The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones Documentaries - Season 1 Episode 26 Thomas Edison - Lighting Up the World
2008-04-29
48 minutes.
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Season 3 Apr 29, 2008
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3 - 1Unhealed Wounds - The Life of Ernest Hemingway Apr 29, 2008 -
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3 - 3The Secret Life of Edith Wharton Apr 29, 2008 -
3 - 4Lowell Thomas - American Storyteller Apr 29, 2008 -
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3 - 6The Greedy Heart of Halide Edib Apr 29, 2008 -
3 - 7The Ottoman Empire - A World of Difference Apr 29, 2008 -
3 - 8Dracula - Fact and Fiction Apr 29, 2008 -
3 - 9Bronislaw Malinowski - God Professor Apr 29, 2008 -
3 - 10Anthropology - Looking at the Human Condition Apr 29, 2008 -
3 - 11New Guinea - Paradise in Peril Apr 29, 2008 -
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3 - 13Woodrow Wilson - American Idealist Apr 29, 2008 -
3 - 14Gertrude Bell - Iraq's Uncrowned Queen Apr 29, 2008 -
3 - 15Ho Chi Minh - The Price of Freedom Apr 29, 2008 -
3 - 16Paul Robeson - Scandalize My Name Apr 29, 2008 -
3 - 17Robert Goddard - Mr. Rocket Science Apr 29, 2008 -
3 - 18Jazz - Rhythms of Freedom Apr 29, 2008 -
3 - 19Al "Scarface" Capone - The Original Gangster Apr 29, 2008 -
3 - 20Prohibition - America on the Rocks Apr 29, 2008 -
3 - 21On the Trail of Eliot Ness Apr 29, 2008 -
3 - 22Louis Armstrong - Ambassador of Jazz Apr 29, 2008 -
3 - 23Ben Hecht - Shakespeare of Hollywood Apr 29, 2008 -
3 - 24Hellfighters - Harlem's Heroes of World War I Apr 29, 2008 -
3 - 25Tin Pan Alley - Soundtrack of America Apr 29, 2008 -
3 - 26Wonderful Nonsense - The Algonquin Round Table Apr 29, 2008 -
3 - 27Broadway - America Center Stage Apr 29, 2008 -
3 - 28Erich von Stroheim - The Profligate Genius Apr 29, 2008 -
3 - 29The Rise of the Moguls - The Men Who Built Hollywood Apr 29, 2008 -
3 - 30Irving Thalberg - Hollywood's Boy Wonder Apr 29, 2008 -
3 - 31The World of John Ford Apr 29, 2008 -
3 - 32Historical Lecture: New Gods for Old Apr 29, 2008
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Season 2 Dec 18, 2007
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2 - 1The Somme - A Storm of Steel Dec 18, 2007 -
2 - 2Siegfried Sassoon - A War Poet's Journey Dec 18, 2007 -
2 - 3Robert Graves and the White Goddess Dec 18, 2007 -
2 - 4I Am France - The Myth of Charles de Gaulle Dec 18, 2007 -
2 - 5Into the Furnace - The Battle of Verdun Dec 18, 2007 -
2 - 6Marshal Pétain's Fall from Grace Dec 18, 2007 -
2 - 7Flirting with Danger - The Fantasy of Mata Hari Dec 18, 2007 -
2 - 8Reading the Enemy's Mind - Espionage in World War I Dec 18, 2007 -
2 - 9Chasing the Phantom - Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck Dec 18, 2007 -
2 - 10Dreaming of Africa - The Life of Frederick Selous Dec 18, 2007 -
2 - 11At Home and Abroad - The Two Faces of Jan Smuts Dec 18, 2007 -
2 - 12Albert Schweitzer - Reverence for Life Dec 18, 2007 -
2 - 13Congo - A Curse of Riches Dec 18, 2007 -
2 - 14Waging Peace - The Rise of Pacifism Dec 18, 2007 -
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2 - 16 -
2 - 17Flying High for France - The Lafayette Escadrille Dec 18, 2007 -
2 - 18Anthony Fokker - The Flying Dutchman Dec 18, 2007 -
2 - 19Karl - The Last Habsburg Emperor Dec 18, 2007 -
2 - 20The Russian Revolution - All Power to the Soviets! Dec 18, 2007 -
2 - 21V. I. Lenin - History Will Not Forgive Us Dec 18, 2007 -
2 - 22Impresario - Sergei Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes Dec 18, 2007 -
2 - 23Ballet - The Art of Dance Dec 18, 2007 -
2 - 24Franz Kafka's Dark Truth Dec 18, 2007 -
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2 - 26Colonel Lawrence's War - T.E. Lawrence and Arabia Dec 18, 2007 -
2 - 27Historical Lecture: War and Revolution Dec 18, 2007
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Season 1 Oct 23, 2007
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1 - 1Archaeology: Unearthing Our Past Oct 23, 2007 -
1 - 2Howard Carter and the Tomb of Tutankhamun Oct 23, 2007 -
1 - 3Colonel Lawrence's War - T.E. Lawrence and Arabia Oct 23, 2007 -
1 - 4From Slavery to Freedom Oct 23, 2007 -
1 - 5Theodore Roosevelt and The American Century Oct 23, 2007 -
1 - 6Ecology - Pulse of the Planet Oct 23, 2007 -
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1 - 8Art Rebellion - The Making of the Modern Oct 23, 2007 -
1 - 9Edgar Degas - Reluctant Rebel Oct 23, 2007 -
1 - 10Braque & Picasso - A Collaboration Cubed Oct 23, 2007 -
1 - 11Giacomo Puccini - Music of the Heart Oct 23, 2007 -
1 - 12It's Opera! Oct 23, 2007 -
1 - 13The Archduke's Last Journey - End of an Era Oct 23, 2007 -
1 - 14Powder Keg - Europe 1900 to 1914 Oct 23, 2007 -
1 - 15Sigmund Freud - Exploring the Unconscious Oct 23, 2007 -
1 - 16Carl Jung and the Journey to Self Discovery Oct 23, 2007 -
1 - 17Psychology - Charting the Human Mind Oct 23, 2007 -
1 - 18Seeking Truth - The Life of Leo Tolstoy Oct 23, 2007 -
1 - 19Unquiet Voices - Russian Writers and the State Oct 23, 2007 -
1 - 20Aristotle - Creating Foundations Oct 23, 2007 -
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1 - 22Jiddu Krishnamurti - The Reluctant Messiah Oct 23, 2007 -
1 - 23Annie Besant - An Unlikely Rebel Oct 23, 2007 -
1 - 24Medicine in the Middle Kingdom Oct 23, 2007 -
1 - 25Eastern Spirituality - The Road to Enlightenment Oct 23, 2007 -
1 - 26Thomas Edison - Lighting Up the World Oct 23, 2007 -
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1 - 28The Mystery of Edward Stratemeyer Oct 23, 2007 -
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1 - 30General John J. Pershing and His American Army Oct 23, 2007 -
1 - 31George S. Patton - American Achilles Oct 23, 2007 -
1 - 32Easter Rising - The Poets' Rebellion Oct 23, 2007 -
1 - 33The Passions of William Butler Yeats Oct 23, 2007 -
1 - 34Sean O'Casey vs. Ireland Oct 23, 2007 -
1 - 35Ireland - The Power of the Poets Oct 23, 2007 -
1 - 36Winston Churchill - The Lion's Roar Oct 23, 2007 -
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1 - 38Fighting for the Vote - Women's Suffrage in America Oct 23, 2007 -
1 - 39Historical Lecture: The Promise of Progress Oct 23, 2007
Overview
The country was already singing Thomas Edison's praises for his astonishing invention of the phonograph, but that was just one of his many record-breaking number of patents. His greatest ambition was to illuminate modern life not with gas-lamps, but with electricity. The quest for the electric light bulb was filled with controversy and confrontation, and though Edison won the battle of the bulb, the conflict over current would prove to be the biggest challenge.
Year 2008
Studio
Director David Schneider
Popularity 1.1662
Language English
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