www.samuelmorse.net/ https://www.loc.gov/collections/samuel-morse-papers/articles-and-essays/invention-of-the-telegraph/ http://w1tp.com/perbuild.htm https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/may-24/ Wiring the World: the Social and Cultural Creation of Global Telegraph Networks (2016) S. Muller, Colombia University Press. “The Transatlantic Telegraph Cable” (2000) by G. Cookson, in History Today, Vol.50 (3). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Welcome to the joke under the fold! When I was a kid, I really wanted to learn Morse Code... My hopes were dashed.