The Resource Edison

Edison

Label
Edison
Title
Edison
Title variation
Edison
Title variation remainder
the father of invention
Contributor
Commentator
Composer
Director of photography
Editor of moving image work
Narrator
Screenwriter
Television director
Television producer
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
By the time he died in 1931, Thomas Alva Edison was one of the most famous men in the world. The holder of more patents than any other inventor in history, Edison had achieved glory as the genius behind such revolutionary inventions as sound recording, motion pictures, and electric light. Born on the threshold of America's burgeoning industrial empire, Edison's curiosity led him to its cutting edge
Member of
Cataloging source
Midwest
Characteristic
videorecording
http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/collectionName
American experience (Television program)
Intended audience
Not rated
PerformerNote
Narrator, Michael Murphy ; commentators, Lisa Gitelman, Nathan Myhrvold
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
1938-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Ferrari, Michelle
  • Pollak, Amanda
  • Murphy, Michael
  • Gitelman, Lisa
  • Myhrvold, Nathan
  • Kusiak, John
  • Willis, P. Andrew
  • O'Donnell, George
  • De la uz, Rafael
  • hoopla digital
Runtime
112
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  • Edison, Thomas A.
  • Inventors
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Label
Edison
Link
Instantiates
Publication
Distribution
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
  • other
  • unknown
Extent
1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 112 min.))
Form of item
electronic
Governing access note
Digital content provided by hoopla
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Medium for sound
other
Other physical details
sd., col.
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
11636889
Publisher number
MWT11636889
Sound
sound
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
  • other
  • remote
System control number
(MWT)MWT11636889
System details
Mode of access: World Wide Web
Video recording format
other
Label
Edison
Link
Publication
Distribution
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
  • other
  • unknown
Extent
1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 112 min.))
Form of item
electronic
Governing access note
Digital content provided by hoopla
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Medium for sound
other
Other physical details
sd., col.
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
11636889
Publisher number
MWT11636889
Sound
sound
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
  • other
  • remote
System control number
(MWT)MWT11636889
System details
Mode of access: World Wide Web
Video recording format
other

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