Interiors of a tank assembling factory at the Chrysler Plant. Workers assemble tanks parts at a final assembly line. A completed tank rolls from the assembly line. Tracks fitted to a tank. Tank lifted by overhead crane and moved. Overhead view of the tank factory. Lined up artillery guns. Tank lifted by a crane. A tank rolls in the plant. Workers work at artillery guns. Artillery gun lifted by crane. Assembly line production of tanks.
Describes raw materials used in telephone manufacturing. The map of India is shown. Women workers in America punch mica into strips and washers that insulates a telephone's transmitter. Animation shows the use of mica inside a telephone's transmitter.
Rationing during World War I. Large crowd gathered outside a building. People collect rations at a counter. People wait in queue outside an American Red Cross Relief Station. Food and medical supplies distributed among people. Red Cross nurses near the queue. Cart rolls supplies from a warehouse.
Thomas Edison with his original tin foil phonograph (recording and playing device), that was produced in December 1877. Edison stands near a NBC microphone and shows operation of his tinfoil phonograph, also referred to in press of the late 1800s as a Talking Machine. This footage was shot on the occasion of a recognition ceremony for Edison on October 20, 1928, where he was also presented the Congressional Gold Medal by President Calvin Coolidge. This original tinfoil phonograph had been given by Edison in 1880 to a representative of the English Patent Office who visited the Menlo Park lab. The machine had been exhibited in England. It was repatriated for this 1928 event by the South Kensington Museum in London. British diplomat Ronald Ian Campbell, partially visible on the left in this footage, presented the phonograph back to Edison. Today it is on display at the Edison National Historic Site in West Orange, New Jersey.
Thomas Edison operates a movie camera, evolved from his kinetoscope invention. He makes a movie image of Henry Ford, seated in a chair in front of the camera.
Close up images of Thomas Alva Edison amidst a crowd. People shake hands with Edison as they enter a building. The event is likely an October 20, 1928 recognition event honoring Edison, during which he received the Congressional Gold Medal from President Calvin Coolidge. Thomas Edison poses in a workshop. He operates a device. Electric light bulb invented by Edison is shown. A timecard of Edisons from September 1912 showing 112 hours worked that week. Edison with his wife, Mina (Miller) Edison. Smoke stacks emit smoke at an industrial plant. Crowd of workers gathered inside the plant listening to a speaker. The American flag flutters atop the plant's building. Night view of city streets at Times Square, New York City. Neon signs and advertisements on buildings and shops, all evidence of applications of Edison's inventions. Signs include advertisement at Mayfair Theatre for "The Spirit of Notre Dame" and "Finest Talking Pictures." Edison amidst crowd at recognition ceremony. Edison's light bulb turns off. Edison with Henry Ford. Thomas Edison greets stream of well-dressed guests entering a building. A large wreath is carried in by some of the guests.
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