Interview with Thomas Edison on his birthday in 1931

Full title reads: “Florida. America’s ’.’ Thomas Edison is an inspiration to World’s youth at 84!“ Florida, United States of America (USA). Scientist and inventor Thomas Edison sits on a garden bench. A woman seated next to him comments that it is a nice day for his birthday. Edison, seated by a man. Edison says it feels very fine to be 84. He discusses talking pictures and says he’s never seen one. (Picture runs out - sound continues). He says he can’t understand Einstein’s theory. N.B. GOM stands for Grand Old Man. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and
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