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American Steel

When the American steel industry collapsed in the 1980s, it cost over three-hundred thousand jobs. Yul visits a steel company in Decatur, Alabama who looked for other avenues to continue production. Nucorp Steel bought up scrap metal yards and focussed their business entirely on recycling. Yul finds out how they were about to make steel out of junk.
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Based upon the BBC’s award-winning Britain From Above. America Revealed is a unique look at what makes America tick, what it takes to keeps the biggest food machine in the world going, the delicate balance that keeps our supermarkets stocked with groceries and fast food restaurants supplied with fries. How we keep America moving with its vast and complex transport systems.
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