She didn’t ask for permission — she made history. The story of Bertha Benz - video Dailymotion

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In 1888, without informing her husband and without any official approval, Bertha Benz took his invention — the Benz Patent-Motorwagen — and set off on a daring 100+ km journey from Mannheim to her hometown of Pforzheim. With her two sons by her side, she made a trip that would forever change the course of automotive history.

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00:00she didn't ask for permission she made history the story of Bertha Benz in 1888 without informing

00:17her husband and without any official approval Bertha Benz took his invention the Benz patent

00:25motor wagon and set off on a daring 100 plus kid journey from Mannheim to her hometown of Forsheim

00:34with her two sons by her side she made a trip that would forever change the course of automotive

00:42history but this wasn't just a joy ride her goal was clear to prove that the automobile wasn't just

00:51a novelty it had real commercial potential something her husband Carl Benz hadn't been

01:00able to demonstrate yet along the way Bertha faced countless technical issues and solved them with

01:08incredible resourcefulness she unclogged a fuel valve using a hat pin she used her garter as

01:17insulation for a part of the engine she bought fuel at a pharmacy making it the world's first gas

01:25station she stopped at a blacksmith's to fix a chain and improve the brakes her bold journey didn't just

01:34prove the car worked it captured the public's imagination drew investors and helped launch

01:42what would become mercedes benz in 2008 the german government honored her achievement by creating

01:51the bertha benz memorial route a scenic trail that follows her historic path bertha benz wasn't just a

02:00passenger in history she was the driver of change her vision courage and ingenuity show us that sometimes

02:10it takes more than an inventor to change the world it takes someone who believes in the invention enough to

02:19take it for a spin

She didn’t ask for permission — she made history. The story of Bertha Benz

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