1900-1939AMERICAN ICONS
EDISON'S LIFE FROM EARLY CHILDHOOD THROUGH OLD AGE. REVIEWS HIS EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND & RELATES THE INCIDENT WHICH CAUSED HIS HEARING LOSS. DESCRIBES SEVERAL INVENTIONS INCLUDING THE ELECTRIC LIGHT BULB, MOTION PICTURE PROJECTORS & HIS IMPROVEMENTS ON THE TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH. INCLUDES HISTORICAL REENACTMENTS
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QUICK MONTAGE EDISON IN LAB, GROUND BREAKING
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MONTAGE EDISON NARRATOR VOICE-OVER.
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STILLS EDISON'S EARLY DAYS
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HISTORICAL REENACTMENT OF TRAIN FIRE CAUSED BY YOUNG EDISON.
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STEAM TRAIN ARRIVING AT STATION. EXCITED PEOPLE WAVING FROM PLATFORM
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REENACTMENT OF EDISON SAVING STATION MASTER'S SON FROM BEING RUN OVER BY TRAIN
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MASTER MAKES HIM APPRENTICE TELEGRAPHER.
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TELEGRAPH WIRES BEING PUT UP MAN ON POLE
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MEN SETTING UP TELEGRAPH POLES IN WEST
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TELEGRAPH STATION
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CU HAND OPERATING TELEGRAPH MACHINE
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STILLS
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CU ROUGH DRAWING OF TELEPHONE
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| 01:23:44 392.57 |
CU HAND TURNING CYLINDER ON PHONOGRAPH. "MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB" AUDIBLE.
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STILLS
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SIGN FOR EDISON'S PHONOGRAPH AS HIS VOICE IS HEARD.
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CU HAND OPENING BOX CONTAINING CYLINDER FOR PHONOGRAPH.
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ROOM WITH PHONOGRAPH PLAYING. CU TURNING CYLINDER, NEEDLE.
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STILLS
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CU EDISON'S INVENTION BOOK PAGES FLIPPED
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MONTAGE EDISON IN LAB WORKING ON LIGHT BULB. TESTING SUBSTANCES, CARBONIZED PAPER WORKS
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CU LIGHT BULB LIT UP. BULB TURNS ON
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STILLS
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CU LIT BULB
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STILLS
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FACTORY, SEPT, 1882: MEN FLIP SWITCHES. LIGHTS COME ON IN NEW YORK CITY
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| 01:28:04 652.57 |
CU FLICKERING LIGHT BULBS
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STILLS
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EDISON HOME IN FLORIDA
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LAB WEST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.
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STILLS
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PAN ROOFTOPS NEW JERSEY.
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STILLS
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CU KINETOSCOPE. NICKELODEON.
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DANCER ON FILM
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CU STRIPS OF PHOTOGRAPHS
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EDISON'S TAR PAPER STUDIO, BLACK MARIAH
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STILLS
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NICKELODEON FILMS: "THE KISS", MAN FLEXING MUSCLES IN BATHING SUIT
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BARROOM MOVIE. MAN PULLS DOWN SCREEN, WATCHING MOVIE IN BAR.
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STILLS
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CURIOUS PEOPLE ENTER MOVIE THEATER WATCHING "THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY"
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OLD EDISON WHISPERING IN FRIEND'S EAR, IN GROUP OF MEN, CIRCA WWI
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EDISON WITH MEMBERS OF THE NAVY AS ADVISOR
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EDISON CLOCKING INTO WORK. TIME CLOCK IN WEST ORANGE LAB.
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LISTENING TO PIANIST RECORDING MUSIC FOR EDISON LABEL.
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EDISON ENTERING ELECTRICAL PLANT
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IN ROOM FILLED WITH LIGHT BULBS
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WOMEN IN EARLY ASSEMBLY LINE PACKAGING LIGHT BULBS
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EDISON WITH CHARLES STEINMETZ, ELECTRICAL ENGINEER
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| 01:34:53 1061.57 |
EDISON TAKES PHOTOS-FILM OF FRIEND HENRY FORD. TURNS CRANK ON CAMERA
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EDISON, FORD, JOHN BURROUGHS, HARVEY FIRESTONE ON NATURE WALK
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EDISON & GANG UNDER TENT EATING. SPINNING HUGE LAZY SUSAN TABLE. PRACTICAL GIZMO
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GANG OUTSIDE, CUTTING TREES CONTEST
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MAKING CAMPFIRE
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PAN CAMP GROUND TENTS
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CRANKING FORD CAR
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EDISON SLEEPING ON CAMP GROUND. SWATS FLY
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RARE MOMENTS OF LEISURE, IN HAMMOCK SWINGING
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EDISON SPEAKS ABOUT FINDING NATURAL SOURCE OF RUBBER.
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EDISON WITH CAMERAMEN.
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EDISON BEING LAUDED BY HIS PUBLIC
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MRS. EDISON SPEAKS ON HUSBAND'S BEHALF
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1929, HENRY FORD PLAYS HOST TO GOLDEN JUBILEE OF ELECTRIC LIGHT. HUGE CELEBRATION
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FORD RECREATES EDISON'S HISTORY; RIDING ON REPLICA OF TRAIN OF WHEN EDISON WAS NEWSBOY.
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EDISON REPEATS FIRST WORDS SPOKEN ON PHONO "MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB" INTO MICROPHONE FOR GROUP ASSEMBLED.
POIGNANT. |
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HUGE CROWDS LINE STREETS AS EDISON & HERBERT HOOVER PASS IN OPEN CAR. SEA OF UMBRELLAS, RAINY ROAD.
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HUGE MOTORCYCLE POLICEMEN LEAD MOTORCADE. MASSIVE TURNOUT OF RESPECT FOR THE WORLD'S GREATEST HUMAN BEING.
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EDISON LEAVES FOR FLORIDA BY TRAIN
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WAVING FROM CABOOSE
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CU TRAIN WHEELS SPINNING, STEAM
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POV LOOKING DOWN AT TRAIN TRACKS FROM CABOOSE.
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NYC SKYLINE AT NIGHT
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