# 1962 " BIOGRAPHY OF THOMAS EDISON " INVENTOR OF LIGHTBULB PHONOGRAPH MOTION PICTURES 45124

This black & white film, one of the episodes of the pioneering documentary program "Biography", is about the life of Thomas Edison. Thomas Edison was an American inventor and businessman who has been described as America's greatest inventor. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. The film's copyright is 1962. Opening: February 11, 1931. A man turns 84-years-old. He speaks to another man. The man turning 84 is Thomas Edison. Title: Biography - Thomas Edison (:06-1:35). Mike Wallace is our host. Thomas Edison, inventor. Edison was born on February 11, 1847, in Milan, Ohio. He was the youngest of seven children of Samuel and Nancy Edison. Young photos of Thomas Edison. His mother Nancy. By the time he is 12-years-old he is fascinated with some things. He has a laboratory. He works on a train, as he conducts an experiment on a train, some of his vials fall, there is smoke and fire, a conductor beats him causing him to lose hearing. Thomas rescues a station master's son and as a reward he is made an apprentice (1:36-4:20). Telegraph wires are set up. At 16, Edison leaves home and drifts from one station to another. Edison heads to New York City in 1869. Edison gets employed at a telegraph system. Newspaper article. Buildings of New York City. Western Union in NYC. Edison makes money off a patent to Western Union. Newark, NJ. A picture of him looking out of the window. Edison marries Mary…

- Kind: Film
- By: PeriscopeFilm
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/45124-biograhpy-edison)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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