Paraphrased opening, setting the era of from 2003 motion picture Seabiscuit "Real revolution wasn't the car, but the assembly line that made it...", lamenting that "cabinetmakers became knob turners, and seamstresses became button sewers...".
Movie in my regard quite good bit of storytelling, at same time the opening scenes and dialog, epic. It doesn't bother me when a little poetic license is utilized, condensing historic time into duration an audience will remain seated.
They can't all be Napoléon [1927], Gone With The Wind [1939], Lawrence of Arabia [1962], or....