A scientific video focuses on ten famous inventions and the person credited with inventing each one. Then it describes the bigger picture of each invention and how it relied on those before them and around them. 

The second episode in a playlist on the history of film focuses on the role the Kinetograph and the Kinetoscope played in film history. The video also includes information about the contributions of scientists, Vaudeville performers, and...

Take a field trip to the laboratory of the famous Thomas Edison. An engaging video lesson explores the contributions of Edison to the scientific community. The narrator explains how his love of chemistry led to discoveries that...

Abby Brown, KIDS Clubhouse Adventures co-host, loves to help kids have fun while learning! In this segment, Abby teaches kids about a few famous inventors, including Karl Benz, Thomas Edison, and Lizzie Maggie. [2:05]

Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 - October 18, 1931) was an American inventor, scientist and businessman who developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera,...

Thomas Edison, one of history's great inventors, is profiled in this video along with his invention of the light bulb. Includes links to other sites about Edison. [1:34]

This video focuses on the making of the first movie camera. It explains how Edison set up a lab with talented men including William Dickson, who created the kinetoscope and the kinetograph.

This video focuses on D.W. Griffith and the birth of the feature film. [10:10]

A video where experts argue about who is more innovative Thomas Edison or Nikola Tesla. [46:00]

Radio, Cinema, and Television have been staples in news coverage, entertainment, and education for almost 100 years. But where did they all come from? Who started what and when and why? In this episode, Hank Green talks to us about their...

Historians love to debate each other. One such debate is over the Industrial Revolution. The argument is that the first half of the Industrial Revolution was markedly different from the second half. See what you think after you watch...

The study of electricity goes all the way back to antiquity. But, by the time electricity started to become more well known, a few familiar names started to appear. Edison, Galvani, Ohm, Ampere, Volta, and a few others really changed the...

Find out how young Thomas Edison's curiosity got him into trouble, and how, during his teen years, he lost his hearing but gained confidence as an aspiring inventor, This video was adapted from AMERICAN EXPERIENCE. Though Edison had just...