AV# 87040
The Edison Effect [ The Phonograph ]


The Edison Effect Series


Video Cassette - 55 minutes - Color - 1995



Thomas Alva Edison, a workaholic with only three months formal schooling, changed the world with his inventions. This three-part History Channel series chronicles the stories of the Wizard of Menlo Park and his most famous creations - the phonograph, the electric light, and the motion picture. This video shows how Edison and his team turned sound vibrations into a replayable recording - triumping over rivals such as Alexander Graham Bell.


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