Into the Wild: Edison, Ford & Friends - A WGCU Documentary

In 1914, three famous friends -- Thomas Edison, the "Wizard" of electricity; Henry Ford, the pioneer auto-maker; and John Burroughs, best-selling nature writer -- trekked into the wilds for a camping adventure in the Everglades. Their campfire camaraderie inspired a series of camping trips throughout the next decade. Joined by another famous friend, tire manufacturer Harvey Firestone, the "Four Vagabonds" explored a changing America, finding rest -- and inspiration -- in the nation's great outdoors.
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[@johnellis2347]

An antique car magazine that I got in 53 and still have showed Ford and his friends camping including Alexander Graham Bell and Edison and the model T chuck wagon cook he had built for their trips. Would you have loved to listen to those guys talk.

[@team3vegeta854]

Ford is my favorite manufacturer but this documentary was nice to listen to and watch

[@stevepaulsimms394]

Excellent. The actor voicing Firestone seems to be doing a good Jason Robards impression, Robards having lent his voice to many a documentary.

[@mariannedawson2742]

Absolutely fascinating. I can't imagine myself headed into the Everglades

[@maddiemizzi8964]

I’ll never get tired of this that’s for sure

[@JamieSmith-fz2mz]

The mixed feelings I have of hearing them complain about the oppressive press coverage of their trips, but without it we wouldn’t have ANY of these amazing images. This would only be a podcast.

[@strangersound]

Nice piece. A significant slice of history that you don't get from the usual documentaries. Thanks for sharing. :)

[@brianmorris8045]

Yep, you won't usually get that kind of vid on free to air commercial telly. But it should be shown on commercial telly, more offen.

[@robertrowland5813]

This is a wonderful video presentation about Edison, Ford and company and the trips they took over a ten year period. I found this documentary to be an excellent visual companion to a book I recently purchased entitled "The Vagabonds: The Story of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison's Ten-Year Road Trip" by Jeff Guinn. Great historical stuff!

[@dinogarbida3294]

Llllllllllllllllll

[@GlossaME]

Ford, was a real man. He took no nonsense, not even from his son.

[@detcot]

this is cool..always love edison and ford

[@homebuiltindoorplane]

Fantastic, amazing

[@johnellis2347]

I met Harvey Firestone jr in 1973 in Reno

[@SonyHVRZ7E]

Es ist eine tolle Dokumentation

[@Inkling777]

Going into a swamp like the Everglades out of a love of nature? I suspect all the mosquitoes would teach a hatred of it.

[@riverraisin1]

They probably hired locals to wander off into the woods naked to lure the mosquitoes away.😂

[@markosterman419]

Always wonder how the researchers for visual fillers in these pieces always get the details wrong. The group did these trips from 1914-1924. If you want to show a moving model T … show one from that period; there are plenty around. In one scene there’s even a model A.

[@fency117]

How come they didn't show any of the massive cypress tree

[@KNT.63]

Maybe if I complain about a fowl! old; Hemi driven Charger?

[@StrangeScaryNewEngland]

That guy 4 minutes in comparing Burroughs to modern musicians had a terrible comparison. Musicians existed back then and there were just as many famous ones as there were book writers. I would've compared his fame to that of an actor or modern scientist like Hawking or Tyson, Sagan, or Kaku.