1965AMERICAN ICONS
HISTORIC RECREATIONS OF THOMAS EDISON'S EXPERIMENTS
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CU PORTRAIT OF THOMAS EDISON.
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CU NEW YORK HERALD NEWSPAPER HEADLINE LAUDING ELECTRIC LIGHT
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ACTOR PORTRAYING EDISON EXPERIMENTING IN LAB.
WORKING ON ELECTRIC LIGHT. |
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"EDISON" IN LAB LOOKING THROUGH BOOK ON ENGINEERING. NEWSPAPERMEN ARRIVE, LOOKING FOR NEWS ON HIS LIGHT
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| 01:12:41 65.03 |
CU NEWSPAPER HEADLINE ON WALL STREET BACKING.
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| 01:12:45 69.03 |
EDISON OPENS LETTER READS
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| 01:12:51 75.03 |
EDISON WRITING LETTER IN LAB. CU HAND WRITING LETTER.
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| 01:13:26 110.03 |
EDISON PONDERING LOOKS PENSIVE CHIN IN HAND
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| 01:13:47 131.03 |
CU ARC OF LIGHT BURNING
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| 01:14:04 148.03 |
CU OIL BURNING LIGHT BEING LIT.
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| 01:14:09 153.03 |
EDISON AT DESK STUDYING, READING JOURNALS WORKING OUT PROBLEMS.
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| 01:15:28 232.03 |
CU SCALE WEIGHING PIECES OF PAPER
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| 01:15:36 240.03 |
EXPERIMENTING WITH DIFFERENT MATERIALS TAR,
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| 01:15:38 242.03 |
CU MAN LOOKING THROUGH MICROSCOPE
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| 01:15:42 246.03 |
CU SWEATING MAN PUMPING SOMETHING UNSEEN
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| 01:15:49 253.03 |
CU EARLY EXPERIMENTS WITH LIGHT BULBS. FILAMENTS
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| 01:15:56 260.03 |
CU HANDS PUTTING IN REGULATOR IN BULB
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| 01:16:02 266.03 |
EDISON LOOKING AT BULB EXPERIMENT, NOT VERY SUCCESSFUL. BACK TO DRAWING BOARD, PACES BACK &
FORTH |
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SITS DOWN AT PHONOGRAPH, TURNS CRANK,
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| 01:16:35 299.03 |
CU EARLY TELEPHONE EXPERIMENT. CU FINGERS ON KNOB
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| 01:16:57 321.03 |
CU THREADED PAPER THROUGH MACHINE, NEEDLE ON PAPER MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB RECITED.
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| 01:17:23 347.03 |
CU PATTERN ON PAPER FROM VIBRATING DIAPHRAGM TINY HOLES FROM NEEDLE
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| 01:17:37 361.03 |
CU HAND WRITING OUT WORDS & PICTURES OF INVENTIONS
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| 01:17:47 371.03 |
CU EDISON CONCENTRATING. HAS IDEA, SMILES
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| 01:18:03 387.03 |
IN LAB WITH ASSISTANT WORKING ON VACUUM FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT. CU DRAWING NEW LAMPS
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| 01:18:16 400.03 |
CU TESTING LIGHT BULB, FAILURE.
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| 01:18:20 404.03 |
CU HANDS PUTTING SLIDE UNDER MICROSCOPE
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| 01:18:26 410.03 |
CU FILAMENT UNDER MICROSCOPE
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| 01:18:31 415.03 |
CU MAN THINKING
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| 01:18:38 422.03 |
CU SEALED GLASS CONTAINER BEING FIRED OP
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| 01:18:47 431.03 |
CU MONTH PAGES OF CALENDAR COMING OFF REVEALING NEXT MONTH. YEAR PASSES. PASSAGE OF TIME
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| 01:18:55 439.03 |
LAB ASSISTANT FILLING BEAKERS WITH CHEMICALS
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| 01:19:03 447.03 |
EDISON DRAWING ELECTRIC LIGHT BULB
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| 01:19:10 454.03 |
IMPROVED LIGHT BULB BURNS 1 HOUR. CU HAND TURNING ON LIGHT
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| 01:19:25 469.03 |
CU EDISON'S DRAWING FOR LIGHT BULB
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| 01:19:46 490.03 |
CU NEWSPAPER HEADLINE ANNOUNCING LIGHT A SUCCESS
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| 01:19:50 494.03 |
CU EDISON IN DESPAIR, OUT OF MONEY FOR EXPERIMENTS
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| 01:20:00 504.03 |
CU TOW HEAD BOY LOOKING CLOSELY AT TELEGRAPH MACHINE
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| 01:20:14 518.03 |
CU BATTERY EXPERIMENTS EDISON AS A BOY READING
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| 01:20:32 536.03 |
TRYING TELEGRAPH MACHINE AGAIN AFTER STUDYING. CU MAKING PARTS FOR MACHINE. BOY HAPPY IN SUCCESS
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| 01:20:57 561.03 |
EDISON AT DESK WRITING
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| 01:21:05 569.03 |
EDISON PICKS UP VACUUM PUMP
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| 01:21:15 579.03 |
CU MORTAR & PESTLE TESTING MATERIALS
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| 01:21:19 583.03 |
POURING OUT TAR ONTO PAPER
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| 01:21:26 590.03 |
COOKING MATERIALS INTO CARBON FILAMENTS IN SMALL LAB OVEN.
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| 01:21:34 598.03 |
CU SEALED GLASS BULB.
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| 01:21:40 604.03 |
EDISON TESTING MATERIALS FOR BULB. GOES OUT, LOOKS DISAPPOINTED.
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| 01:21:52 616.03 |
CU LONG LADLE COMING OUT OF KILN-OVEN WITH COTTON THREAD TURNED INTO FILAMENT
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| 01:22:00 624.03 |
CU THREADS IN GLASS GLOBE.
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TESTING LIGHT FOR GROUP OF MEN IT WORKS! LIGHTS UP, MEN SHIELD EYES FROM LIGHT
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PANS GROUP OF MEN IN LAB
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EDISON WITH HEAD IN HAND READING BOOK
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CU BULB & FILAMENTS
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| 01:22:56 680.03 |
CU MEN WAITING TO SEE HOW LONG LIGHT WILL BURN, SLEEPY MAN
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| 01:23:09 693.03 |
SEQUENCE OF STEPS TAKEN FOR EXPERIMENT, INVESTIGATING, READING, DEFINING. MAKING THEORIES, EXPERIMENTING, TESTING,
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| 01:23:43 727.03 |
GROUP OF MEN GATHER AROUND LIGHT BULB WATCHING LAMP LIGHT UP, SHIELD EYES FROM NEW KIND OF LIGHT MEN SHAKE HANDS FROM SUCCESS.
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| 01:24:07 751.03 |
CU STRING OF LIGHT BULBS ON WIRES OVERHEAD.
CURIOUS PEOPLE LOOK AT NEWFANGLED LIGHT |
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CU EDISON LOOKING INTO MICROSCOPE
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| 01:24:31 775.03 |
CU WALL STREET JOURNAL HEADLINE WIZARD SEARCHING FOR FILAMENT
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CU MAN LOOKING INTO MICROSCOPE ADJUSTING KNOBS
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ACTOR PLAYING EDISON WORKS IN LAB ON EXPERIMENTS
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CU INTRICATE DRAWINGS
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EDISON READS HEADLINE PEARL ST. STATION OPENING
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CU BURNING LIGHT BULB, FILAMENTS.
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EDISON AS YOUNG BOY EXPERIMENTING WITH TELEGRAPH STUDYING, LEARNING,
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TWO PRETEEN SCHOOL CHILDREN LOOK INTO MICROSCOPE GIRL MOUTHS WOW. WEARING HEADBAND PONYTAIL CIRCA EARLY 1950s. BOY WITH CREW CUT. KIDS LEARNING
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