The Story of Thomas A. Edison
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- The Story of Thomas A. Edison
From the 1991 series "Famous Americans of the 20th Century," produced by Hearst Entertainment and distributed by Questar Video, Inc.
ISBN 0-927992-53-1
From the box: "Live action footage capturing the life of Thomas Alva Edison, the inventor of the movie camera.
Thomas Alva Edison was born on February 11, 1847, in Milan, Ohio, into a world eager for new ways to release man from toil and tedium. During his life, Edison would give man the incandescent light, motion picture camera, phonograph, microphone, carbon telephone transmitter (which made Alexander Graham Bell’s telephone commercially practical), and more than 1,000 other inventions. Edison’s formal schooling was short, but he was inquisitive. His knowledge was acquired by independent study and training. At 11, he had his own chemical laboratory and had read Gibbon’s Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire, Sear’s History of the World, Burton’s Anatomy of Melancholy, and the Dictionary of Sciences. At 12, he had his first job as a newsboy on the Grand Trunk Railroad. At 13, he suffered hearing loss which would be permanent. During this period a dramatic event changed his life. He saved a station agent’s child from sure death by a moving freight car. The grateful father taught Edison telegraphy which inspired his interest in electricity, a word that would be associated with the name Edison forever. Edison travelled to Boston, working for Western Union. His first invention, a ballot counter, earned him nothing. Edison’s second invention, the Universal Stock Printer, earned him $40,000. He used the funds to open a factory in Newark, New Jersey, in 1870. Working 20 to 24 days, Edison built Menlo Park laboratories to devote more time to invention. The phonograph was Edison’s favorite and probably most original invention. Edison worked long and hard on the incandescent electric lamp. It burned brightly for the first time on October 21, 1879. Edison also believed that motion could be captured by a camera that would take repeated pictures in high speed, and on October 6, 1889, experimental motion pictures were projected; the first commercial picture was shown five years later on April 4, 1894. Edison then developed the fluoroscope and the alkaline storage battery. During WWI, Edison headed the Naval Consulting Board. His friend, Henry Ford, believed Edison to be the greatest genius the world had ever known. Edison died on October 18, 1931, at 84.”
Hey, if it is telling you that you may need to adjust your VCR, there may mot be a lot of revised history here. :)
Notice how they ALWAYS never mention Lewis Latimer. " Latimer is credited with an improved process for creating a carbon filament at this time, which was an improvement on Thomas Edison's original paper filament, which would burn out quickly. "
Kind of interesting. I didnt know about Lewis Latimer. They were inspired by eachother back then too, at most. Edison was working on many projects at the same time, as also Tesla did. Tesla is hyped up I think at the moment.
Improving a process to make a better quality product is not actually a invention, but defiantly a needed part of the invention process if it is to be good enough to sell. I am a degree process/manufacturing engineer myself.
Thomas Edison didn’t make the motion-picture camera. Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince did.
Not Muybridge?
His system was different.
He did make the first Frankenstein movie though, although Mary Shelly wrote the story long before that.
Not to mention the light bulb ;-:
Why does Wikipedia use the work "possibly" here? "possibly the first person to shoot a moving picture sequence using a single lens camera and a strip of (paper) film."
Anyone know how to adjust the tracking on TH-cam?
THE greatest inventor the world will ever see.
His life and work are, and will remain, an inspiration to the whole of mankind.
Rajdip Chakrabarty and he was Mexican. do your research
VIVA MEXICO !!!
he was Mexican.... VIVA MEXICO !
he was Mexican . VIVA MEXICO !!!
Rajdip Chakrabarty you are stupid!Tesla is god
Tomas alva edison story begins in El Sombrerete Zacatecas
Asi es guachito
The person who Didn't invent the lightbulb and Niether did the other yank Tesla it was Swan from Great Britain who invented it and also manufactured them
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Nikola Tesla Came from Europe, he got employed in USA by Thomas Edison, later J.P. Morgan and later still George Westinghouse. He was credited with Tesla Coil and Alternating Current and other things.
But early light bulbs didn't last long enough for practical use Edison's team got 1200 hour long lasting bulbs not some 20 hour BS
OK, fine. But he could not sell the bulbs in Great Britain because the British government had a vested interest in the candle making industry. That--is how that works with economic fascism. During the brain drain of Europe, (where their best minds came to the USA because they were more free to do their work), why did he stay there?
@@madmarvdesigns There are two kinds of inventions. Something that has value and you can sell, and something that that people would not buy,---at least yet. The first one alone--does not do much good for anybody.
Thomas Alva Edison one of the biggest memoir of all time
I like edison
Tesla
K-pop is revolutionary if you weren’t so grossly misinformed, you probably would. Do yourself a favor and read this. It’s a university publication stating that people that subscribe to your believes are misinformed and wrong. Pretty much calls you misinformed simple-minded sheep. edison.rutgers.edu/tesla.htm
@ lol, absolutely not. Fuck off 😃
@@caseyjones3173 Beware the university publication. Have you ever heard of the progressive movement that started in the USA in the early 1900's, (as soon as we started making money), that came here to change the American mind. They started in our universities, and their job is to misinform us to advance communism over individual liberty. I think you will find that education today, starts after graduation.
Thanks a lot, really it is a great inspiration to know more and more about him. Before a great genus, he was a great man.
I want more storys of Thomas Edison
I can asure you nothing further than a great man. Great ambitions, that's most he had. He didnt care who would he scum, or push aside while he obtained what he wanted.
Tragic that he and Tesla did not get along! Ironically, JP Morgan, the banker, embraced both DC and AC electrical power! "In 1892, Morgan arranged the merger of Edison General Electric and Thomson-Houston Electric, leading to the creation of General Electric."
@@m.g.s.4494 Yea---and he kept it all to himself. Your propeller hat is crooked.
@@EarthSurferUSA what did he keep to himself? He wanted his electric power to be developed for the cities, and not that of Tesla. Thats no secret. From the moment he saw what Tesla was able to develop he discredit him publicly everywhere he could. Btw...Cartoon hats not my thing, but hey-whatever makes you happy
Great channel.
which. software do you use
he was Mexican
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Thomas a edison is the best.
My favourite scientist
Creative Thinks by bharathwin no no no tesla is won
He is not a scientist.
He is just a businessman , or a fraud.
yuck he is nothing but a fraud
Can you change the settings on your video so auto generated captions are made available please?
the horizon of inspiration stop in fornt of him what visionary man he was salut u sir..
Very nice
At the very beginning, with people dancing "The Twist", I was thinking, "I never understood why people dance.". And then it hit me that it is a mating ritual, like some animals do.
Shit. I could have been married! Oh well. :)
Am here for this, keep it up 😍😍
Wow,erick Roberts and robin Williams.... Freaky!
It was more about history of cinema than Edison's life
It was more about history of cinema than Edison life
very good
Does anyone know the name of the song at 12:37?
Jack Karey glow worm. I'm not sure which version bit if you type glow worm 1908 on TH-cam you'll find it. The mills brothers also did a version in the 1950s
2Legit2Quit. OMG Thank you so much, it has taken me years to figure out the name of the song for its been stuck in my head since I watched this when I was a kid.
Jack Karey anytime. I love old music and I first found out about the mills brothers version but then from this found out the song was first recorded in 1908 and was originally in German
I think I am too intelligent to give a damn,---and that took me over 40 years to do.
Wow 😲
Why all the people had same voice, with old cameras, back then?
I can understand sending telegraphic messages is possible if you're deaf, but how could he receive them?
Good Good Good--Good vibrations.
Anybody know the song played at 2:33?
Tried Shazam and it didn’t work lol
@@susanszathmary5541 same here. I like old time music like that it's nice and relaxing
What are you doing here? You are in the wrong room. :)
Wooww!!
Incredible man
Super
Did it say something bad about the guy? Why would he buy them all and throw them out the window?
Thomas Alva Edison was Mexican from sombrerete zacatecas, he left mexico since he had better opportunities in the United states that's how he became famous, but he didn't discover electricity, tesla did!
He was born in Port Huron, Michigan
Ancient people knew about electricity Greeks had Zeus god of Thunder, Japanese Raijin god of thunder which Mortal Combat calls Raiden, although that was not what Japanese thought he looked like.
@@joelhurley2678 no proof
I love something I read from Ayn Rand. "As long as you don't "know", you are free to believe what ever you wish."
Isn't that a wonderful quote? :)
Sounds like biographers love edison and hate Ford
how they get video footage of Thomas Edison at age 4 if he invented the video camera o.O the world may never know
That little Edison is now in grade 6 in newyork playing his self invented games
it is an actor
Salute you man. You are genius....Cammon as a human being please get some common sense.....
He made movie camera i think
It's a reenactment with an actor. Patty Duke played Helen Keller she was not Helen Keller. Later she played Anne Sullivan and Melissa Gilbert played Helen Keller.
Wow
A few years ago i picked up a comprehensive magazine on Thomas Edison. The real fact is he did not invent much at all, but was a business minded person who patented his name on other peoples inventions. So what rubbish are they teaching to the schools and colleges/universities in USA. By the way who was Al- Khuwarizmi ? and what is an Algorithm ?
Most famous inventors are known for just one outstanding invention. Edison for many, not the least of all was 'the think tank' or research lab where scientificly minded experts in diverse fields are brought together to solve problems associated with each particular project.
Who invented the TV?
He did not save the child that way, he inserted himself onto the boy's body under the bottom of the train, because he realized there was a space between the train's bottom and the railway.
he was Mexican
were you there?
Edison is a people person compared to tesla because he can do recording.. everyone want to have a memorabilia, really.
Nacio en sonbrerete zacatecaz Mexico despues migro a USA y fue Alli donde see hiso famoso inventor en sombrerete esta sure place que sus amigos de la infancia let mandaro. Hacer
i didnt know that thomas sit on an egg...
In am a big fan of Edison
Me too! I love this documentary. 💡📽🎞
Balasaheb Dhole I too am a fan, unfortunately the more I read about the real facts of his story the less of a fan I’m becoming.
@@thekitowl "Make it happen" said the captain. Come on! Who is the real hero, Edison, or the HS educated state working Police or Fireman? I mean---and communist nation can hire some people. :)
Toda persona merece que se reconozca su contribución positiva al desarrollo de la humanidad, de la ciencia, o de la tecnología. Y Edison no aportó poco. Dicho esto, pierde toda razón y respeto desde el momento en el que se pone a electrocutar perros y más tarde incluso hasta un elefante para desacreditar la efectividad y aplicación de las ideas de otro, (en este caso, Tesla) que él mismo con lo inteligente que se le supone, sabía que eran mucho más avanzadas y provechosas que las suyas propias. Ego, riqueza... La razón da igual. Podía haber tenido un poco más de conocimiento o amor a la ciencia y haberse decidido por colaborar conjuntamente en lugar de caer tan bajo.
King of plagiarism, One businessman
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great mexican ever
Yea, where you can make all your dreams come true.
Not the uploaders fault I suppose, but this is full of misinformation that is biased to Edison. The talking doll was famously a gigantic failure, but the video says demand was so high he invented one of the first assembly lines? Edison even called the dolls his little monsters because they failed so hard.
Invented, ---One if the "first"? I had not listened to it yet. But that was funny. :)
Today, you will be hard pressed to find any information about an American who did great things. Communism hates individuals for that, and the kids commenting here have no idea what taught them to hate this man, their country, their family,--and themselves.
The film said "He SET UP one of the earliest assembly lines." It did not say he invented that process. If you are going to correct what is said,--well, you know where I am going with that.
@@EarthSurferUSA the assembly line is irrelevant. The point is that the video implies that the dolls were successful. They weren’t. Developing and inventing aren’t all that different. I’d say he invented the lightbulb AND developed it, since he didn’t have the first prototype or anything. Anyway, you seem like someone in a Russian troll farm saying stupid things on TH-cam, so enjoy making the world marginally worse with TH-cam posts.
Dison do you now tesla?
Of course He know Tesla
@@fbi670 no
Know, I do not no Tesla either.
Edison was a hit and trial genius . Not in the mould of Newton, Aryabhatt or Einstein
Who cares trial and error works better in many conditions...Edison invented the very first working device in all of human history to playback recorded sound - the phonograph...he could've won a Nobel prize....how a phonograph works is still very interesting for engineers and physicists
Thomas Alba Edison was born in mexico
J MartineX that is correct!
Not Alba sisters it is Alva
That is not true he was born in Milan Ohio Feb 11th 1847
Copro 120 There’s not proof of that
Copro 120 Nor that he wasn’t born in Mexico
Did anyone knows when he born.1997 or 1950 or 1947??
1847 read the desciption next time
he was Mexican
Javier Urbalejo ok get it, fuck of now
Thomas ala edison is my hero😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎
Nacio en 1847 pero lo registraron en 1848 en Sombrerete Zacatecas México
I was named after Thomas Edison. I hate my parents.
Elyse Virtue You are fun and smart:) And yes, Edison was a horrible human being.
I am sorry but I have to agree .
Ungrateful brat, who bought you food and clothes?
@@enzoannaratone3084 I think you put your shoes on the wrong feet again. The man was a more responsible individual than anybody in the world for helping start the industrial revolution that got your ass out of the dirt. He was wrong about DC. Big deal. You have never figured out anything in your life, and your damn shoes are on the wrong feet again.
Bummer. They tried,--but you still came out a moron.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON WAS MEXICAN you have to now the true
Fidel Mendoza you are an idiot and you spelled know wrong
cheq the video edison was mexican,or edison era mexicano
Iknow Nothing .keep dreaming
Iknow Nothing I think you need to learn Spanish to know the true.
watch you tube video thomas alva edison era mexicano ,alva is a hispanic last name
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Did you know in That many black people on youtube are saying that Thomas Edison stole his inventions from Black People.
As if we did not have a court system that protected people from patent infringement if you take it to court?
The reason why Black people did not invent a lot of stuff, (and they did only in the USA), is not because they don't have the the mental potential, (which is false), but because the Age of Reason started in Europe, and not in Africa.
Hopeless video. It must be show in better way like video of Albert Einstein, the genius which not only show invention of great scientist but also inspire common people.....
He wasn't a genius none of his theories are actually proven
@@brucecharlie8613 Albert Einstein various theories had very well been proven
Common people,---where all inventions came from?
@@brucecharlie8613 I think you still have sand in your underwear from the sand box.
@@copro1208 In fact---one of them was a pretty big bang.
Must be cuuning business man to have 1000 patents . Surely he has taken credit of others work in his company .
I dont like it its so enoyinig
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Hello
Question guys, when they say famous Americans, I don’t even see a black man photo in the screen 📺🤔🤔🤔
ha ha ha
Well, there would be, if the age of reason started in Africa. But it started in Europe.
Lol fraud
He’s a THIEF!!!