Invention of electric incandescent lamp by Thomas Edison in United States. Dramatization:Men in laboratory trying experiment with metal filament. Glowing bulb filament. Young man at piano. Man thinking and spotting spool of thread. Young man talks to assistants. On October 21 1879 the invention of the incandescent lamp light bulb. Men leaving. Man compares arc lamp and incandescent lamp. Thomas Edison lying down on table.
Invention of the incandescent lamp by Thomas Edison in the United States. A dramatization: Thomas Edison lying down on a table. His assistants enter the room. Edison walks towards a burning lamp. All the men observe the lamp. A diagram shows the series system of electrical current movement using a 500 Volt generator.
Invention of the incandescent lamp by Thomas Edison in the United States. A dramatization: Thomas Edison and his assistants build a 110 V dynamo. Edison builds a multiple series system. A diagram compares a multiple system with a series system.
Invention of the incandescent lamp by Thomas Edison in the United States. A dramatization: Actor portraying Thomas Edison looks at a series of bulbs hanging in a laboratory and blows out a kerosene lamp. View of General Electric company. Men sit around a table. Lamps and books on the table. A family sits in a parlor. A young girl approaches a Edison Disc Phonograph player, lifts the play arm, starts the disc and puts the arm stylus down on the disc to play the record. Closeup view of phonograph record playing. Cars being driven at night. Other examples of uses of the lightbulb: A brightly lit school building. A factory at night. Miners attach lamps to their caps. Night view of a fair and a city. View of the United States Capitol at night. Panorama of a park. Statue of Liberty and a flag of United States at night. Actual footage of Thomas Edison walking on the lawn at his home. He sits on a chair and reads a book.
A U.S. Navy film 'I'm a civilian here myself' depicts rehabilitation of sailors in the United States. Sketches of a cartoon depict what a civilian is and also that the sailors were once civilians. Robert Benchley introduces himself. He talks about how to make a civilian out of a sailor and about a separation center where sailors would be taught how to return to civilian life. He says there is a civilian in every sailor. The film shows scenes of a separation center. Boys relax around a swimming pool and a few women near by.
Rehabilitation of U.S. sailors. Dramatization: Sailors move around in an office. A sailor discusses with an expert about jobs, insurance, trade and pension. Experts prepare report of the sailor. An expert mentions whom to consult for help when the sailors return to their hometown.
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