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Elma Farnsworth on the drawbacks to mechanical disc television and the obstacles Philo encountered when creating electronic television 01:43
Interview: Elma Farnsworth | Person: Philo T. Farnsworth
Elma Farnsworth on famous visitors to Philo T. Farnsworth's lab, including Vladimir Zworykin 03:25
Interview: Elma Farnsworth | Person: Vladimir Zworykin
Elma Farnsworth on famous visitors to Philo T. Farnsworth's lab, including Vladimir Zworykin 03:25
Interview: Elma Farnsworth | Person: Philo T. Farnsworth
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
Interview: Elma Farnsworth | Profession: Inventor
Elma Farnsworth on the drawbacks to mechanical disc television and the obstacles Philo encountered when creating electronic television 01:43
Interview: Elma Farnsworth | Profession: Technology Innovators
Elma Farnsworth on the drawbacks to mechanical disc television and the obstacles Philo encountered when creating electronic television 01:43
Interview: Elma Farnsworth | Profession: Inventor
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
Interview: Elma Farnsworth | Profession: Technology Innovators
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
Interview: Elma Farnsworth
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 02:11
Interview: Elma Farnsworth
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
Interview: Elma Farnsworth | Topic: Technological Innovation
Elma Farnsworth on the drawbacks to mechanical disc television and the obstacles Philo encountered when creating electronic television 01:43
Interview: Elma Farnsworth | Topic: Technological Innovation
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
Interview: Elma Farnsworth | Topic: Pivotal Career Moments
On the press conference announcing Philo's invention, contd.; on Philco licensing Farnsworth's television for an experimental television station; on Philo leaving Philco and setting up the Eastern Division of Television, Inc. 17:26
Interview: Elma Farnsworth
On Vladimir Zworykin at RCA copying Philo T. Farnsworth's image dissector for RCA's electronic television system; on public demonstrations of television 08:22
Interview: Elma Farnsworth
Elma Farnsworth on Philo T. Farnsworth raising funds to work on inventing television and forming his company, Television, Inc. 05:13
Interview: Elma Farnsworth | Person: Philo T. Farnsworth
Elma Farnsworth on Philo T. Farnsworth and George Everson raising funds to work on inventing television and forming the company, Television, Inc. 01:50
Interview: Elma Farnsworth | Person: George Everson
Elma Farnsworth on Philo T. Farnsworth's dollar sign demonstration of television for his financial backers 01:05
Interview: Elma Farnsworth | Person: Philo T. Farnsworth
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
Interview: Elma Farnsworth | Person: Philo T. Farnsworth
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
Interview: Elma Farnsworth | Person: Philo T. Farnsworth
Elma Farnsworth on Vladimir Zworykin at RCA copying Philo T. Farnsworth's image dissector for RCA's electronic television system 00:52
Interview: Elma Farnsworth | Person: Vladimir Zworykin
Elma Farnsworth on Philo T. Farnsworth demonstrating television at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia - the first public demonstration of television in 1934 07:30
Interview: Elma Farnsworth | Person: Philo T. Farnsworth
Elma Farnsworth on Philo T. Farnsworth's dollar sign demonstration of television for his financial backers 01:05
Interview: Elma Farnsworth
Elma Farnsworth on Philo T. Farnsworth demonstrating television at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia - the first public demonstration of television in 1934 03:13
Interview: Elma Farnsworth
Elma Farnsworth on Vladimir Zworykin at RCA copying Philo T. Farnsworth's image dissector for RCA's electronic television system 00:52
Interview: Elma Farnsworth | Topic: Technological Innovation
Elma Farnsworth on Vladimir Zworykin at RCA copying Philo T. Farnsworth's image dissector for RCA's electronic television system 00:52
Interview: Elma Farnsworth | Topic: Pivotal Career Moments
Elma Farnsworth on Philo T. Farnsworth demonstrating television at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia - the first public demonstration of television in 1934 07:30
Interview: Elma Farnsworth | Topic: Pivotal Career Moments
Elma Farnsworth on Philo T. Farnsworth's dollar sign demonstration of television for his financial backers 01:05
Interview: Elma Farnsworth | Topic: Pivotal Career Moments
On how young Philo conducted his research when he was a child living on a farm; on how her husband Philo T. Farnsworth used to solve problems while he slept 07:33
Interview: Elma Farnsworth
On RCA's David Sarnoff's attempts to buy Philo T. Farnsworth's patent for television; on Philo's experimental television station W3XPF and the man who ran it, Bill Eddy 11:24
Interview: Elma Farnsworth