- Title: VM-152
- Summary: THOMAS EDISON 1847-1931: USING NEWSREEL FOOTAGE, FEATURE & HOME MOVIES, THIS BIOGRAPHY OF THE WIZARD OF MENLO PARK, THOMAS EDISON, EXAMINES THE AMERICA HE GREW UP IN & TRACES HOW HIS DISCOVERIES EVOLVED. EARLY FOOTAGE & RECREATIONS; LIGHTBULBS & PHONOGRAPHS. EARLY FILMS INCLUDING "THE KISS". INTERVIEW WITH EDISON INVENTOR.
- Description:00:56:00 - CU PHONOGRAPH ZOOMS BACK TO SHOW ROOM. ZOOMS IN PHOTOGRAPH, EDISON. RECORDING PLAYING 00:56:16 - SLOW PAN EDISON'S DESK, CHAIR, STUDY. 00:56:55 - TRIPPY BLUR INTO STONE WALL IN LAKE. SUTTERS MILL. GOLD RUSH SCENES. 00:57:06 - SCALES ON TABLE GOING UP & DOWN 00:57:12 - POV UNDER HORSE & WAGON PASSES OVER VIEWER 00:57:17 - CARAVAN OF COVERED WAGONS IN SEARCH OF GOLD. MIGRATION WEST. 00:57:21 - STEAM TRAIN "IRON HORSE" 00:57:26 - TRAIN STATION. CONDUCTORS GETTING ON TRAIN THEN PASSENGERS 00:57:34 - HISTORICAL REENACTMENT OF YOUNG EDISON, AGE 12, IN CRUDE LAB MIXING CHEMICALS. 00:57:52 - STEAM TRAIN 00:57:58 - EDISON PRINTING PAPER, 00:58:05 - CU PENCIL GOING OVER WORDS ON NEWSPAPER EDITING WEEKLY HERALD. PRINTED ON TRAIN 00:58:21 - HISTORICAL REENACTMENT OF EDISON IN LAB. BEAKERS SHAKE, FALL, FIRE STARTS. HOLDING EARS, IMPAIRED 00:58:37 - EDISON THROWN OFF TRAIN, BEAKERS & ALL. PRINTING PRESS FOLLOWS 00:58:58 - STATION MASTER'S LITTLE BOY PLAYING ON TRAIN TRACKS SAVED BY YOUNG EDISON. RESCUE. 00:59:12 - GRATEFUL STATION MASTER TEACHING EDISON TELEGRAPHY. 00:59:28 - TOWN IN THE WEST LAND OFFICE HOMESTEAD ACT 00:59:35 - POV DRIVING COVERED WAGON. LAND RUSH. 00:59:43 - MEN SETTING UP TELEGRAPH POLES IN THE WEST 00:59:51 - MAN UP ON POLE SETTING UP TELEGRAPH WIRES 00:59:54 - TOWN IN WEST CREATED BY HOMESTEAD ACT 00:59:56 - EDISON STUDYING BY GAS LIGHT 00:59:59 - CU HORSES HOOVES RUNNING 01:00:04 - MAN LIGHTING GAS LAMPS IN STREET. LAMP LIGHTER 01:00:08 - MONTAGE OF STREET GAS LIGHTS 01:00:16 - STILLS 01:00:40 - HANDWRITTEN LETTER. EDISON'S SIGNATURE 01:01:41 - CU HAND CRANKING FIRST WORDS RECORDED, "MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB". NATURAL SOUND 01:01:58 - PHONOGRAPH PLAYING MUSIC. CU INNER WORKINGS, CYLINDER TURNING 01:02:27 - STILLS 01:03:27 - MENLO PARK HOME OF EDISON 01:03:30 - GETTING INTO AUTOMOBILE 01:03:36 - EXTERIOR OF LAB IN WEST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY 01:03:39 - INTERIOR PAN OF LAB 01:03:44 - CU NOTEBOOKS OF EDISON'S. FLIPPING THROUGH PAGES OF INVENTIONS 01:03:46 - CU SLOW PAN EDISON'S DESK, BED IN STUDY, BRONZE SCULPTURE 01:04:06 - CU EDISON'S TIMECARD 01:04:18 - EDISON PUNCHES TIME CLOCK AT WORK. INVENTION FACTORY. EDISON AT WORK. 01:06:11 - EDISON PLAYS PHONOGRAPH 01:06:27 - EDISON TALKS ABOUT FIRST MOTION PICTURE STUDIO IN YARD OF LAB CALLED IT THE BLACK MARIAH 01:06:44 - THE BLACK MARIAH STUDIO 01:07:03 - CU MOTION PICTURE CAMERA 01:07:10 - STILLS 01:07:29 - EARLY FILM MADE ON LOCATION. AMERICAN FLAG, HOUSE, COWBOYS & INDIANS CROSSING THE ARKANSAS RIVER 01:07:48 - ELEVATED TRAINS PASSING THE 104TH STREET CURVE IN NYC. 01:08:00 - CU STRIPS OF FILM PASSING THROUGH KINETOSCOPE 01:08:13 - CU MAN LOOKING INTO KINETOSCOPE. NICKELODEON. 01:08:14 - "SEX QUEEN" OF THE 1890s, CARMENCITA, DANCES A "DARING" DANCE. PEEP SHOW. 01:08:34 - FIRST KISS ON FILM MAY IRWIN & JOHN RICE 01:09:01 - EARLY CITY STREET SCENE. TROLLIES, PEOPLE 01:09:06 - TURN OF THE CENTURY PEOPLE LINE UP FOR EARLY MOTION PICTURE 01:09:20 - CU PROGRAMME APRIL 23, 1896, THE VITASCOPE 01:09:29 - ELDER EDISON POSES FOR HIS INVENTION. WALK TOWARD VIEWER 01:09:39 - REENACTMENT OF SHOOTING OF STANFORD WHITE 01:10:10 - CU EARLY MOTION PICTURE PROJECTOR SYNCHRONIZED WITH CYLINDER RECORD. MAN LOOKS IN MACHINE 01:10:24 - CARTOON PLAYED UP IN BALLOON. EARLY ANIMATION 01:10:35 - CU TITLE "UNCLE TOM'S CABIN OR SLAVERY DAYS" 01:10:39 - THE ESCAPE OF ELIZA IN UNCLE TOM'S CABIN. RIVER THAT REALLY FLOWS. ICE FLOES 01:11:05 - CU TITLE "DEATH OF EVA" 01:11:07 - EVA'S DEATH ON FILM. ANGEL COMES DOWN 01:11:23 - MONTAGE EDISON MEETING HIS PUBLIC. DUBBED AMERICA'S GREATEST LIVING CITIZEN. 01:11:36 - EDISON SIGNS NAME IN CEMENT 01:11:59 - 1929, HOOVER, HENRY FORD, EDISON. 50TH ANNIVERSARY ELECTRIC LIGHT 01:12:19 - EDISON TALKS ABOUT MACHINE AGE & HOW IT'LL CHANGE THE WORLD 01:12:43 - EDISON & FRIENDS, AGE 84, WALKING THROUGH GROUNDS 01:13:05 - CAMERAMEN SETTING UP CAMERAS 01:13:07 - EDISON INTERVIEWED ABOUT TALKING PICTURES. EINSTEIN'S THEORY & HOW IT FEELS TO BE 84 YEARS. 01:13:56 - EDISON POSING 01:14:12 - EDISON GOING INTO HOME, KISSES WIFE. TRIPPY BLUR BACK INTO STUDIO WHERE PHONOGRAPH PLAYING & EDISON'S VOICE-OVER. NARRATOR READS EDISON'S INVENTIONS }0
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:31/12/1846
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: VM-152