1970 DOCUMENTARY “THE MAN CALLED EDISON” THOMAS EDISON, THE MOTION PICTURE CAMERA & INDUSTRY 45114

Love our channel? Help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference. Produced in 1970 by Spectra Pictures Corp., “The Man Called Edison“ chronicles inventor Thomas Edison’s involvement in the motion picture industry. It showcases many early Edison films from the Library of Congress’ paper prints collection. Although some of the facts in the film would likely be disputed by modern historians, the majority of the story presented in the film is accurate. One of photographer Eadweard Muybridge’s images opens the film (1:10); he experimented with motion pictures in 1888. A young Thomas Edison (1:18); the pair discussed the development of a machine to enable the movement of pictures. Edison was working on the cylinder phonograph (1:26). After this invention became commercially successful, he turned to motion pictures. One of Edison’s employees whom had much to do with the upcoming innovations was William