- Title: VM-362
- Summary: THOMAS A. EDISON: PERSISTENT GENIUS: HISTORIC RECREATIONS OF THOMAS EDISON'S EXPERIMENTS
- Description:01:11:36 - CU PORTRAIT OF THOMAS EDISON. 01:11:41 - CU NEW YORK HERALD NEWSPAPER HEADLINE LAUDING ELECTRIC LIGHT 01:11:50 - ACTOR PORTRAYING EDISON EXPERIMENTING IN LAB. WORKING ON ELECTRIC LIGHT. 01:12:05 - "EDISON" IN LAB LOOKING THROUGH BOOK ON ENGINEERING. NEWSPAPERMEN ARRIVE, LOOKING FOR NEWS ON HIS LIGHT 01:12:41 - CU NEWSPAPER HEADLINE ON WALL STREET BACKING. 01:12:45 - EDISON OPENS LETTER READS 01:12:51 - EDISON WRITING LETTER IN LAB. CU HAND WRITING LETTER. 01:13:26 - EDISON PONDERING LOOKS PENSIVE CHIN IN HAND 01:13:47 - CU ARC OF LIGHT BURNING 01:14:04 - CU OIL BURNING LIGHT BEING LIT. 01:14:09 - EDISON AT DESK STUDYING, READING JOURNALS WORKING OUT PROBLEMS. 01:15:28 - CU SCALE WEIGHING PIECES OF PAPER 01:15:36 - EXPERIMENTING WITH DIFFERENT MATERIALS TAR, 01:15:38 - CU MAN LOOKING THROUGH MICROSCOPE 01:15:42 - CU SWEATING MAN PUMPING SOMETHING UNSEEN 01:15:49 - CU EARLY EXPERIMENTS WITH LIGHT BULBS. FILAMENTS 01:15:56 - CU HANDS PUTTING IN REGULATOR IN BULB 01:16:02 - EDISON LOOKING AT BULB EXPERIMENT, NOT VERY SUCCESSFUL. BACK TO DRAWING BOARD, PACES BACK & FORTH 01:16:20 - SITS DOWN AT PHONOGRAPH, TURNS CRANK, 01:16:35 - CU EARLY TELEPHONE EXPERIMENT. CU FINGERS ON KNOB 01:16:57 - CU THREADED PAPER THROUGH MACHINE, NEEDLE ON PAPER MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB RECITED. 01:17:23 - CU PATTERN ON PAPER FROM VIBRATING DIAPHRAGM TINY HOLES FROM NEEDLE 01:17:37 - CU HAND WRITING OUT WORDS & PICTURES OF INVENTIONS 01:17:47 - CU EDISON CONCENTRATING. HAS IDEA, SMILES 01:18:03 - IN LAB WITH ASSISTANT WORKING ON VACUUM FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT. CU DRAWING NEW LAMPS 01:18:16 - CU TESTING LIGHT BULB, FAILURE. 01:18:20 - CU HANDS PUTTING SLIDE UNDER MICROSCOPE 01:18:26 - CU FILAMENT UNDER MICROSCOPE 01:18:31 - CU MAN THINKING 01:18:38 - CU SEALED GLASS CONTAINER BEING FIRED OP 01:18:47 - CU MONTH PAGES OF CALENDAR COMING OFF REVEALING NEXT MONTH. YEAR PASSES. PASSAGE OF TIME 01:18:55 - LAB ASSISTANT FILLING BEAKERS WITH CHEMICALS 01:19:03 - EDISON DRAWING ELECTRIC LIGHT BULB 01:19:10 - IMPROVED LIGHT BULB BURNS 1 HOUR. CU HAND TURNING ON LIGHT 01:19:25 - CU EDISON'S DRAWING FOR LIGHT BULB 01:19:46 - CU NEWSPAPER HEADLINE ANNOUNCING LIGHT A SUCCESS 01:19:50 - CU EDISON IN DESPAIR, OUT OF MONEY FOR EXPERIMENTS 01:20:00 - CU TOW HEAD BOY LOOKING CLOSELY AT TELEGRAPH MACHINE 01:20:14 - CU BATTERY EXPERIMENTS EDISON AS A BOY READING 01:20:32 - TRYING TELEGRAPH MACHINE AGAIN AFTER STUDYING. CU MAKING PARTS FOR MACHINE. BOY HAPPY IN SUCCESS 01:20:57 - EDISON AT DESK WRITING 01:21:05 - EDISON PICKS UP VACUUM PUMP 01:21:15 - CU MORTAR & PESTLE TESTING MATERIALS 01:21:19 - POURING OUT TAR ONTO PAPER 01:21:26 - COOKING MATERIALS INTO CARBON FILAMENTS IN SMALL LAB OVEN. 01:21:34 - CU SEALED GLASS BULB. 01:21:40 - EDISON TESTING MATERIALS FOR BULB. GOES OUT, LOOKS DISAPPOINTED. 01:21:52 - CU LONG LADLE COMING OUT OF KILN-OVEN WITH COTTON THREAD TURNED INTO FILAMENT 01:22:00 - CU THREADS IN GLASS GLOBE. 01:22:08 - TESTING LIGHT FOR GROUP OF MEN IT WORKS! LIGHTS UP, MEN SHIELD EYES FROM LIGHT 01:22:36 - PANS GROUP OF MEN IN LAB 01:22:45 - EDISON WITH HEAD IN HAND READING BOOK 01:22:50 - CU BULB & FILAMENTS 01:22:56 - CU MEN WAITING TO SEE HOW LONG LIGHT WILL BURN, SLEEPY MAN 01:23:09 - SEQUENCE OF STEPS TAKEN FOR EXPERIMENT, INVESTIGATING, READING, DEFINING. MAKING THEORIES, EXPERIMENTING, TESTING, 01:23:43 - GROUP OF MEN GATHER AROUND LIGHT BULB WATCHING LAMP LIGHT UP, SHIELD EYES FROM NEW KIND OF LIGHT MEN SHAKE HANDS FROM SUCCESS. 01:24:07 - CU STRING OF LIGHT BULBS ON WIRES OVERHEAD. CURIOUS PEOPLE LOOK AT NEWFANGLED LIGHT 01:24:25 - CU EDISON LOOKING INTO MICROSCOPE 01:24:31 - CU WALL STREET JOURNAL HEADLINE WIZARD SEARCHING FOR FILAMENT 01:24:39 - CU MAN LOOKING INTO MICROSCOPE ADJUSTING KNOBS 01:24:43 - ACTOR PLAYING EDISON WORKS IN LAB ON EXPERIMENTS 01:24:48 - CU INTRICATE DRAWINGS 01:24:53 - EDISON READS HEADLINE PEARL ST. STATION OPENING 01:25:03 - CU BURNING LIGHT BULB, FILAMENTS. 01:25:10 - EDISON AS YOUNG BOY EXPERIMENTING WITH TELEGRAPH STUDYING, LEARNING, 01:25:54 - TWO PRETEEN SCHOOL CHILDREN LOOK INTO MICROSCOPE GIRL MOUTHS WOW. WEARING HEADBAND PONYTAIL CIRCA EARLY 1950s. BOY WITH CREW CUT. KIDS LEARNING
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1965
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: VM-362