Animation shows the location of Edison Battery (also known as nickel-iron battery or NiFe battery) as installed in an early EV trucks. Photos of early EV trucks include a ‘Beech-nut Packing Company delivery’ battery powered electric van and a ‘National Biscuit Company’ (Nabisco) electric delivery truck. Several ‘Ward’s Tip Top Bread’ battery electric delivery vans leave a building. A ‘Sunshine Biscuits’ battery electric delivery van drives out of a warehouse. An ‘Imperial Laundry Co.’ battery electric delivery van driving on the street. A driver reverses and parks a ‘Ward Baking Co.’ vintage EV delivery van. Close up of Thomas Alva Edison's hand writing a letter about battery electric power, in which he notes that his battery promises "actual savings in practically every industry." Thomas A. Edison signs a letter while sitting at his desk and smiles. His Edison battery is on the desk before him.
A feature on Jim Henson, creator of 'The Muppets'. The Muppets characters such as the Cookie Monster, Grover, and Herry Monster on display. Big Bird smiling. Oscar the Grouch hiding behind a tree. Cookie Monster holding an A-shaped cookie. The Muppets creator Jim Henson rehearses a Sesame Street sketch as Ernie. Another puppeteer playing as Simon Soundman rehearse alongside Jim Henson in front of a mirror. Jim Henson talks to a colleague beside a woman inside his Manhattan office. “It seems to me that it might be better to use the little guy Harvey Muskrat (sic) for that part” Jim Henson told his colleague. Puppet designers working at the Jim Henson Company studio. A female puppet designer adjusts the dress of Ma Otter from ‘Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas’. Another female designer cuts fabric from her desk. A female puppeteer moves the head of a Muppet puppet. Jim Henson performs as Emmet Otter from the Muppets movie ‘Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas’ (1977). Emmet Otter tells a joke to a woman, making her laugh. A puppet designer works to animate Ma Otter. Animatronics control Ma Otter as she uses a sewing machine. Emmet Otter rowing a boat. A puppet designer operates animatronics to make Emmet Otter move. Emmet Otter’s head moving automatically. The Howard Snake from ‘Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas’ moving his mouth. Jim Henson, producers, and puppeteers attend a script read-through. Jim Henson holding Fred Lizard. Puppeteers rehearse as the ‘Riverbottom Nightmare Band’ Muppets. Jim Henson performs as Howard Snake.
An Edison phonograph playing a record. American inventor Thomas Alva Edison and his wife Mina Miller Edison at the porch of a house. Edison taking his hat off. Edison punching his timecard in timeclock as he arrives in his office. View of Thomas Edison’s West Orange Laboratory (211 Main St, West Orange, NJ 07052, United States) in New Jersey. Thomas Edison shakes hands with an employee inside his factory. Edison watches his employees working. A hole being drilled. A lathe machine scrapes a block of metal. Wheels of belt driven machines moving inside a factory. Cylinder phonograph playing ‘Mary had a Little Lamb’. Illustration depicting Thomas Edison with gramophone by Poyet. A wax cylinder phonograph playing music. Still image of a male opera singer and an orchestra perform in a recording studio. A glowing lightbulb.
A wall clock hanging on top of a window. Camera shows American inventor Thomas Alva Edison’s laboratory. Glass laboratory bottles and tubes on display. Footage circa 1920 of Thomas Alva Edison showing early lightbulbs to colleagues. A carbon filament light bulb lights up. Camera moves closer to show the glowing carbon filament inside the lamp. Early filmmaking in the United States. A man cranks a Kinetograph, the first movie camera invented by Edison. A belly dancer performs in one of Edison’s early films. A film rolling. A boxing match filmed by Thomas Edison. A cameraman records the boxing match inside Edison’s Black Maria film studio in West Orange, New Jersey. Exteriors of the Black Maria studio showing the turntable and wheels underneath. 19th century women wearing summer dresses strolling in film captured by Edison. Cameramen sent by Edison films people on the beach and in amusement park rides. Edison having lunch with other inventors Henry Ford Sr., Harvey Firestone Sr., and Alexander Graham Bell. View of Edison’s study. A light bulb is turned off.
United States Ambassador to Iran Henry F. Grady gives an interview for Longines Chronoscope on CBS Television. Advertisement for Swiss watchmaker Longines-Wittnauer watch company. Longines Chronoscope moderation Frank Knight introduces himself, with Frazier Hunt and William Bradford Huie the panelists for the interview. Former Ambassador to Iran Mr. Henry F. Grady is introduced to the audience. The panelists and Mr. Grady discuss about the nationalization of the Iranian oil industry. Mr. Grady talks about the control of private companies, mainly American and British, of the Iranian oil industry before the nationalization. “I don’t think Russia could get any of the oil” Ambassador Grady said when asked about the possibility of Soviet takeover of the Iranian oil industry. William Bradford Huie asks Grady about Premier Mohammad Mosaddegh, the leader behind the nationalization movement. Ambassador Grady briefly gives his opinion about a possible settlement between foreign companies and Iran until he is interrupted by Huie. Frank Knight introduces the panelists and guests again before advertising Longines watches to the audience. Longines clock gears and mechanism moving. Display of international gold medal awards won by Longines. Longines wristwatches for men and women on display.
Fuel nozzle filling gas in car. A car filling petrol at a gas station with spiral gas flow indicator moving. A male bank teller counting Iranian rial bills and coins. The bank teller gives cash to a wealthy Iranian man. The elderly man places bills into his money case. Molten metal flowing into a vat. An artisan weaving a traditional Persian rug. The artisan weaves rug with elaborate floral patterns. A policeman directs car traffic in Tehran, Iran.
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