The literary source material for S1-E2 includes an illustration from "Mill" by David Macaulay, copyright © 1983 David Macaulay, used by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (all rights reserved); "Samuel Slater and the Origins of the American Textile Industry: 1790-1860" by Barbara Tucker (1984); and "Memoir of Samuel Slater: Father of American Manufacturers" by George S. White (1836).
Scenes from THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND (1947) appear in the opening credits of all the episodes. It's the black and white footage of workers walking out of a Rhode Island mill. The movie was produced by Carl Dudley Productions.
Segments of the documentary, DAVID MACAULEY: MILL TIMES (2001), were used in the opening credits of all the episodes. Some of the segments were more fully utilized in Episode #2. The documentary was written by Larry Klein, David Macaulay, and Mark Olshaker. It was directed and produced by Larry Klein. The movie was made available courtesy of Unicorn Productions.
THE AMERICAN TRAIL: SAMUEL SLATER'S MACHINE (1953) is a 15 minute radio broadcast that was produced by the Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Segments of it were used in Episodes #1 and #2. It can be accessed through the online company, RadioEchoes.
Lewis Hines' child labor photography was used in Episode #2.