Thomas Edison and the Electric Light: Nest Animated Hero Classics |  | Studio: Warner-Nest, Living History Productions
Category: Video
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Sales Rank: 6271
Format: Animated, Limited Edition, Special Edition
Language: English (Unknown)
Media: VHS Tape
Running Time: 100 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
UPC: 728338320637
EAN: 0728338320637
ASIN: B0002JU7NO
Publication Date: 1993
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Product Description
A lesson in the value of persistence. We enter the world a century ago, a world lit by gaslight. It is Menlo Park, New Jersey, in 1877. Tomas Edison and his team are completing work on a new inventionthe phonograph. Edison gains renown as an inventor and is hailed as The Wizard of Menlo Park. He declares he will invent an electric light, a light that will be safer and cleaner than gaslight. There are those who do not want Edison to succeed, but he toils on. He knows that the secret of electric light is incandescenceheating a filament with electricity until it glows. But what material should be used for the filament? His team tries everythingbut in each case, the filament shoots up in flames. The trials go on for months, yet Edison does not give up hope. The search for the elusive filament goes on. His team is ready to give up. We have tried 1,000 different types of filament. Edison says that the trick is to get up the courage to try 1,001. At last their persistence is rewarded. The successful filament proves to be ordinary cotton thread coated with carbon. On New Years Eve, Edison ushers in 1880 with a display of electric lights. His team and supporters cheer.
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