Inventions are a social phenomena, although the influence of one person always tends to make them seem the result of a miraculous individual effort. This film shows the social conditions which gave rise to the invention of the battery, the ground connection, the electro-magnet, the telephone, telegraph, cable, and radio, thus making possible much more rapid and reliable communication services than had been possible in the pre-electric age. These more rapid communications were essential if industrialisation was to develop and expand.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
307420
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Industrialization
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Communications - History
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Telecommunication systems - History
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Technology - Social aspects
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Inventions
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Technological innovations
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Technology - Social aspects
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)