Thomas Edison speaks at 1930 Edison Scholarship competition at his laboratories in West Orange, NJ
WS contestants for the Edison Scholarship (one from each state and one from DC) stand at small tables during scholarship ceremony at Thomas Edison's West Orange laboratory grounds / semi-rear shot members of the Edison Scholarship Committee stand together / pan rear shot audience at the ceremony / SOT American engineer/MIT president Dr. Samuel Wesley Stratton welcomes the contestants and audience to the contest; committee members Col. Charles Lindbergh, Edison, and Henry Ford sit behind him / QS audience / contestants and audience members take seats as Edison takes the lectern / audience members stand and listen / Edison slowly removes spectacles from pocket as he stands at "NBC" microphones; SOT he delivers introductory remarks, reading from a paper; inventor George Eastman sits behind him, with Lindbergh and Stratton also seated / MS SOT Edison concludes remarks behind microphones as Stratton and Ford listen / contestants smile in audience / Note: exact day not known





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Editorial #:
834805470
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
August 01, 1930
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License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released.ÌýMore information
Clip length:
00:01:13:04
Location:
West Orange, New Jersey, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr002585_01_13.mov
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