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.
Henry Ford founder of Ford Motor company with a camping party in the United States. Henry Ford speaks in the ear of Thomas Alva Edison, an American inventor in woods. Worker sets up chairs. Campers move around and sit in chairs around camp fire. Vehicle parked in the background. Henry Ford with Thomas Alva Edison seated in chairs in a lawn and talk. Tent in the background. Clara Jane Bryant wife of Henry Ford,Mina Edison wife of Thomas Alva Edison and Idabelle Smith Firestone wife of Harvey Samuel Firestone founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber company stand beside the fire and talk.
Henry Ford founder of Ford Motor company and others leave a ship in the United States. Captain helps Henry Ford and wife Clara Jane Bryant,Thomas Alva Edison and his wife Mina Edison,Harvey Samuel Firestone founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company and his wife Idabelle Smith Firestone comes off the ship. Cars leave the dock. Spectators, people on bicycle and pedestrian traffic at the dock.
Henry Ford founder of Ford Motor company and others camp in the United States. Thomas Alva Edison an American inventor at the table out of doors. Group including Henry Ford and Thomas Alva Edison at table as they dine. Waiter serves the people seated at the table. Vehicle parked in the background. Trees in the background.