Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Edison’s Desk Opened
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 5
- Section Title
- Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Edison’s Desk. DESCRIPTION: Fifteen years after the death of Thomas Edison his desk, sealed at the time, has been re-opened. Nothing startling was discovered, only odds and ends. SHOTLIST: KS Interior of library. Several shots of Edison’s desk including close ups. Friends and relatives in study. CU desk lock being unlocked and desk top being opened, pan of contents in desk. Relative holding up a piece of film which was found in his desk.
- Keywords
- Inventions and discoveries
- Locations
- New Jersey
- Footage sources
- United States of America
- Card file number
- 48171
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Lionel James Gamlin
- Length of story (in feet)
- 62
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How to cite this record
'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Edison’s Desk Opened', British Movietone News Issue No. 924, 17 Feb 1947. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/14313 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)