| 00:56:00 0 |
CU PHONOGRAPH ZOOMS BACK TO SHOW ROOM. ZOOMS IN
PHOTOGRAPH, EDISON. RECORDING PLAYING |
| 00:56:16 16 |
SLOW PAN EDISON'S DESK, CHAIR, STUDY.
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| 00:56:55 55 |
TRIPPY BLUR INTO STONE WALL IN LAKE. SUTTERS MILL.
GOLD RUSH SCENES. |
| 00:57:06 66 |
SCALES ON TABLE GOING UP & DOWN
|
| 00:57:12 72 |
POV UNDER HORSE & WAGON PASSES OVER VIEWER
|
| 00:57:17 77 |
CARAVAN OF COVERED WAGONS IN SEARCH OF GOLD.
MIGRATION WEST. |
| 00:57:21 81 |
STEAM TRAIN "IRON HORSE"
|
| 00:57:26 86 |
TRAIN STATION. CONDUCTORS GETTING ON TRAIN THEN
PASSENGERS |
| 00:57:34 94 |
HISTORICAL REENACTMENT OF YOUNG EDISON, AGE 12, IN
CRUDE LAB MIXING CHEMICALS. |
| 00:57:52 112 |
STEAM TRAIN
|
| 00:57:58 118 |
EDISON PRINTING PAPER,
|
| 00:58:05 125 |
CU PENCIL GOING OVER WORDS ON NEWSPAPER EDITING
WEEKLY HERALD. PRINTED ON TRAIN |
| 00:58:21 141 |
HISTORICAL REENACTMENT OF EDISON IN LAB. BEAKERS
SHAKE, FALL, FIRE STARTS. HOLDING EARS, IMPAIRED |
| 00:58:37 157 |
EDISON THROWN OFF TRAIN, BEAKERS & ALL. PRINTING
PRESS FOLLOWS |
| 00:58:58 178 |
STATION MASTER'S LITTLE BOY PLAYING ON TRAIN TRACKS
SAVED BY YOUNG EDISON. RESCUE. |
| 00:59:12 192 |
GRATEFUL STATION MASTER TEACHING EDISON TELEGRAPHY.
|
| 00:59:28 208 |
TOWN IN THE WEST LAND OFFICE HOMESTEAD ACT
|
| 00:59:35 215 |
POV DRIVING COVERED WAGON. LAND RUSH.
|
| 00:59:43 223 |
MEN SETTING UP TELEGRAPH POLES IN THE WEST
|
| 00:59:51 231 |
MAN UP ON POLE SETTING UP TELEGRAPH WIRES
|
| 00:59:54 234 |
TOWN IN WEST CREATED BY HOMESTEAD ACT
|
| 00:59:56 236 |
EDISON STUDYING BY GAS LIGHT
|
| 00:59:59 239 |
CU HORSES HOOVES RUNNING
|
| 01:00:04 244 |
MAN LIGHTING GAS LAMPS IN STREET. LAMP LIGHTER
|
| 01:00:08 248 |
MONTAGE OF STREET GAS LIGHTS
|
| 01:00:16 256 |
STILLS
|
| 01:00:40 280 |
HANDWRITTEN LETTER. EDISON'S SIGNATURE
|
| 01:01:41 341 |
CU HAND CRANKING FIRST WORDS RECORDED, "MARY HAD A
LITTLE LAMB". NATURAL SOUND |
| 01:01:58 358 |
PHONOGRAPH PLAYING MUSIC. CU INNER WORKINGS, CYLINDER
TURNING |
| 01:02:27 387 |
STILLS
|
| 01:03:27 447 |
MENLO PARK HOME OF EDISON
|
| 01:03:30 450 |
GETTING INTO AUTOMOBILE
|
| 01:03:36 456 |
EXTERIOR OF LAB IN WEST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY
|
| 01:03:39 459 |
INTERIOR PAN OF LAB
|
| 01:03:44 464 |
CU NOTEBOOKS OF EDISON'S. FLIPPING THROUGH PAGES OF
INVENTIONS |
| 01:03:46 466 |
CU SLOW PAN EDISON'S DESK, BED IN STUDY, BRONZE
SCULPTURE |
| 01:04:06 486 |
CU EDISON'S TIMECARD
|
| 01:04:18 498 |
EDISON PUNCHES TIME CLOCK AT WORK. INVENTION FACTORY.
EDISON AT WORK. |
| 01:06:11 611 |
EDISON PLAYS PHONOGRAPH
|
| 01:06:27 627 |
EDISON TALKS ABOUT FIRST MOTION PICTURE STUDIO IN
YARD OF LAB CALLED IT THE BLACK MARIAH |
| 01:06:44 644 |
THE BLACK MARIAH STUDIO
|
| 01:07:03 663 |
CU MOTION PICTURE CAMERA
|
| 01:07:10 670 |
STILLS
|
| 01:07:29 689 |
EARLY FILM MADE ON LOCATION. AMERICAN FLAG, HOUSE,
COWBOYS & INDIANS CROSSING THE ARKANSAS RIVER |
| 01:07:48 708 |
ELEVATED TRAINS PASSING THE 104TH STREET CURVE IN
NYC. |
| 01:08:00 720 |
CU STRIPS OF FILM PASSING THROUGH KINETOSCOPE
|
| 01:08:13 733 |
CU MAN LOOKING INTO KINETOSCOPE. NICKELODEON.
|
| 01:08:14 734 |
"SEX QUEEN" OF THE 1890s, CARMENCITA, DANCES A
"DARING" DANCE. PEEP SHOW. |
| 01:08:34 754 |
FIRST KISS ON FILM MAY IRWIN & JOHN RICE
|
| 01:09:01 781 |
EARLY CITY STREET SCENE. TROLLIES, PEOPLE
|
| 01:09:06 786 |
TURN OF THE CENTURY PEOPLE LINE UP FOR EARLY MOTION
PICTURE |
| 01:09:20 800 |
CU PROGRAMME APRIL 23, 1896, THE VITASCOPE
|
| 01:09:29 809 |
ELDER EDISON POSES FOR HIS INVENTION. WALK TOWARD
VIEWER |
| 01:09:39 819 |
REENACTMENT OF SHOOTING OF STANFORD WHITE
|
| 01:10:10 850 |
CU EARLY MOTION PICTURE PROJECTOR SYNCHRONIZED WITH
CYLINDER RECORD. MAN LOOKS IN MACHINE |
| 01:10:24 864 |
CARTOON PLAYED UP IN BALLOON. EARLY ANIMATION
|
| 01:10:35 875 |
CU TITLE "UNCLE TOM'S CABIN OR SLAVERY DAYS"
|
| 01:10:39 879 |
THE ESCAPE OF ELIZA IN UNCLE TOM'S CABIN. RIVER THAT
REALLY FLOWS. ICE FLOES |
| 01:11:05 905 |
CU TITLE "DEATH OF EVA"
|
| 01:11:07 907 |
EVA'S DEATH ON FILM. ANGEL COMES DOWN
|
| 01:11:23 923 |
MONTAGE EDISON MEETING HIS PUBLIC. DUBBED AMERICA'S
GREATEST LIVING CITIZEN. |
| 01:11:36 936 |
EDISON SIGNS NAME IN CEMENT
|
| 01:11:59 959 |
1929, HOOVER, HENRY FORD, EDISON. 50TH ANNIVERSARY
ELECTRIC LIGHT |
| 01:12:19 979 |
EDISON TALKS ABOUT MACHINE AGE & HOW IT'LL CHANGE THE
WORLD |
| 01:12:43 1003 |
EDISON & FRIENDS, AGE 84, WALKING THROUGH GROUNDS
|
| 01:13:05 1025 |
CAMERAMEN SETTING UP CAMERAS
|
| 01:13:07 1027 |
EDISON INTERVIEWED ABOUT TALKING PICTURES. EINSTEIN'S
THEORY & HOW IT FEELS TO BE 84 YEARS. |
| 01:13:56 1076 |
EDISON POSING
|
| 01:14:12 1092 |
EDISON GOING INTO HOME, KISSES WIFE. TRIPPY BLUR BACK
INTO STUDIO WHERE PHONOGRAPH PLAYING & EDISON'S VOICE-OVER. NARRATOR READS EDISON'S INVENTIONS }0 |
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Year: 1847-1931
Color: Black & White
Genre: AMERICAN ICONS
Specialty CollectionGenre: AMERICAN ICONS
Description: 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.
