Sam Christaldi

    Sam Christaldi on Philo T. Farnsworth

    00:25

    Elma Farnsworth

    Elma Farnsworth on the story of the birth of her husband, Philo T. Farnsworth

    02:35

    Elma Farnsworth on her husband Philo T. Farnsworth's talents 

    01:04

    Elma Farnsworth on her husband Philo T. Farnsworth's photographic memory

    02:23

    Elma Farnsworth on her husband Philo T. Farnsworth's phone call with Albert Einstein

    02:07

    Elma Farnsworth on her husband Philo entering a contest in a magazine

    02:11

    Elma Farnsworth on Philo's idea for electronic television

    01:46

    Elma Farnsworth on getting engaged to Philo T. Farnsworth

    05:24

    Elma Farnsworth on Philo T. Farnsworth telling her his idea for electronic television

    07:58

    Elma Farnsworth on Philo T. Farnsworth hiring George Everson, Les Gorrell, and Cliff Gardner; on getting married

    10:35

    Elma Farnsworth on moving to Los Angeles with Philo T. Farnsworth to set up a laboratory

    02:58

    Elma Farnsworth on police mistaking her husband Philo's lab for a home distillery

    02:46

    Elma Farnsworth on her husband Philo patenting television in 1927

    05:35

    Elma Farnsworth on her husband Philo getting funding, and setting up materials and personnel for inventing television; on her role in the creation of television

    08:49

    Elma Farnsworth on the reaction of her and her husband, inventor Philo T. Farnsworth (and colleagues Cliff Gardner and Carl Christensen), on September 7, 1927 when he produced the first all-electronic TV picture (a simple straight line) with his Image Dissector tube

    04:54

    Elma Farnsworth on Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., and producer Joseph Schenck visiting Philo T. Farnsworth's lab to see television (where they surmised its threat to the movie industry) circa early-1930s

    01:44

    Elma Farnsworth on the drawbacks to mechanical disc television and the obstacles Philo encountered when creating electronic television

    01:43

    Elma Farnsworth on famous visitors to Philo T. Farnsworth's lab, including Vladimir Zworykin

    03:25

    Elma Farnsworth on Philo T. Farnsworth raising funds to work on inventing television and forming his company, Television, Inc.

    05:13

    Elma Farnsworth on Philo T. Farnsworth's dollar sign demonstration of television for his financial backers

    01:05

    Elma Farnsworth on public demonstrations of television to interest people in licensing Philo T. Farnsworth's patents; on Philco licensing Farnsworth's television for an experimental television station and Phil leaving the company

    06:13

    Elma Farnsworth on Philo T. Farnsworth starting the Eastern division of Television, Inc., the patents the company held, and Philo's aspirations for television

    04:55

    Elma Farnsworth on Philo T. Farnsworth demonstrating television at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia - the first public demonstration of television in 1934

    07:30

    Elma Farnsworth on how young Philo balanced conducting research and doing chores while growing up on a farm

    05:23

    Elma Farnsworth on how her husband Philo T. Farnsworth used to solve problems while he slept

    01:22

    Elma Farnsworth on her husband Philo T. Farnsworth putting her image on television

    00:48

    Elma Farnsworth on RCA's David Sarnoff's attempts to buy Philo T. Farnsworth's patent for television

    03:49

    Elma Farnsworth on her husband Philo T. Farnsworth lobbying for a commercial television license

    01:23

    Elma Farnsworth on her husband Philo T. Farnsworth's battle with RCA for electronic television's patents

    06:10

    Elma Farnsworth on RCA licensing Philo T. Farnsworth's patents in 1939 - the first time RCA ever licensed a patent 

    08:35

    Elma Farnsworth on the creation of the Farnsworth Radio and Television Corporation and their workings with John Logie Baird, creator of the mechanical spinning disc television system

    08:13

    Elma Farnsworth on her husband Philo T. Farnsworth's difficulties with disloyal personnel and the formation of the Farnsworth Television and Radio Company

    04:57

    Elma Farnsworth on her husband Philo T. Farnsworth's poor health circa 1940

    05:33

    Elma Farnsworth on her husband Philo T. Farnsworth avoiding the television demonstration at the 1939 World's Fair

    01:25

    Elma Farnsworth on the expiration of Philo T. Farnsworth's original television patents and the beginning of manufacturing television sets

    09:49

    Elma Farnsworth on the International Telephone and Telegraph Company purchasing Farnsworth Television and Radio Company and Philo T. Farnsworth working on satellites and space exploration

    01:59

    Elma Farnsworth on several of her husband Philo T. Farnsworth's inventions, including the baby incubator

    02:40

    Elma Farnsworth on her husband Philo T. Farnsworth's camera tube being a part of the Apollo mission to the moon in 1969

    01:04

    Elma Farnsworth on her husband Philo T. Farnsworth's fusion and hydroponic work, and his love of science fiction

    07:04

    Elma Farnsworth on her husband Philo T. Farnsworth being asked to work on the Manhattan Project

    01:33

    Elma Farnsworth on her husband Philo T. Farnsworth's phone call with Albert Einstein

    04:58

    Elma Farnsworth on her husband Philo T. Farnsworth's work on fusion at the end of his life

    06:00

    Elma Farnsworth on her husband Philo T. Farnsworth's appearance on I've Got a Secret  (the same night Buster Keaton was on the program)

    03:18

    Elma Farnsworth on her husband Philo T. Farnsworth's thoughts on commercial television towards the end of his life

    00:49

    Elma Farnsworth on why history has largely forgotten her husband, Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of electronic television

    03:08

    Elma Farnsworth on what she thinks her husband Philo T. Farnsworth might have changed if he had the chance to do so; on whether or not an underdog can win in the American system

    03:33

    Elma Farnsworth on her husband Philo T. Farnsworth's determination and spirit

    01:02

    Elma Farnsworth on her husband Philo T. Farnsworth's achievements with electronic television

    06:16

    Elma Farnsworth on her husband Philo T. Farnsworth's achievements at such a young age

    02:08

    Elma Farnsworth on her husband Philo T. Farnsworth's personality and strengths

    06:14

    Elma Farnsworth on her husband Philo T. Farnsworth's colleagues

    01:43

    Elma Farnsworth on her husband Philo T. Farnsworth's colleagues and people he looked up to in the field; on demonstrating electronic television for John Logie Baird (inventor of mechanical television)

    05:35

    Elma Farnsworth on her husband Philo T. Farnsworth's family members and their contributions to his work

    02:47

    Elma Farnsworth on a photo of a statue of her husband Philo T. Farnsworth holding an image dissector tube

    00:59

    Elma Farnsworth on a photo of her husband Philo T. Farnsworth's television demonstration at the Franklin Institute

    01:31

    Les Flory

    Les Flory on RCA's competition in television development - Philo T. Farnsworth

    01:01

    Les Flory on how much he was aware of the work of Philo T. Farnsworth, and differences between Farnsworth's system and RCA's

    01:59

    Les Flory on patent disputes between RCA and Philo T. Farnsworth

    00:53

    Jeff Kisseloff

    Jeff Kisseloff on his interview with Elma Farnsworth, wife of Philo Farnsworth, and Danny Simon

    03:22

    Charles Lisanby

    Charles Lisanby on meeting Philo Farnsworth at an early television demonstration at a Kentucky State Fair

    03:12

    Don Pike

    Don Pike on his earliest days in television with Philo T. Farnsworth and the early equipment and sets

    11:21

    Don Pike on meeting Philo T. Farnsworth and going to work for him

    02:58

    Don Pike on the shop where he worked with Philo T. Farnsworth and the equipment they used to build cameras and televisions

    02:02

    Don Pike on building early televisions for Philo T. Farnsworth 

    03:11

    Don Pike on manufacturing the tubes for Philo T. Farnsworth's televisions and how they worked

    04:15

    Don Pike on being involved in Philo T. Farnsworth's company Farnsworth Television and Radio

    05:23

    Don Pike on Farnsworth Television's facilities and its goals

    03:27

    Don Pike on Philo T. Farnsworth becoming ill and leaving his company, and other inventions that Farnsworth was working on

    07:10

    Don Pike on the patent battle between Farnsworth's company and RCA

    01:48

    Don Pike on the impact of Philo T. Farnsworth's declining health on his research, and RCA's iconoscope tube

    07:45

    Don Pike on the legacy of Philo T. Farnsworth

    02:41

    Romilly Rutherford

    Romilly Rutherford on going to work for Philo T. Farnsworth

    08:32

    Romilly Rutherford on the fire that led to him being hired by Philo T. Farnsworth

    03:14

    Romilly Rutherford on his hours and daily duties working for Philo T. Farnsworth

    02:51

    Romilly Rutherford on Philo T. Farnsworth's lab

    04:09

    Romilly Rutherford on Philo T. Farnsworth's activities in his lab

    04:19

    Romilly Rutherford on getting new equipment in Philo T. Farnsworth's lab

    02:02

    Romilly Rutherford on various people with whom he worked at Philo T. Farnsworth's lab

    05:05

    Romilly Rutherford on keeping the financiers of Philo T. Farnsworth's lab happy

    06:26

    Romilly Rutherford on the mood in the Farnsworth lab and the possible applications of his research

    03:35

    Romilly Rutherford on the first picture transmitted in Farnsworth's lab

    02:47

    Romilly Rutherford on Philo T. Farnsworth as a manager

    03:31

    Romilly Rutherford on very early test broadcasts in Philo T. Farnsworth's lab

    01:35

    Romilly Rutherford on the competition to Philo T. Farnsworth's work

    07:51

    Romilly Rutherford on the publicity Philo T. Farnsworth received and how Farnsworth handled the press

    03:07

    Romilly Rutherford on famous visitors to Philo T. Farnsworth's lab

    03:55

    Romilly Rutherford on Philo T. Farnsworth's lab during the Depression and moving the lab to Philadelphia 

    05:51

    Romilly Rutherford on Philo T. Farnsworth's then-new Philco lab in Philadelphia and the progress made in the year he took off 

    04:13

    Romilly Rutherford on the then-new management at Philo T. Farnsworth's Philco lab in Philadelphia 

    03:55

    Romilly Rutherford on money and other obstacles faced by Philo T. Farnsworth and his Philco lab

    02:39

    Romilly Rutherford on being laid off by Philco in 1932 by Philo T. Farnsworth

    02:12

    Romilly Rutherford on Philo T. Farnsworth leaving Philco and being hired to work for Farnsworth again at a different company

    06:12

    Romilly Rutherford on Philo T. Farnsworth setting up a television studio in 1936

    02:52

    Romilly Rutherford on Philo T. Farnsworth's feeling about the money making aspect of television and the beginnings of television as a medium

    03:25

    Romilly Rutherford on leaving Philo T. Farnsworth in 1937

    03:56

    Romilly Rutherford on Philo T. Farnsworth's later years

    01:41

    Romilly Rutherford on what he believes Philo T. Farnsworth would think about the then-current state of television and the legacy of his work

    05:07

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