A Day with Thomas A. Edison
About A Day with Thomas A. Edison
In six parts, a camera follows Thomas Edison at 74 through a working day at West Orange. He is with his staff in the laboratory and talks with industrial men. Parts 3, 4, and 5 walk the incandescent-lamp factory and the steps that make a bulb.
Cast & crew
More about A Day with Thomas A. Edison
H. Schroeder is credited as director. General Electric presented it in 1922, with Bray Studios named on the Library of Congress record. The catalog describes six parts. Parts 3, 4, and 5 are the lamp factory. A viewing print runs 23 minutes 51 seconds at 16 frames a second. The picture is in the Edison Collection at the Library of Congress.
Themes
Background
General Electric issued the film in 1922, while Edison was still working at the West Orange plant.
Making
The crew spent the day on Edison's own ground: the laboratory, the talks with visitors, and the lamp line.
Preservation
A viewing print is in the Library of Congress Edison Collection.
Notes
- Edison was 74 when the crew came to West Orange.
- Glenmont, his house in West Orange, is one of the places named in the catalog record.
- A piano performance at West Orange is among the subjects indexed by the Library of Congress.
- The factory sequence is the making of an incandescent lamp.
Scenes
- Edison works with the staff in the laboratory.
- The camera follows the steps that make a light bulb.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (A day with Thomas A. Edison.webm)
- Library of Congress