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Film, VideoThe voice of the violin Herbert McLean, Sr. has two adult sons, Herbert Jr., and Jack. He is also the guardian of a young woman, Marjorie. Jack is good and generous, but Herbert Sr. favors Herbert Jr. Jack and Marjorie share a love of music. She is a pianist and he is a violinist. They are playing a duet when Herbert Jr. enters the house. He spends a few...
- Contributor: Edison Collection (Library of Congress) - Turbett, Ben - King, Carleton S. - Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Brower, Robert - O'Malley, Pat - Fulton, Helen
- Date: 1915
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Film, VideoThe stenographer's friend, or, What was accomplished by an Edison business phonograph
What was accomplished by an Edison business phonograph It's a busy day at the office, and the stenographer is exhausted from trying to keep up with the demands on her skills. Even when she stays late, she cannot catch up with all of the work. But then a man comes into the office to demonstrate the many advantages of the Edison System, his company's new business phonograph.- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Edison Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1910
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Film, VideoDown the old Potomac Follows a week-long, 180-mile trip on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal through the Potomac Valley from Cumberland, Md., to Washington, D.C. Includes scenes of the locks in operation; a mile-long, hand-dug tunnel which was built in 1840; coal barges plying the canal; Maryland farming country; Harper's Ferry; and Great Falls.
- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Kleine (George) Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1917
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Film, VideoGold and diamond mines of South Africa Shows how gold and diamonds are extracted from the earth and processed in the province of Transvaal in South Africa. Pictures gold mining operations at the Joch Mine near Johannesburg and diamond mining operations at the Premier Mine in the town of Cullinan. Includes street scenes of Johannesburg and of Kimberley, the center of the world's largest diamond mining operations.
- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - K.E.S.E. (Firm) - Kleine (George) Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1917
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Film, VideoThe good sport A domestic comedy about a wealthy young woman whose poor inventor husband becomes rich when he perfects the first elevator that ever stopped even with a floor.
- Contributor: Fair, Florence - Eaton, Jack - Kleine (George) Collection (Library of Congress) - Brown, Arthur William - George Kleine (Firm) - Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Flagg, James Montgomery
- Date: 1918
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Film, VideoR.F.D., 10,000 B.C.
RFD, 10,000 B.C. | Original release title: G.F.D., 10,000 B.C. | Variant title: On the R.F.D., 10,000 B.C. "An animated mannequin comedy (also known as an O'Brien plastic stop-work comedy) set in prehistoric times. Henry Saurus, the mailman, and Johnny Bearskin, the favored suitor, vie for the affections of Winnie Warclub on Valentine's Day"---The George Kleine Collection catalog.- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Forum Films, Inc - O'Brien, Willis - Kleine (George) Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1917
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CollectionInventing Entertainment: The Early Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings of the Edison Companies This site features 341 motion pictures, 81 disc sound recordings, and other related materials, such as photographs and original magazine articles. Cylinder sound recordings will be added to this site in the near future. In addition, histories are given of Edison's involvement with motion pictures and sound recordings, as well as a special page focusing on the life of the great inventor. Prolific inventor...
- Date: 1847
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