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To all whom it may concern,
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be it known that I,
Thomas Alva Edison,
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submits on this,
the 27th day of January, 1880,
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the application
of this abstract
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to the Patent Office
of the United States of America.
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The unique design
of my invention
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is that of a glass vacuum tube
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which houses inside
a thin cotton thread filament,
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the two lower ends of which
secure respective posts,
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forming an arch shape.
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Details and schematic
drawings follow,
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exhibiting all aspects
of the invention.
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But its purpose is simple,
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to give light.
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Boys!
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I hope you brought
your checkbooks.
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- Are you excited to meet the President?
- Yes.
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Don't say a thing
about J.P. Morgan's nose.
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- What's wrong with his nose?
- Nothing.
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It's huge. Huge!
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It's like someone took a hammer
and slammed it into his face.
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I thought you already
got the money.
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I only got half.
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Does Morgan even know
that you're coming?
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He'll invest as always.
I hate this.
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Mr. Edison,
you have dinner with...
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- What?
- Dinner with Westinghouse, on your return.
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- Why are barns red?
- Maybe so you can see them in the snow.
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No, it's 'cause
red paint's the cheapest.
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Morgan will want to know
the practicality of your system.
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I have money.
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Enough for two small buildings
in Manhattan?
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- Yes.
- Oh, good.
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This was intended
to be my lunch.
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The President had asked
to see the phonograph in person.
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I had no idea
you'd be here.
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- Mrs. Edison.
- Mr. Morgan.
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- These are our children.
- Dot and Dash. Delightful.
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I know what you're doing.
How much are you short?
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Just how much of my money
do you want to wash away?
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Oh, as very,
very much as possible.
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- Who's this?
- Samuel Insull.
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Mr. Edison's
personal secretary.
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Mr. Morgan, Mr. Edison.
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Which one?
He's also Mr. Edison.
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The President
will see you now.
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- Now.
- "On the top of the Crumpetty Tree
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"The Quangle Wangle sat,
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"But his face
you could not see,
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"On account
of his Beaver Hat."
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This is the sound
of your voice.
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"On the top
of the Crumpetty Tree
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"The Quangle Wangle sat,
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"But his face
you could not see,
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- "On account of his Beaver Hat."
- Is that what I sound like?
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My men tell me you're
turning down $5 million.
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I'm grateful for the offer,
Mr. President,
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but it's the type of science
you're after that I find objectionable.
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There's always money
in guns.
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The one device
I shall never build
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is that which takes the life
of another man. It's barbaric.
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But, take a look at this.
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One square mile of Manhattan,
the First District.
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- And I'm gonna light it up.
- Then you have done it.
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A star in a jar.
It's a warm glow.
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No smell, no poison.
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Thirteen hours
of light per globe,
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and it's cheaper than gas.
Safer, too.
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We bury the wires
using my DC current,
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and those same wires will
bring you energy and heat.
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I need two buildings to house
six dynamos of my own construction.
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This won't even
reach my house.
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Morgan, let me
make you so rich
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that you will look back
at this moment and wonder,
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"Why was I ever
so disgustingly poor?"
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It's all right there.
Ferry to Wall Street.
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In case you missed my scribble,
there's a big old circle
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around The New York Times.
Free advertising.
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- 150.
- Half a million.
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I'm talking
about $500,000,
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you can buy the next century,
brighter, safer, yours.
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Sounds rather grand to me,
Pierpont. If I had your fortune...
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With respect,
you don't, Mr. President.
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- What is that?
- That's not very nice.
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Morse code.
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What did the boy say?
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- What did the boy say?
- If nothing else,
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- it's been a pleasure, Mr. President.
- What did the boy say?
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Do you know
what you're doing?
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I always receive more
by saying no.
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Set up the Manhattan offices
and make them look professional.
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- What does that mean?
- I don't know. Carpets...
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I don't know, carpets.
I don't know.
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And the name?
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Edison Electric, of course.
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Sir, why not
build munitions?
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$5 million,
it's hard to say no to.
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No. If it's Edison,
it works.
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If it works, I'd strongly prefer
it not kill anybody.
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Right.
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"Thomas Edison has
an unfavorable opinion
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"of college graduates
seeking employment,
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"because they cannot answer
his examination questions.
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- "Who composed Il trovatore?"
- Verdi.
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- "What is the speed of sound?"
- Wow, a trick question.
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Sound travels at a constantly
diminishing rate of speed.
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But I believe the fastest
rate on record
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is 11,463 feet per second.
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- How do you know all this?
- I read that this morning.
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Never requested
a houseguest before.
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Really?
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Hmm.
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I can feel it.
This is different.
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Eight minutes
from the junction, sir.
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- Hmm?
- The Westinghouse dinner.
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We're going home. They're tired.
I already shook enough hands today.
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Evening, Frank.
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George.
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Pardon?
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I'm not stopping.
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Right.
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Maybe the brakes are busted.
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I doubt that!
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An emergency came up
in New York.
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Don't let him agitate you.
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This is how he is.
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Before he was a wizard,
I let him live in my basement.
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My wife wouldn't have him
at the table with us
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unless he cleaned himself.
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And, boy, given the ultimatum,
the man ate alone.
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How does he work?
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You want to know his secret?
He engineers his own reality,
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and he looks for needles
in haystacks.
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And how does he know there's a needle
in the hay to begin with?
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He doesn't. Neither do you.
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But he's so determined not to be
the second person to find it,
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he'll go stalk by stalk
on a what-do-you-know.
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I will say one good thing
about him.
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He could be
the richest man on earth,
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but he doesn't give a damn
about money.
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What does he give
a damn about?
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It was rude, not stopping.
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I spoke to Mrs. Westinghouse directly.
I accepted the invitation.
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- You've embarrassed us both.
- Why do you feel embarrassed?
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- What do you care what people think?
- I care what they feel.
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Mary.
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Talk. I just want
to test the resistance...
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- Where's my barrette?
- On top of your bureau.
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- What's a bureau?
- It's what's under your barrette.
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Can I get you to promise on here
that you'll build me a fence?
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The ground's frozen.
Needs to thaw.
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Look, you're missing it!
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It's a baby!
Still has her spots.
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Tom, come see this.
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Tom! Tom?
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You want half a million dollars,
you make me something
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with your name on it that I can sell
to General Sherman.
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Counteroffer. How about
I don't give you what you want
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but you give me
everything I want?
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Half a million.
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We are gonna be
big, big, big!
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- Bigger than an elephant?
- And no one stops an elephant!
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Whoo!
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It'll work.
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Look, I got to be honest.
This might not work.
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Conventional wisdom has it,
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if you think you're gonna fall
flat on your face,
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better not do it in front
of a crowd.
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Tonight, things could change.
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I hope they do.
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And if they do,
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they'll change there
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and there.
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My boys and I
caught in a jar
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what before now has only
flashed across the night sky.
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What say we unscrew the lid
and see what happens?
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You ready?
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Three, two, one.
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The man has 100,000 feet
of copper for 87 customers.
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It will never be profitable.
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It's a hobby for the rich.
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Something to show off.
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It doesn't have to be.
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I'm securing the patents
on the Siemens dynamo
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and the Gaulard-Gibbs
transformer.
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Transformer? It's more like
a metal suitcase.
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How much did that cost?
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Edison, he picked
the wrong horse.
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His current is like a hose
with a knot in it.
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He needs to sell
one generator per mile.
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You want to build
an AC system.
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It's too powerful
for motors.
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Put doubt out of your mind
for one moment, and tell me,
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what distance do you estimate
one could get
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with a single
alternating dynamo?
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- A few thousand.
- Yards?
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- Miles.
- Mmm-hmm.
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And how many houses
could we reach?
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I suppose all of them.
What about the bulbs?
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Hiram's agreed
to license me his.
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Ah, if you're gonna rip off Edison,
rip him off right.
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They glow bright gray.
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I just want to do
a demonstration for Edison.
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Somewhere small,
a small town, rural.
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And then he'll see
alternating is possible.
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And we partner.
Our system, his bulbs.
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In my opinion, which I will admit
is based solely on physics and reality,
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what you want to do
is fun to talk about.
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I really don't think
it can be done.
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- Why?
- Because he would have already done it.
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Well, my Paris office
seems to think
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you may be the only man
on Earth to rival me.
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How would you like
to work for me?
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- Very much.
- I'm expanding to 12 cities,
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- building direct current systems...
- Direct current?
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Alternating current
is far more efficient.
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- Hickory, dickory, dock...
- Higher voltage,
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greater distance,
less copper conductors.
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It's lethal and it's far too much power
for a motor to handle.
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I'm gonna start you
on a hundred dollars a month
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until you prove yourself
worth more or less.
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A hundred dollars?
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If you can solve five things
that I can't, I'll pay you $50,000,
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and then I'll have
to fire you.
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Mr. Tesla,
welcome to Edison Electric.
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We make a minor invention
every ten days
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and a major one
every six months or so.
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You know,
I have a suspicion that,
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though your husband's lab is
but a hundred yards from your house,
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it must seem sometimes
like a hundred miles.
231
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No, a million.
232
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I've tried to find a way
to stop his brain,
233
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but it just runs and runs.
234
00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:49,273
It's something
he can't control.
235
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All I can do is bring
him back to center.
236
00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:54,553
I've heard Mr. Edison called
the worst husband in America,
237
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on account of him sleeping
in his lab on your wedding night.
238
00:18:57,840 --> 00:18:59,513
I've heard
the story myself.
239
00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:08,636
Well, on our wedding night,
Tom and I left on the Albany, uh...
240
00:19:10,120 --> 00:19:11,120
...boat.
241
00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:15,312
We spent a week
in Niagara Falls.
242
00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:17,279
I thought
that one week of happiness
243
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would be enough to illuminate
an entire lifetime.
244
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He was a dashing inventor,
and I worked for him, you know.
245
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I was a...
246
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I was a...
247
00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:31,676
Uh...
248
00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:34,354
I was a...
249
00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:36,436
Yes?
250
00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:38,916
Um...
251
00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:42,433
I'm sorry.
252
00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:45,393
I operated the...
253
00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:51,389
Telegraph?
254
00:19:51,480 --> 00:19:54,871
Telegraph. Yes.
Yes. Forgive me.
255
00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:02,197
Does he have any hobbies?
256
00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:15,116
You promised them
Coney Island.
257
00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:16,998
At the very least, a walk.
258
00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:20,309
We'll go on three walks tomorrow.
I promise.
259
00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:25,557
Here, why don't you
take a picture?
260
00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:26,790
Say what we practiced.
261
00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:28,496
Do you not
love us anymore?
262
00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:30,040
Do you not
love us anymore?
263
00:20:32,360 --> 00:20:37,276
I love you more than anybody
has ever loved anybody before.
264
00:20:54,760 --> 00:20:56,319
Slow down.
265
00:21:11,560 --> 00:21:13,153
It's neuralgia,
266
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brought on by eyestrain.
267
00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:17,720
A good pair of spectacles
is all that's required.
268
00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:20,076
Oh, no. I'll look awful.
269
00:21:20,160 --> 00:21:22,755
No, no, no, you won't.
That's impossible.
270
00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:24,718
You're sure? That's all?
271
00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:26,393
She's been having
terrible headaches.
272
00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:29,757
I'll leave her a vial of laudanum
until her eyes adjust.
273
00:21:29,840 --> 00:21:31,035
Thank you.
274
00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:32,870
Can you...
275
00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:36,353
Would you mind delaying
the bill for this visit?
276
00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:41,671
My son
would love an autograph.
277
00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:43,880
Sure.
278
00:22:09,360 --> 00:22:11,397
Christ, it's primitive.
279
00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:15,079
How much did this cost?
280
00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:17,800
- He won't tell me.
- What we need is here.
281
00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:21,631
Edison's current can't travel
more than one mile, Frank.
282
00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:24,952
It peters out. He'll have
to build so many DC motors
283
00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:27,760
and bury all his copper
just to power one town.
284
00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:30,958
This country will look like
a checkerboard of power plants.
285
00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:34,829
But, with one AC dynamo,
we can step up the voltage
286
00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:37,230
and reach as far
as the eye can see.
287
00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:39,915
We string the wires
overhead on poles.
288
00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:41,798
Less copper, more electricity.
289
00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:44,116
We're 75% cheaper.
290
00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:48,114
The only thing
that matters here is distance.
291
00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:38,555
Frank, this is as much yours
as it is mine.
292
00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:41,115
- I'd be proud if you'd flip the...
- I couldn't possibly.
293
00:23:41,200 --> 00:23:43,296
- Oh, don't be ridiculous.
- The moment belongs to you.
294
00:23:43,320 --> 00:23:45,437
- But you spent hours...
- George, it was your idea.
295
00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:46,874
You were the instigator.
296
00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:49,520
Shall we go for a ride?
297
00:23:57,680 --> 00:24:00,434
"To the Wizard
of Menlo Park,
298
00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:03,035
"as it seems
your brakes have issues,
299
00:24:03,120 --> 00:24:07,876
"I would be delighted
to send my car to deliver you
300
00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:09,917
"to Great Barrington,
Massachusetts,
301
00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:14,640
"where I have successfully transmitted
current one full mile."
302
00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:19,234
No!
303
00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:22,395
How did he get the bulbs?
304
00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:27,199
What a roaring silence
from the brightest minds of America.
305
00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:28,634
He's using Hiram's design.
306
00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:31,952
Which Hiram stole from me!
307
00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:34,836
Sue him.
308
00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:36,877
We already did.
The court upheld his patent.
309
00:24:36,960 --> 00:24:38,696
I'm talking about Westinghouse.
Find an angle.
310
00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:40,560
Take a trip to Barrington
and see for yourself.
311
00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:43,360
Are you not even slightly irked
that 15 years of work
312
00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:45,477
is being filched
from right under your eyes?
313
00:24:45,560 --> 00:24:47,074
Not again.
314
00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:51,074
I built a system here,
and he goes shopping for patents
315
00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:53,880
to cobble together something
to legally steal what is mine.
316
00:24:55,240 --> 00:24:58,597
If the bulbs are a battle,
then nail him on the dynamos.
317
00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:00,160
We can't.
318
00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:03,670
He's not even using
direct current, sir.
319
00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:07,599
He's using alternating?
320
00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:16,630
George Westinghouse?
321
00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:19,872
George Westinghouse?
322
00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:21,714
Can we help you?
323
00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:23,314
I came from Thomas Edison.
324
00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:27,071
He wants me to buy
one generator per mile?
325
00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:30,315
And then I saw the piece
in The Globe that says
326
00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:34,110
your electricity
would save 66% on Edison's.
327
00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:38,118
Well,
it's a proposed saving.
328
00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:40,438
And it's not my electricity.
329
00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:42,710
It's electricity.
330
00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:45,800
I think it makes much more sense
to the taxpayers of Columbus
331
00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:48,111
to go with
Westinghouse Electric.
332
00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:52,676
I don't want to compete.
I only intend to license my system.
333
00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:53,955
He's got the better bulbs.
334
00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:57,112
Why not compete? By now, he knows.
Edison knows, I promise you.
335
00:25:57,240 --> 00:25:59,120
And the man doesn't care
about getting it right.
336
00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:00,560
He just cares
about getting it.
337
00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:02,154
But he doesn't respond.
338
00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:04,456
Westinghouse will
never have a complete system.
339
00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:05,920
He can't even power
a sewing machine.
340
00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:07,559
But I can
solve that problem.
341
00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:08,936
Instead of, again,
converting the currents
342
00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:12,795
to work with a commutator, I would pass
alternating current differing in phase
343
00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:14,792
through two or more
energizing circuits.
344
00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:17,759
You're supposed to be working
on commutators with DC dynamos.
345
00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:18,840
Well, I have.
346
00:26:18,920 --> 00:26:20,912
Look, I have done
everything you have asked,
347
00:26:21,040 --> 00:26:22,713
- but you are making a mistake.
- What?
348
00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:24,996
Direct current may be fine
for cities when the build...
349
00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:28,437
When the buildings are close together,
but most of your country is empty spaces.
350
00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:30,216
- Only high voltage can span the distance.
- What is this?
351
00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:31,640
You are not thinking
long-term.
352
00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:33,957
This technology
is within your grasp.
353
00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:35,554
I can build you
an efficient motor.
354
00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:37,950
- Have you tried it?
- No.
355
00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:40,936
Look, in my head,
it is nearly complete...
356
00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:43,475
Men claim to have their heads
full of sonnets and symphonies,
357
00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:46,678
but their only problem seems to be
they can't quite write it down.
358
00:26:46,760 --> 00:26:47,876
- Let me try.
- No.
359
00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:51,311
Because I can't start again.
I got orders from Michigan.
360
00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:52,960
I got a roomful of press
waiting for me.
361
00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:54,673
Do what
you were hired to do.
362
00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:56,936
So, you will not honor your word
about the remuneration?
363
00:26:56,960 --> 00:26:59,120
- What are you talking about?
- Well, you said $50,000.
364
00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:00,753
Are you unhappy
with my contributions?
365
00:27:00,840 --> 00:27:04,038
I'm not paying you $50,000.
That was a joke.
366
00:27:04,120 --> 00:27:05,952
I was relying
on that income.
367
00:27:10,120 --> 00:27:11,376
Coconut fibers
and horn shavings
368
00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:13,710
and fishing lines
and cork and celluloid
369
00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:16,998
and flax and platinum
and iron, nickel, copper, steel.
370
00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:19,356
We scoured the Earth
years and years,
371
00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:22,319
trying thousands,
10,000 different combinations.
372
00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:24,837
Then George Westinghouse
saw how I did it
373
00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:26,320
and put on a pirate hat.
374
00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:30,758
You get vultures in every venture,
but you just got to keep 'em away.
375
00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:32,672
So, this is just
how it works?
376
00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:35,992
Mapmakers include mistakes in their work
to see if anyone else is copying them.
377
00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:37,514
I don't have that luxury.
378
00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:39,478
I can't invent streets
to lead the world down.
379
00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:41,040
Otherwise, we all end up
in the dark.
380
00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:43,000
Good, and remember,
381
00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:45,151
as much as you can
about how he's infringing.
382
00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:48,230
Thank you, Mr. Edison,
and thanks for this.
383
00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:57,150
Did I mention
that his system's lethal?
384
00:27:57,960 --> 00:28:01,954
Now, you reach out and touch
a doorknob or a rail, and...
385
00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:03,440
Well, you become the circuit.
386
00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:06,231
Just to be clear
on that point...
387
00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:09,873
Well, you die.
388
00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:12,958
You know, with DC current,
you can reach out
389
00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:15,111
and touch anything
at any stage of the line
390
00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:17,556
with your bare hands.
It's safe, it works,
391
00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:19,552
and it bears the name of Edison,
so it's pretty.
392
00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:22,840
Our government has been trying
for some time now
393
00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:24,473
to get me to invent a weapon,
394
00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:27,394
but I won't use this brain
to invent anything that hurts people.
395
00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:30,435
For that,
you can shop in Pittsburgh.
396
00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:32,358
So you say Westinghouse
wants to hurt people?
397
00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:34,756
No, I can't say that.
398
00:28:34,840 --> 00:28:36,115
But you can.
399
00:28:48,080 --> 00:28:50,231
This is what
he thinks of you.
400
00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:53,956
Issue a statement
to the papers today.
401
00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:55,355
Refute his charges.
402
00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:57,159
I'm not going
to engage with this.
403
00:28:57,240 --> 00:29:00,119
We have the better system.
That speaks loudest.
404
00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:08,914
Westinghouse Electric Company
was founded
405
00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:10,719
at a quarter past 9:00.
406
00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:14,793
Hello. I'm George Westinghouse.
Do we have an appointment?
407
00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:15,880
North Dakota.
408
00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:18,035
New Orleans.
409
00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:19,474
Fort Worth.
410
00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:20,630
Sioux City.
411
00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:22,757
You want the good news
or the good news?
412
00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:25,435
Forever, hurrah,
boys, hurrah...
413
00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:27,953
There's always more to see.
414
00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:31,880
Mr. and Mrs. Worthington,
Mr. Manesberg,
415
00:29:31,960 --> 00:29:35,431
Mr. McCoy, Mr. Faulk,
Miss Faulk, enjoy your evening.
416
00:29:37,040 --> 00:29:38,920
We've been
spending all our time
417
00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:40,800
trying to nab him
on what's in the glass bubble
418
00:29:40,840 --> 00:29:43,336
when we should have been looking
at the clear opposite end of the bulb,
419
00:29:43,360 --> 00:29:45,033
- the corkscrew.
- I own that.
420
00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:46,554
That you do.
421
00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:48,280
He's suing you.
422
00:29:49,080 --> 00:29:53,120
This is a massive lawsuit.
This is Edison and Morgan.
423
00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:55,874
My advice, is there any way
that you can think of
424
00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:57,952
to beat gravity,
other than a corkscrew?
425
00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:02,034
Westinghouse designed a stopper
to get around your corkscrew.
426
00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:04,200
It's only a matter of time
before they're everywhere.
427
00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:07,672
To tell you the truth,
I am mostly looking forward
428
00:30:07,760 --> 00:30:09,433
to using it
at the lumber mills.
429
00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:12,115
Well, at the moment,
we offer only light.
430
00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:15,632
In time, we'll move on
to motorized tools and appliances.
431
00:30:15,720 --> 00:30:18,394
When? I don't care
what light costs.
432
00:30:19,080 --> 00:30:23,359
My home's on gas. I'm after productivity.
I don't understand.
433
00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:26,877
Edison said that electricity
can already be used in the factories.
434
00:30:28,120 --> 00:30:29,793
Well, his can.
435
00:30:33,240 --> 00:30:34,720
I need to see
this needle move.
436
00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:37,576
I can't step the voltage down
without blowing the whole thing to pieces.
437
00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:39,717
Come on! You must have
made some progress.
438
00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:40,916
It's just not ready.
439
00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:05,275
Kill it! Kill it!
440
00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:14,992
There has to be
a solution out there.
441
00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:22,911
The Nikola Tesla
Electric Light Company.
442
00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:24,275
How does that sound?
443
00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:26,274
When can you bring arcs
to production?
444
00:31:26,360 --> 00:31:27,430
Arc lighting?
445
00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:28,840
I believe
we agreed to compete
446
00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:30,912
for incandescents,
motors, and distribution.
447
00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:32,514
Leave that to Edison.
448
00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:35,240
I am working on advanced
methods to surpass him.
449
00:31:35,320 --> 00:31:37,391
To beat Edison? How soon?
450
00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:41,269
Only a few years.
I need a lab, engineers, supplies.
451
00:31:41,360 --> 00:31:42,999
There are,
of course, expenses.
452
00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:45,151
Oh, where do you get the cash
for those fancy silks?
453
00:31:45,840 --> 00:31:47,638
How I spend my income
is my concern.
454
00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:50,316
Look, Mr. Tesla,
if you need cash now,
455
00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:51,914
you should
sell us your patents.
456
00:31:52,880 --> 00:31:55,634
- And what would I receive?
- Stock.
457
00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:58,838
And later, if you succeed,
you could sell it for a killing.
458
00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:00,513
That means a fortune.
459
00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:02,193
Yes, I know
what an idiom is.
460
00:32:02,280 --> 00:32:04,317
We'll take on two-thirds
of the risk.
461
00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:06,909
It's a good price for the only thing
you have to sell.
462
00:32:10,680 --> 00:32:12,000
"Congestion of the brain?"
463
00:32:12,040 --> 00:32:13,315
Well, what does that
even mean?
464
00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:18,595
There's a... An occlusion,
hidden, and it expands.
465
00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:22,115
Her eyesight
will likely go first,
466
00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:24,317
and then her vocabulary
will fall away.
467
00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:25,880
I can't lose her.
468
00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:31,394
I'm working on a raised alphabet.
I'll make her a dictionary.
469
00:32:31,960 --> 00:32:34,873
She'll gradually
lose her mobility.
470
00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:36,713
I'll build her an elevator.
471
00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:38,720
Mr. Edison,
472
00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:44,077
what your wife needs,
no man can build.
473
00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:46,911
What my wife needs,
according to you,
474
00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:49,553
is a simple pair
of spectacles.
475
00:32:51,480 --> 00:32:53,472
Nature will
take its course.
476
00:32:56,280 --> 00:32:57,509
I, uh...
477
00:32:58,800 --> 00:33:01,474
I have to leave
for New York tonight.
478
00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:03,794
It can't be avoided.
479
00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:06,994
I will attend to her
while you're away, but...
480
00:33:08,520 --> 00:33:10,034
Don't linger.
481
00:33:17,440 --> 00:33:19,511
Ohio is going
with Westinghouse.
482
00:33:19,640 --> 00:33:21,677
- Columbus, Zanesville.
- Zanesville?
483
00:33:21,760 --> 00:33:23,956
- Give it to him.
- That isn't funny.
484
00:33:25,320 --> 00:33:28,074
We don't know something is a pattern
until it happens again,
485
00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:30,152
which I sincerely hope
it does not.
486
00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:33,870
Now, you tell me, what is he doing right
that you're doing wrong?
487
00:33:33,960 --> 00:33:35,872
He is successfully
selling machines
488
00:33:35,960 --> 00:33:39,431
that will result in the accidental deaths
of human beings.
489
00:33:39,520 --> 00:33:41,456
- Where are these deaths?
- Where are these deaths?
490
00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:43,416
Why don't we switch now
and then you get to shoulder
491
00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:44,954
the inevitable suits
of manslaughter?
492
00:33:45,040 --> 00:33:46,520
I think that people
aren't dying
493
00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:48,990
because it's not as dangerous
as you wish it were.
494
00:33:50,680 --> 00:33:52,319
All right,
he's beating us on costs
495
00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:53,914
but that is
a temporary advantage.
496
00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:55,957
You give me enough time,
I'll make ours so cheap
497
00:33:56,040 --> 00:33:57,838
that only the rich
will burn candles.
498
00:33:57,920 --> 00:34:00,116
And until then,
you bleed cities to Westinghouse.
499
00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:03,079
- I'm not a bank.
- That is exactly what you are.
500
00:34:03,160 --> 00:34:05,356
We could have had
this conversation by telephone
501
00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:06,755
instead of you
wasting my time.
502
00:34:06,840 --> 00:34:08,456
Well, when I want
to see someone, he comes.
503
00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:09,914
Eye to eye.
That's how it works.
504
00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:12,397
No, here's how it works.
I build miracles,
505
00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:15,439
and you continue to give me as much
goddamn money as I want.
506
00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:18,716
Oh, what?
Did I squander another town?
507
00:34:20,520 --> 00:34:21,840
All right, what did I lose?
508
00:36:19,600 --> 00:36:21,776
- What's a bureau?
- It's what's under your barrette.
509
00:36:21,800 --> 00:36:23,176
It's started.
Say something.
510
00:36:23,200 --> 00:36:25,920
Can I get you to promise
on here that you'll build me a fence?
511
00:36:27,720 --> 00:36:30,155
The ground's frozen.
Needs to thaw.
512
00:36:31,960 --> 00:36:33,474
Look, you're missing it!
513
00:36:41,920 --> 00:36:44,913
- What's a bureau?
- It's what's under your barrette.
514
00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:46,593
It's started.
Say something.
515
00:36:46,680 --> 00:36:49,912
Can I get you to promise
on here that you'll build me a fence?
516
00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:07,678
Can I get you
anything, sir?
517
00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:10,354
A time machine.
518
00:37:10,880 --> 00:37:12,040
Yes, well,
if I ever find one,
519
00:37:12,080 --> 00:37:13,136
I'll travel back
to this moment
520
00:37:13,160 --> 00:37:14,514
and give it to you.
521
00:37:15,720 --> 00:37:17,234
Did you read
over the proposal?
522
00:37:17,320 --> 00:37:21,155
I'm not diverting what I've got left
of my resources in lighting up a fair.
523
00:37:21,240 --> 00:37:22,799
It's much more
than a fair, sir.
524
00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:25,236
A third of this country
will get on trains to Chicago
525
00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:28,119
to try and see
this city of light.
526
00:37:28,200 --> 00:37:30,157
Every window,
every streetlamp,
527
00:37:30,240 --> 00:37:33,074
a sign that says
the race is over and we won.
528
00:37:33,880 --> 00:37:36,076
Why spend your final dollars
traveling this country
529
00:37:36,160 --> 00:37:37,594
to show everyone
your electricity
530
00:37:37,680 --> 00:37:39,717
when they're all traveling
to the same place
531
00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:41,234
to try and see it anyway?
532
00:37:41,360 --> 00:37:42,880
Because in a year,
they'll rip it down.
533
00:37:42,920 --> 00:37:45,515
Only after 30 million people
have seen it, yes.
534
00:37:52,720 --> 00:37:54,757
Westinghouse is
placing a bid.
535
00:38:06,880 --> 00:38:09,111
Nice hat.
Looks expensive.
536
00:38:09,200 --> 00:38:11,431
I owned this before I worked
for you, Mr. Edison.
537
00:38:11,520 --> 00:38:13,352
I don't think
you are working for me.
538
00:38:13,440 --> 00:38:16,797
- He's still using my bulbs.
- His patents are in order.
539
00:38:17,440 --> 00:38:18,954
Do you want my advice?
540
00:38:19,040 --> 00:38:21,874
You keep saying Westinghouse's current
will kill people.
541
00:38:21,960 --> 00:38:25,158
So, in lieu of evidence,
why don't you provide it?
542
00:38:34,560 --> 00:38:36,552
We're doing this because
543
00:38:36,640 --> 00:38:38,950
when we have a complete system,
it works,
544
00:38:39,040 --> 00:38:40,440
and it's Edison...
545
00:38:41,480 --> 00:38:42,880
Poor bastard.
546
00:38:43,600 --> 00:38:45,956
Well, he was going to be
slaughtered anyway.
547
00:38:46,040 --> 00:38:48,077
He's not going to feel
any pain, right?
548
00:38:48,160 --> 00:38:50,391
At 3,000 volts,
it'll be over before it begins.
549
00:38:50,480 --> 00:38:51,914
So there's nothing
to worry about.
550
00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:54,195
But these are reporters,
551
00:38:54,280 --> 00:38:56,272
so you might want
to liven up a little bit.
552
00:39:00,600 --> 00:39:02,990
- Welcome to Menlo Park.
- How are you, sir?
553
00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:05,436
Thank you for coming out
on this cold morning.
554
00:39:05,520 --> 00:39:06,840
Good to see you again.
555
00:39:06,920 --> 00:39:08,320
- Good morning.
- Morning.
556
00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:10,153
- I'm Southwick Brown.
- A pleasure.
557
00:39:10,240 --> 00:39:12,400
Now, you you might all want to
stand back a little bit.
558
00:39:13,120 --> 00:39:15,396
Gus is being connected
to the same current
559
00:39:15,480 --> 00:39:17,631
that Westinghouse
uses for his generator,
560
00:39:17,720 --> 00:39:21,555
but there's no word yet coined
to define death by electricity.
561
00:39:21,640 --> 00:39:23,416
So, I asked the men
who write the dictionaries
562
00:39:23,440 --> 00:39:25,796
and I heard back
"electro-dite,"
563
00:39:25,880 --> 00:39:27,917
"electro-cremate,"
and "dyno-mort."
564
00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:31,880
But just as Joe Guillotin
got his name on his invention,
565
00:39:31,960 --> 00:39:34,316
how could we rob
the rightful inventor
566
00:39:34,400 --> 00:39:37,359
of death by electricity
of his due credit?
567
00:39:38,400 --> 00:39:41,950
I ask you to please be respectful
as we Westinghouse this horse.
568
00:40:11,720 --> 00:40:13,871
Mr. Edison,
Southwick Brown.
569
00:40:13,960 --> 00:40:15,440
Capital Punishment
Commission.
570
00:40:15,520 --> 00:40:17,000
You've read, no doubt,
571
00:40:17,080 --> 00:40:18,816
of the botched hangings
throughout the Northeast.
572
00:40:18,840 --> 00:40:20,832
The prisoners
either choke to death
573
00:40:20,960 --> 00:40:23,056
or are violently decapitated.
574
00:40:23,080 --> 00:40:24,673
The spectacle is inhumane.
575
00:40:24,760 --> 00:40:28,674
But the horse, his death was so calm,
you could call it...
576
00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:32,000
...poetic.
577
00:40:35,480 --> 00:40:36,516
The governor of New York,
578
00:40:36,600 --> 00:40:38,831
upon my
personal recommendation,
579
00:40:38,920 --> 00:40:41,355
would like to explore
a death device,
580
00:40:41,440 --> 00:40:43,716
which uses electricity
on a human being.
581
00:40:44,320 --> 00:40:47,836
It would be our honor
to award you the contract.
582
00:40:48,840 --> 00:40:50,991
- If nothing else, a pleasure.
- I beg your pardon.
583
00:40:51,600 --> 00:40:54,672
To kill a human being
under the guise of justice is...
584
00:40:54,760 --> 00:40:56,080
Is cockeyed.
585
00:40:56,160 --> 00:40:58,550
There's a big difference
between a horse and a person.
586
00:40:58,640 --> 00:41:01,792
God humanely brings us
into this world.
587
00:41:02,320 --> 00:41:04,437
Why would you reject
the opportunity
588
00:41:04,520 --> 00:41:08,355
to be the first man
to humanely take us out of it?
589
00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:09,516
William.
590
00:42:12,200 --> 00:42:13,759
I killed my wife.
591
00:42:28,720 --> 00:42:30,712
I'm turning the handle.
592
00:42:31,560 --> 00:42:33,472
Maybe there's more
to it than that.
593
00:42:34,520 --> 00:42:35,590
If I'm doing it wrong,
594
00:42:35,680 --> 00:42:39,720
you'll never know I was fooling around
with your phonogram or gramophone,
595
00:42:39,800 --> 00:42:41,678
whatever you
end up calling it.
596
00:42:41,920 --> 00:42:44,071
And what is
this thing, really?
597
00:42:44,840 --> 00:42:47,992
Today's Mary is speaking
to tomorrow's Tom.
598
00:42:48,640 --> 00:42:52,554
Or from where you sit, today's Tom
is listening to yesterday's Mary.
599
00:42:54,560 --> 00:42:56,791
I wonder what else
you can do with it.
600
00:43:03,320 --> 00:43:04,640
Mr. Tesla,
601
00:43:05,160 --> 00:43:08,136
my son and his idiot friend tell me
you don't want to make arc lights anymore.
602
00:43:08,160 --> 00:43:09,310
Is that true?
603
00:43:09,440 --> 00:43:10,999
Well, don't look at him,
look at me.
604
00:43:11,080 --> 00:43:12,355
I'm your
primary shareholder.
605
00:43:12,440 --> 00:43:15,080
No, I already completed
the arc light project.
606
00:43:15,160 --> 00:43:17,117
Completed?
You covered one city.
607
00:43:17,240 --> 00:43:18,674
Rahway, New Jersey.
608
00:43:18,760 --> 00:43:21,229
For the love of God,
think bigger. Philadelphia.
609
00:43:21,320 --> 00:43:24,757
You design arc lights to outfit cities.
That was your only job.
610
00:43:24,840 --> 00:43:27,150
No. My AC motor.
611
00:43:27,240 --> 00:43:29,391
- Okay? We agreed...
- No, I never agreed to anything.
612
00:43:29,480 --> 00:43:30,709
In this office,
you said...
613
00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:32,029
Ah.
614
00:43:32,120 --> 00:43:34,396
Lane, could you
wait outside for a moment?
615
00:43:40,920 --> 00:43:43,754
I'm sorry. Don't you realize
you're being fired here?
616
00:43:45,560 --> 00:43:46,710
No.
617
00:43:46,800 --> 00:43:49,713
Please, let me work through
what I have in my head.
618
00:43:49,840 --> 00:43:52,912
I will make you the greatest
provider of electrical power in the world.
619
00:43:53,000 --> 00:43:54,514
Better than Edison.
620
00:43:54,600 --> 00:43:57,160
I'm so close,
just a few months.
621
00:44:01,520 --> 00:44:04,274
I mean, you drop in here
like you're from Neptune,
622
00:44:04,360 --> 00:44:07,637
like you got a great vision
of the future
623
00:44:07,720 --> 00:44:09,496
- no one understands but you.
- Please don't touch that.
624
00:44:09,520 --> 00:44:11,000
You're just an immigrant.
625
00:44:12,560 --> 00:44:14,631
Head full of notions,
looking for a handout.
626
00:44:14,720 --> 00:44:16,473
You're not Edison,
there's only one Edison.
627
00:44:16,560 --> 00:44:18,791
That's why he's him.
There's millions of you.
628
00:44:18,880 --> 00:44:20,473
Big ideas.
629
00:44:20,560 --> 00:44:22,870
But you can't see the real force
that moves things,
630
00:44:22,960 --> 00:44:26,112
and it's not AC/DC,
it's not currents.
631
00:44:26,200 --> 00:44:27,919
It's currency.
632
00:44:28,560 --> 00:44:30,756
And that's the only motor
I'm interested in.
633
00:44:33,240 --> 00:44:37,678
These patents belong
to the Tesla Electric Light Company.
634
00:44:37,760 --> 00:44:41,356
Which is now the Union Electric
and Manufacturing Company,
635
00:44:41,440 --> 00:44:44,000
and I own everything
in this office.
636
00:44:44,080 --> 00:44:47,517
Patents, designs,
engineers, all mine.
637
00:44:48,720 --> 00:44:51,440
Never going to be anything
named Tesla ever again.
638
00:44:52,880 --> 00:44:56,794
You take your notions and go back
where you came from.
639
00:45:02,760 --> 00:45:04,960
Someday I'd like
to see Niagara Falls,
640
00:45:05,000 --> 00:45:08,596
when it is frozen over,
like someone stopped the...
641
00:45:08,680 --> 00:45:11,991
He's snapping up town
after town.
642
00:45:12,200 --> 00:45:15,398
Cats, dogs, sheep, 11 horses.
What more do people need to see?
643
00:45:15,480 --> 00:45:18,393
The problem is, is no one's
actually dying from alternating,
644
00:45:18,480 --> 00:45:21,359
apart from your cats, dogs,
sheep, and 11 horses.
645
00:45:22,720 --> 00:45:25,519
- Sir, I realize I'm only your secretary...
- Just say it.
646
00:45:25,600 --> 00:45:27,398
Bring the phonograph
to market.
647
00:45:27,480 --> 00:45:28,536
You can make your own money.
648
00:45:28,560 --> 00:45:31,120
- No, it needs too many improvements.
- Make them, sir.
649
00:45:31,840 --> 00:45:33,320
Bell is ripping you off.
650
00:45:33,400 --> 00:45:35,278
Graphophone?
He just switched the name.
651
00:45:35,360 --> 00:45:37,176
Then direct me to a store
where I can buy yours,
652
00:45:37,200 --> 00:45:38,456
and I won't give him
the business.
653
00:45:38,480 --> 00:45:40,597
You have a real offer
on the table here.
654
00:45:41,080 --> 00:45:42,355
Half a million dollars.
655
00:45:42,440 --> 00:45:44,432
Sir, take the money.
You need it.
656
00:45:45,600 --> 00:45:48,115
If Bell ripped you off
with the telephone,
657
00:45:48,200 --> 00:45:49,720
he'll do it again
with the graphophone.
658
00:45:49,800 --> 00:45:51,951
Did you just
misspeak intentionally?
659
00:45:52,040 --> 00:45:53,599
Do you want Chicago?
660
00:45:56,600 --> 00:45:58,159
All right, I'm ready.
661
00:46:19,960 --> 00:46:20,960
A dollar a ball?
662
00:46:22,080 --> 00:46:23,958
So, what's your trade?
663
00:46:24,040 --> 00:46:25,235
Inventor.
664
00:46:25,320 --> 00:46:27,198
I fix problems for idiots.
665
00:46:28,520 --> 00:46:31,433
Imagine dictation without the aid
of a stenographer.
666
00:46:33,360 --> 00:46:36,114
Phonographic books
that will speak to blind people.
667
00:46:36,200 --> 00:46:38,760
Reproduction of music,
talking toys.
668
00:46:39,720 --> 00:46:42,110
Clocks that will
announce the time.
669
00:46:42,200 --> 00:46:46,433
Preservation of dying languages.
Teaching of elocution...
670
00:46:46,520 --> 00:46:48,910
- You hustled us.
- Yes. No.
671
00:46:49,800 --> 00:46:51,519
I didn't come
all this way to lose.
672
00:46:51,600 --> 00:46:55,150
The final capturing
of the dying words of your loved ones.
673
00:46:55,480 --> 00:46:58,757
Mary had a little lamb,
whose fleece was white as snow.
674
00:46:58,840 --> 00:47:02,436
And everywhere that Mary went,
the lamb was sure to go.
675
00:47:04,000 --> 00:47:06,390
Well, it's either
not possible,
676
00:47:06,480 --> 00:47:08,392
or I'm not the engineer
I thought I was.
677
00:47:10,440 --> 00:47:14,229
He's traveling around the country,
cooking up cats.
678
00:47:14,320 --> 00:47:16,516
George, he's playing dirty.
You can, too.
679
00:47:17,320 --> 00:47:18,390
Mmm.
680
00:47:20,080 --> 00:47:22,549
You know, when I was a boy,
my father...
681
00:47:23,800 --> 00:47:25,678
He tried to whip me
with a branch.
682
00:47:26,800 --> 00:47:30,760
But after the first hit,
it broke into three little pieces.
683
00:47:32,000 --> 00:47:33,434
And we just stood there,
684
00:47:33,520 --> 00:47:35,716
looking at this shattered stick
on the ground.
685
00:47:37,280 --> 00:47:40,717
And then I noticed there was
a leather strap hanging on the wall.
686
00:47:40,840 --> 00:47:46,313
So I pointed to it and said,
"Look, that's the better one."
687
00:47:47,840 --> 00:47:49,320
And he stopped.
688
00:47:53,640 --> 00:47:54,915
I can take a beating,
689
00:47:55,000 --> 00:47:57,834
but I have no patience
for shoddy craftsmanship.
690
00:48:01,080 --> 00:48:02,912
You are going
to have a working motor
691
00:48:03,000 --> 00:48:04,957
sitting next
to your display in Chicago,
692
00:48:05,040 --> 00:48:08,317
come hell, high water,
or the Wizard of Menlo Park.
693
00:48:15,120 --> 00:48:16,952
- Good night, Frank.
- Good night.
694
00:49:16,640 --> 00:49:18,677
So, you admit
Edison was right?
695
00:49:41,160 --> 00:49:43,072
We will remember
Franklin Pope
696
00:49:44,200 --> 00:49:47,159
for his fearless dedication
to moving us forward.
697
00:49:47,960 --> 00:49:50,953
He tried to see what was hiding
in plain sight...
698
00:49:55,600 --> 00:49:57,239
Today, I am...
699
00:49:59,200 --> 00:50:01,476
...filled less with grief
than anger,
700
00:50:01,600 --> 00:50:04,399
because what happened
could have been avoided.
701
00:50:06,600 --> 00:50:09,638
Hear me now as you have never
heard me before.
702
00:50:10,120 --> 00:50:11,554
As I breathe,
703
00:50:13,560 --> 00:50:15,711
as long as Westinghouse
stays in business,
704
00:50:16,520 --> 00:50:19,035
more people will die.
705
00:50:28,360 --> 00:50:29,794
My condolences.
706
00:50:32,640 --> 00:50:35,280
Sounds like he was more
than just an employee.
707
00:50:40,040 --> 00:50:41,952
What was his name?
Franklin Popes?
708
00:50:43,240 --> 00:50:45,152
Pope. Just one.
709
00:50:46,560 --> 00:50:47,755
It's a shame.
710
00:50:47,840 --> 00:50:48,956
Mmm.
711
00:50:49,040 --> 00:50:50,440
But I'm here to help.
712
00:50:51,080 --> 00:50:54,835
Now, I know that you, uh...
You wish Edison would quiet down.
713
00:50:57,920 --> 00:51:01,118
So let me combine your companies.
Let me clean up the mess.
714
00:51:05,400 --> 00:51:09,280
You really think Westinghouse Electric
is worth $5 million?
715
00:51:09,360 --> 00:51:11,192
The value of something
is the highest number
716
00:51:11,280 --> 00:51:12,634
someone else
is willing to pay.
717
00:51:12,720 --> 00:51:16,191
But 800 men
will lose their livelihoods.
718
00:51:16,280 --> 00:51:17,839
I will keep your workers.
719
00:51:18,560 --> 00:51:21,632
I will not make the same promise
for your five-day workweek.
720
00:51:22,080 --> 00:51:23,150
Mmm.
721
00:51:24,880 --> 00:51:26,917
Seems like you're amenable.
722
00:51:37,600 --> 00:51:39,557
Which current will you use?
723
00:51:40,760 --> 00:51:43,036
Whichever Edison selects,
I suppose.
724
00:51:55,360 --> 00:51:58,478
You've crossed into territory
for the Confederacy.
725
00:51:59,280 --> 00:52:00,280
No, I, uh...
726
00:52:01,080 --> 00:52:04,278
I think you're mistaken.
According to my map here...
727
00:52:24,600 --> 00:52:26,831
Though I mourn
the loss of my colleague,
728
00:52:26,920 --> 00:52:29,389
misfortune does not
trump progress.
729
00:52:31,840 --> 00:52:36,357
Now, it seems to me that Mr. Edison
puts his name on everything
730
00:52:36,440 --> 00:52:39,160
because he's terrified
of being forgotten.
731
00:52:40,480 --> 00:52:43,473
If you want to be remembered,
it's simple. Shoot a president.
732
00:52:44,240 --> 00:52:47,472
But if you prefer to have
what I call a legacy,
733
00:52:47,600 --> 00:52:50,559
you leave the world
a better place than you found it.
734
00:52:51,160 --> 00:52:54,597
Thomas Alva Edison
is a charlatan
735
00:52:54,680 --> 00:52:58,196
who preys on the fears
of the common man
736
00:52:58,720 --> 00:53:00,677
because I have
the better system.
737
00:53:01,920 --> 00:53:04,719
And because I do have
the better system,
738
00:53:04,800 --> 00:53:07,110
Westinghouse Electric
shall endure.
739
00:53:07,200 --> 00:53:08,429
Good day.
740
00:53:09,760 --> 00:53:11,680
Westinghouse
has taken the lead.
741
00:53:11,880 --> 00:53:13,280
He's not going away.
742
00:53:13,360 --> 00:53:15,397
And while I appreciate
your lights, Mr. Edison,
743
00:53:15,480 --> 00:53:16,914
I'm also your customer.
744
00:53:17,280 --> 00:53:20,398
If someone comes to my door
and offers me something that I need
745
00:53:20,480 --> 00:53:23,439
that is better than what I have now,
at a cheaper price,
746
00:53:23,520 --> 00:53:26,797
why, I'd be a fool
not to invite him in for tea.
747
00:53:26,880 --> 00:53:29,440
- Is this an ultimatum?
- More of a threat.
748
00:53:29,560 --> 00:53:31,916
If you maintain that fear
is the best strategy,
749
00:53:32,000 --> 00:53:33,992
then you'd better hurry up
and try harder.
750
00:53:35,480 --> 00:53:36,630
Time's up.
751
00:53:40,320 --> 00:53:41,993
A man who is handsome
and clever
752
00:53:42,080 --> 00:53:46,393
built a box with a crank and
a lever to store his wife's voice.
753
00:53:46,480 --> 00:53:48,358
But he made a poor choice,
754
00:53:48,440 --> 00:53:51,672
because now
she can tease him forever.
755
00:53:54,800 --> 00:53:56,837
I couldn't stop it
if I wanted to.
756
00:53:58,560 --> 00:54:00,040
Which I don't,
757
00:54:00,120 --> 00:54:03,670
because I think
it's a remarkable gift.
758
00:54:05,200 --> 00:54:09,240
Electricity will kill
that man in Buffalo.
759
00:54:10,160 --> 00:54:13,073
All we need is your advice,
Mr. Edison.
760
00:54:13,160 --> 00:54:16,915
Where to put the electrodes.
How much is humane?
761
00:54:17,640 --> 00:54:21,839
And in exchange, I promise you
something that I know you want.
762
00:54:21,920 --> 00:54:24,276
Otherwise, you wouldn't
let me talk to you.
763
00:54:26,760 --> 00:54:29,798
I will put
the Westinghouse name
764
00:54:29,880 --> 00:54:33,237
right out front
as the official electricity
765
00:54:33,320 --> 00:54:35,516
used to kill human beings.
766
00:54:43,440 --> 00:54:45,636
My name must never be
associated with this.
767
00:54:45,760 --> 00:54:47,513
I did not provide
any consultation,
768
00:54:47,600 --> 00:54:51,753
and you will advertise that Westinghouse
is the best way to take a human life.
769
00:54:52,400 --> 00:54:54,517
You guarantee
your assistance?
770
00:54:56,360 --> 00:54:58,272
If you ask a question,
I'll reply.
771
00:55:02,640 --> 00:55:03,994
Burn the correspondence.
772
00:55:05,640 --> 00:55:06,869
Absolutely.
773
00:55:10,200 --> 00:55:13,477
Fauteuils
and blue-painted bergère.
774
00:55:13,560 --> 00:55:16,029
I sold three sets of these
last week alone.
775
00:55:18,560 --> 00:55:22,236
Oh, uh, this is your
classic spindle back. Oh, yes.
776
00:55:22,880 --> 00:55:26,191
And these are framed Cockpen.
Yeah, quite popular.
777
00:55:32,800 --> 00:55:34,314
Oh, deportment style.
778
00:55:37,160 --> 00:55:39,675
Would you like four,
six, eight, twelve?
779
00:55:40,000 --> 00:55:41,195
Just one.
780
00:55:42,680 --> 00:55:46,594
Mr. Brown, the apparatus
consists of a stationary engine,
781
00:55:46,680 --> 00:55:50,560
a Westinghouse alternating dynamo
capable of generating 3,000 volts,
782
00:55:50,640 --> 00:55:54,316
wood chair with headrest, binding straps,
and adjustable electrodes.
783
00:55:54,400 --> 00:55:56,960
Burn. TAE.
784
00:56:05,120 --> 00:56:07,874
"The voltmeter, ammeter,
and switchboard controlling the current
785
00:56:07,960 --> 00:56:10,520
"should be located
in the execution room for monitoring.
786
00:56:10,600 --> 00:56:12,557
"Burn. TAE."
787
00:56:12,680 --> 00:56:14,736
"The dynamo room is communicated
by electric signals.
788
00:56:14,760 --> 00:56:16,160
"Burn. TAE."
789
00:56:16,240 --> 00:56:17,296
"The most
effective machines...
790
00:56:17,320 --> 00:56:18,416
"manufactured
by Westinghouse...
791
00:56:18,440 --> 00:56:19,669
"Burn. TAE."
792
00:56:19,760 --> 00:56:23,674
"I authorize payment
of $3,600 for your efforts.
793
00:56:23,760 --> 00:56:25,353
"Burn. TAE."
794
00:56:25,440 --> 00:56:27,591
"Mr. Brown, the only argument
which can be urged
795
00:56:27,680 --> 00:56:30,240
"against Westinghouse
on the score of cruel punishment
796
00:56:30,320 --> 00:56:32,516
"is that the flesh may burn
at the points of contact
797
00:56:32,600 --> 00:56:34,398
"and the amount of current
which can be given
798
00:56:34,480 --> 00:56:37,234
"without such mutilation
is not yet known.
799
00:56:37,320 --> 00:56:40,154
"Burn. TAE."
800
00:56:51,000 --> 00:56:53,240
For someone who's trying to compete
for the World's Fair,
801
00:56:53,280 --> 00:56:54,896
this death chair business
doesn't look good.
802
00:56:54,920 --> 00:56:55,956
Yeah, I know.
803
00:56:56,040 --> 00:56:59,192
It's just Edison trying
to smear me as usual.
804
00:56:59,280 --> 00:57:01,272
- Can you prove it?
- No.
805
00:57:01,360 --> 00:57:03,795
But I was thinking
maybe I could stop it.
806
00:57:03,880 --> 00:57:05,314
You mean me?
807
00:57:07,040 --> 00:57:10,192
If you want my advice,
don't hire me. Save your money.
808
00:57:11,280 --> 00:57:15,274
But I do know a man
who could determine whether Edison
809
00:57:15,360 --> 00:57:17,829
has an exploitable connection
with the death chair.
810
00:57:17,920 --> 00:57:21,311
No, I was thinking we could
stop him via legal means.
811
00:57:22,680 --> 00:57:25,036
- You want me to put Edison on trial?
- No.
812
00:57:25,120 --> 00:57:27,430
The chair itself.
The Eighth Amendment.
813
00:57:27,520 --> 00:57:32,470
So I'm to get an axe murderer
who readily admits he slaughtered his wife
814
00:57:32,560 --> 00:57:34,472
a what?
A sustainment?
815
00:57:34,560 --> 00:57:39,157
This is about showing what kind of
a man is Thomas Edison.
816
00:57:41,280 --> 00:57:43,033
You just keep
my name out of it.
817
00:57:43,120 --> 00:57:45,112
Does your wife know
you're paying for this?
818
00:57:45,680 --> 00:57:46,955
It was her idea.
819
00:57:47,680 --> 00:57:51,674
The State calls
Thomas Alva Edison.
820
00:57:51,760 --> 00:57:53,911
Will you explain, generally,
821
00:57:54,000 --> 00:57:56,560
the difference between
your continuous current
822
00:57:56,640 --> 00:58:00,520
and Mr. Westinghouse's
alternating electricity?
823
00:58:00,600 --> 00:58:04,071
A continuous current flows
like water through a pipe,
824
00:58:04,160 --> 00:58:06,470
and alternating current
flows in both directions.
825
00:58:06,560 --> 00:58:08,438
Water? That doesn't
sound so dangerous.
826
00:58:08,520 --> 00:58:10,398
Not until you drown.
827
00:58:10,480 --> 00:58:15,600
Suppose you took this
wicked Westinghouse current,
828
00:58:16,080 --> 00:58:19,039
the one that is going to be used
on Mr. Kemmler here.
829
00:58:20,000 --> 00:58:22,913
Now, suppose you kept it up
for five or six minutes
830
00:58:23,760 --> 00:58:26,036
at 1,500 volts,
831
00:58:26,800 --> 00:58:29,315
how long would it take
before he would feel the heat?
832
00:58:29,440 --> 00:58:32,353
Well, the temperature
might rise
833
00:58:32,520 --> 00:58:34,671
four or five degrees
above normal
834
00:58:34,760 --> 00:58:37,719
and continue
until he was mummified.
835
00:58:37,960 --> 00:58:39,917
And this wouldn't cause
considerable pain?
836
00:58:40,000 --> 00:58:42,196
- It would not.
- How do you know?
837
00:58:42,320 --> 00:58:44,630
Because I personally
observed such electricity
838
00:58:44,720 --> 00:58:46,951
being used to execute
a thousand-pound horse.
839
00:58:47,040 --> 00:58:48,120
And did the horse
feel pain?
840
00:58:48,200 --> 00:58:49,416
If he did,
he didn't mention it.
841
00:58:52,200 --> 00:58:54,669
Now, Mr. Edison,
there is a great degree of feeling
842
00:58:54,800 --> 00:58:56,837
between you
and Mr. Westinghouse.
843
00:58:56,920 --> 00:58:59,674
I do not dislike
Mr. Westinghouse.
844
00:58:59,760 --> 00:59:01,920
There's a contest
between you two, isn't there?
845
00:59:02,000 --> 00:59:03,912
That is not
what this is about.
846
00:59:05,080 --> 00:59:07,276
I've been asked
as a dispassionate scientist
847
00:59:07,360 --> 00:59:08,840
to advise
on the simple question
848
00:59:08,920 --> 00:59:10,096
of whether death
by electricity
849
00:59:10,120 --> 00:59:13,238
is a violation of the Eighth Amendment
and is cruel and unusual.
850
00:59:13,360 --> 00:59:14,680
In my expert opinion,
851
00:59:14,760 --> 00:59:16,797
the only humane method
of execution
852
00:59:16,880 --> 00:59:18,360
is Westinghouse
alternating current.
853
00:59:18,440 --> 00:59:21,280
Your Honor, Mr. Edison knows that
any current over 30 amperes...
854
00:59:21,320 --> 00:59:22,776
Milliamperes.
If you're going to interrupt,
855
00:59:22,800 --> 00:59:24,951
at least do so
in the proper denominations.
856
00:59:27,440 --> 00:59:29,716
- Well, thank you, Your Honor.
- It's my honor.
857
00:59:30,040 --> 00:59:32,919
All right. That's all I need to hear.
858
00:59:41,280 --> 00:59:43,749
Mr. Edison,
can I get a comment?
859
00:59:43,840 --> 00:59:45,520
What do you two
lowlifes want, huh?
860
00:59:46,000 --> 00:59:47,256
- Mr. Edison.
- What?
861
00:59:47,280 --> 00:59:49,033
- Mr. Edison.
- Huh?
862
00:59:52,320 --> 00:59:53,515
Now, look...
863
00:59:53,600 --> 00:59:55,536
I thought you were going to
leave before I had a chance.
864
00:59:55,560 --> 00:59:57,074
Mr. Edison,
can I get your autograph?
865
00:59:57,960 --> 00:59:59,155
Yeah, sure, I...
866
00:59:59,280 --> 01:00:01,715
William, do you mind?
867
01:00:01,800 --> 01:00:03,792
Thank you. Thank you.
868
01:00:06,920 --> 01:00:07,990
Use this.
869
01:00:13,800 --> 01:00:14,870
I should warn you,
870
01:00:14,960 --> 01:00:17,191
there's one thing
that always beats justice.
871
01:00:17,280 --> 01:00:18,280
Money?
872
01:00:18,360 --> 01:00:19,360
Fame.
873
01:00:38,080 --> 01:00:41,039
Oh, is that
a New Model Army revolver?
874
01:00:41,120 --> 01:00:43,476
What a lovely machine
that is.
875
01:00:43,880 --> 01:00:46,475
- You know how it works?
- You want me to show you?
876
01:00:46,560 --> 01:00:50,156
Oh, I didn't mean how it fires.
I simply meant how it works.
877
01:00:50,920 --> 01:00:53,389
It's quite a device.
You should have a look.
878
01:00:53,480 --> 01:00:54,994
You see,
they designed the cylinder
879
01:00:55,080 --> 01:00:58,960
so the hammer doesn't have to sit
in an empty chamber.
880
01:01:02,720 --> 01:01:04,951
Edison lied
on the stand.
881
01:01:05,520 --> 01:01:09,275
If you're going to take your shot,
now is the last time to fire.
882
01:01:09,360 --> 01:01:12,831
Sometimes, we have to work outside
of the rules to get what's right.
883
01:01:14,640 --> 01:01:16,552
It would be nice
if we didn't have to.
884
01:01:18,160 --> 01:01:19,310
Wouldn't it?
885
01:01:20,480 --> 01:01:22,676
Look, this doesn't
make you like him.
886
01:01:22,760 --> 01:01:23,796
Mmm.
887
01:01:25,880 --> 01:01:27,519
So, what will it be?
888
01:02:26,000 --> 01:02:28,310
In my bad ear,
it sounded extraordinary.
889
01:02:28,400 --> 01:02:29,470
Father.
890
01:02:33,360 --> 01:02:34,360
Hello.
891
01:02:34,440 --> 01:02:37,274
"The apparatus consists
of a stationary engine,
892
01:02:37,360 --> 01:02:42,480
"a Westinghouse alternating dynamo
capable of generating 3,000 volts,
893
01:02:42,560 --> 01:02:44,153
"wood chair with headrest."
894
01:02:44,280 --> 01:02:45,555
Where did you get that?
895
01:02:45,640 --> 01:02:47,438
I'm sending them
to the paper.
896
01:02:47,520 --> 01:02:48,656
Those letters are stolen.
897
01:02:48,680 --> 01:02:51,240
- You can't publish them.
- Why not?
898
01:02:51,320 --> 01:02:52,959
Because they're private
correspondences.
899
01:02:53,080 --> 01:02:57,199
Mr. Edison, you say something
about me or my company again,
900
01:02:57,280 --> 01:02:59,272
I would ask that
you tell the truth.
901
01:03:00,760 --> 01:03:03,275
That would be
the decent thing to do.
902
01:03:04,160 --> 01:03:05,276
Wouldn't it?
903
01:03:06,640 --> 01:03:08,200
Why didn't you
burn the letters?
904
01:03:08,240 --> 01:03:10,118
They were
from Thomas Edison.
905
01:03:10,560 --> 01:03:13,234
I don't think you appreciate
that this chair is something
906
01:03:13,320 --> 01:03:15,312
to be proud of
and remembered for.
907
01:03:15,400 --> 01:03:17,960
I don't even know
how much electricity you need to use.
908
01:03:18,040 --> 01:03:21,477
- You said 1,500 volts.
- I said I think 1,500 volts.
909
01:03:21,560 --> 01:03:23,358
But if all the water
in his body evaporates,
910
01:03:23,440 --> 01:03:25,352
- then he may ignite.
- So we lower the amount.
911
01:03:25,440 --> 01:03:27,272
And then you slowly
roast him to death.
912
01:03:27,360 --> 01:03:28,999
Listen,
you must listen to me.
913
01:03:29,080 --> 01:03:30,878
What you're going
to do is wrong.
914
01:03:30,960 --> 01:03:33,680
Now, you said that it's inevitable
and somebody else will do it.
915
01:03:33,760 --> 01:03:35,456
But just because
somebody else is gonna do it
916
01:03:35,480 --> 01:03:36,994
doesn't mean that
you have to.
917
01:03:37,840 --> 01:03:42,039
The state thanks you
for your expert opinion and your help.
918
01:04:00,040 --> 01:04:01,076
What?
919
01:04:03,840 --> 01:04:05,797
- It's not my place to say.
- Say it.
920
01:04:06,680 --> 01:04:09,479
You said you'd never build
a device that would kill anyone.
921
01:04:18,720 --> 01:04:21,758
I make something impossible,
and they rip it away from me,
922
01:04:21,840 --> 01:04:24,196
so I do it again,
and they do it again
923
01:04:24,280 --> 01:04:26,556
and again and again.
924
01:04:29,080 --> 01:04:30,958
But this isn't like
everything else.
925
01:04:32,240 --> 01:04:34,072
This is everything else.
926
01:04:35,320 --> 01:04:37,596
Our future's not going
to be paved with bricks,
927
01:04:38,440 --> 01:04:39,840
but with copper.
928
01:04:41,160 --> 01:04:43,470
Automation, transportation,
communication.
929
01:04:43,560 --> 01:04:47,076
And the man that controls that current
controls that future.
930
01:04:48,480 --> 01:04:50,472
But you know
Westinghouse is right.
931
01:04:52,040 --> 01:04:54,430
You don't actually believe
that a few accidents
932
01:04:54,520 --> 01:04:57,194
rule out the viability of his current.
You just don't want to lose.
933
01:04:57,280 --> 01:05:00,591
I have merely amplified what no one
else was willing to take seriously.
934
01:05:00,680 --> 01:05:02,114
No, what you did
was run him over
935
01:05:02,200 --> 01:05:03,554
- with a 12-ton train.
- Oh, well.
936
01:05:03,640 --> 01:05:05,560
He's the one that's supposed
to only make brakes,
937
01:05:05,600 --> 01:05:06,954
so who's to blame here?
938
01:05:10,200 --> 01:05:12,556
Switch tonight,
and you win.
939
01:05:12,640 --> 01:05:14,677
His current kills people.
940
01:05:14,760 --> 01:05:15,989
Only because
you said it will!
941
01:05:16,080 --> 01:05:18,656
Listen, I either stop complaining
about the scavengers in my garden
942
01:05:18,680 --> 01:05:20,194
or build a wall
so damn high
943
01:05:20,280 --> 01:05:22,351
that people will never
even dare to scale it.
944
01:05:22,480 --> 01:05:24,358
You are the smartest man
I know.
945
01:05:24,480 --> 01:05:27,598
Beyond building miracles
out of thin air,
946
01:05:27,680 --> 01:05:29,592
I was most impressed
by your principles.
947
01:05:32,000 --> 01:05:33,673
You didn't invent
the incandescent.
948
01:05:33,760 --> 01:05:35,433
People just think you did.
949
01:05:42,880 --> 01:05:47,716
Let me welcome you to the reality of
how things come into existence.
950
01:05:47,800 --> 01:05:50,235
We all contribute.
That's what invention is.
951
01:05:50,800 --> 01:05:54,635
The salt, the grain,
the heat, the heart.
952
01:05:54,760 --> 01:05:58,276
But only one man
makes the bread rise.
953
01:06:00,000 --> 01:06:02,117
That's the one
that puts it all together,
954
01:06:02,840 --> 01:06:05,753
makes it taste so damn good
that people will go out there
955
01:06:05,840 --> 01:06:09,720
and hand over
their hard-won dollars to buy it.
956
01:06:10,080 --> 01:06:13,118
Mr. Edison, I want you
to succeed, I do.
957
01:06:15,520 --> 01:06:16,920
But you have
to switch tonight,
958
01:06:17,000 --> 01:06:20,516
or you'll die as P.T. Barnum
rather than Sir Isaac Newton.
959
01:06:42,960 --> 01:06:45,191
Though he may be
unfamiliar to you,
960
01:06:45,280 --> 01:06:49,160
his studies have demonstrated
an understanding of electrical matters
961
01:06:49,240 --> 01:06:53,314
unlike anyone I have ever known,
with respect to the assembled.
962
01:06:53,400 --> 01:06:55,676
Gentlemen and lady,
963
01:06:55,760 --> 01:06:57,433
Nikola Tesla.
964
01:07:00,680 --> 01:07:02,797
Straight to our
ultimate question.
965
01:07:03,360 --> 01:07:05,079
Yes or no,
966
01:07:05,720 --> 01:07:08,633
can alternating currents
operate a motor?
967
01:07:10,080 --> 01:07:11,080
Yes.
968
01:07:12,840 --> 01:07:15,116
Now, anyone who builds
an alternating system
969
01:07:15,200 --> 01:07:19,035
will be able to do what Edison can
for only a third of the cost.
970
01:07:19,120 --> 01:07:20,634
In Figure 2
of my polyphase system,
971
01:07:20,720 --> 01:07:22,960
the armature coils are shown
in a more advanced position.
972
01:07:23,200 --> 01:07:24,776
2A illustrates
the corresponding magnetic
973
01:07:24,800 --> 01:07:26,560
condition of the ring.
A synchronous motor...
974
01:07:26,640 --> 01:07:28,656
...a laminated ring provided
with pole projections...
975
01:07:28,680 --> 01:07:30,990
The induction is
of an ideal character,
976
01:07:31,080 --> 01:07:33,595
being always maintained
at its maximum action.
977
01:07:33,680 --> 01:07:36,878
Mr. Tesla, have you actually built
the motor to test your theories?
978
01:07:36,960 --> 01:07:39,759
Well, they are not theories.
No, I have not built it.
979
01:07:39,880 --> 01:07:43,032
- But that would prove your beliefs.
- But they are not beliefs.
980
01:07:43,160 --> 01:07:44,674
And it is absolutely
immaterial to me
981
01:07:44,760 --> 01:07:46,717
whether I run the motor
in my mind or in a shop,
982
01:07:46,800 --> 01:07:48,871
for I have built it already
in my imagination,
983
01:07:49,000 --> 01:07:50,036
and it is perfect.
984
01:07:50,120 --> 01:07:52,112
- Are you serious?
- Almost always.
985
01:08:01,480 --> 01:08:03,517
Hello,
I'm George Westinghouse.
986
01:08:13,720 --> 01:08:15,712
- George Westinghouse.
- Mmm-hmm.
987
01:08:15,800 --> 01:08:18,554
An engine that compresses air
into a tank,
988
01:08:18,640 --> 01:08:21,758
which is taken via pipe
to each brake on the train,
989
01:08:21,840 --> 01:08:24,355
allowing them
to operate simultaneously.
990
01:08:25,760 --> 01:08:27,035
Smart design.
991
01:08:27,880 --> 01:08:28,916
Thank you.
992
01:08:37,160 --> 01:08:38,160
Please.
993
01:08:54,240 --> 01:08:56,630
I think this entire room
is slanted two degrees.
994
01:09:01,040 --> 01:09:03,032
I sincerely appreciate you
995
01:09:03,120 --> 01:09:05,396
taking the time
to meet with me.
996
01:09:05,480 --> 01:09:07,790
Are you going somewhere?
997
01:09:19,320 --> 01:09:20,436
Oh.
998
01:09:22,200 --> 01:09:23,395
This is it?
999
01:09:23,480 --> 01:09:25,756
- It's Niagara Falls.
- Yeah.
1000
01:09:25,920 --> 01:09:28,799
And ever since my school days,
I have pictured in my imagination
1001
01:09:28,880 --> 01:09:31,236
a big wheel
spinning out lightning.
1002
01:09:32,920 --> 01:09:34,816
Did you know that when
I first came to this country,
1003
01:09:34,840 --> 01:09:37,196
- I worked for Mr. Edison?
- I did not.
1004
01:09:37,280 --> 01:09:39,112
- Tea?
- Sure.
1005
01:09:40,160 --> 01:09:42,880
I fixed two of his DC generators
in one night,
1006
01:09:42,960 --> 01:09:45,236
and he called me
"a damn good man."
1007
01:09:46,840 --> 01:09:49,560
So, why did he not treat me
that way? I quit.
1008
01:09:49,640 --> 01:09:53,190
Tried my own company
and was deceived. Who was I?
1009
01:09:53,280 --> 01:09:54,634
Some immigrant.
1010
01:09:55,440 --> 01:09:58,114
So I took the only job
I could find, digging a ditch.
1011
01:09:59,480 --> 01:10:00,840
The men laughed
at my fine clothes,
1012
01:10:00,920 --> 01:10:03,037
but at the end of the day,
I had two dollars.
1013
01:10:05,920 --> 01:10:08,116
What was the ditch
to be used for?
1014
01:10:09,240 --> 01:10:11,118
Edison Electric.
1015
01:10:12,640 --> 01:10:14,472
It felt like digging
my own grave.
1016
01:10:16,120 --> 01:10:18,680
If Mr. Edison succeeds,
he will set us back so far,
1017
01:10:18,760 --> 01:10:20,035
we may never recover.
1018
01:10:20,120 --> 01:10:24,239
The fair must be alternating.
It must be my motor.
1019
01:10:24,760 --> 01:10:27,229
I have watched as the world talks
of Chicago as a symbol,
1020
01:10:27,320 --> 01:10:29,039
a city of light.
1021
01:10:29,760 --> 01:10:32,559
All cities will have light
in your lifetime,
1022
01:10:33,040 --> 01:10:35,350
but harnessing
the power of Niagara,
1023
01:10:35,840 --> 01:10:37,479
that is to see our future.
1024
01:10:37,560 --> 01:10:38,676
The falls?
1025
01:10:38,760 --> 01:10:41,514
I'm here to talk
about Chicago.
1026
01:10:41,600 --> 01:10:42,954
Think beyond Chicago.
1027
01:10:43,040 --> 01:10:46,954
Energy is as fundamental
as food, as water, as air.
1028
01:10:47,040 --> 01:10:49,236
You can... You cannot say
that only those with money
1029
01:10:49,320 --> 01:10:51,073
can eat or can breathe.
1030
01:10:51,480 --> 01:10:53,472
Yes, the falls will light up
the Eastern Seaboard.
1031
01:10:53,600 --> 01:10:55,056
Yes, there is
a great fortune to be made,
1032
01:10:55,080 --> 01:10:58,073
and I covet a very nice walking stick
I saw on 63rd and Madison,
1033
01:10:58,160 --> 01:11:01,073
but Niagara is the proof that one day
we may detach power from profit.
1034
01:11:01,160 --> 01:11:03,152
- That is how you truly win.
- Mmm.
1035
01:11:04,520 --> 01:11:06,910
- How do I know you will not cheat me?
- Well...
1036
01:11:08,080 --> 01:11:09,196
You don't.
1037
01:11:11,160 --> 01:11:13,391
But the fact is, Mr. Tesla,
I need your motor.
1038
01:11:14,200 --> 01:11:17,637
I may be able to light up the fair,
but I still can't move a machine.
1039
01:11:17,720 --> 01:11:19,677
If we cannot reach
an agreement today,
1040
01:11:19,760 --> 01:11:22,832
my company will die right here
in your hotel room.
1041
01:11:25,400 --> 01:11:27,517
But if it does perish,
so might your dream
1042
01:11:27,600 --> 01:11:29,717
of harnessing power
from Niagara.
1043
01:11:33,440 --> 01:11:35,909
So, do we have a deal?
1044
01:11:37,200 --> 01:11:39,032
Five thousand.
1045
01:11:46,640 --> 01:11:48,313
One thousand.
1046
01:11:59,880 --> 01:12:01,030
Yeah.
1047
01:12:03,760 --> 01:12:05,991
I'll give you $2.50.
1048
01:12:10,160 --> 01:12:11,833
Per horsepower.
1049
01:12:13,280 --> 01:12:17,354
I'm no genius myself,
but that should be millions.
1050
01:12:19,920 --> 01:12:22,674
May I treat you to dinner at Delmonico's?
1051
01:12:23,640 --> 01:12:25,791
All right, Mr. Tesla,
time to go.
1052
01:12:25,880 --> 01:12:27,473
No, I will not leave
your slanted room.
1053
01:12:27,560 --> 01:12:29,120
He hasn't paid his bill
in over a month.
1054
01:12:29,240 --> 01:12:32,153
Well, how much would it cost
to keep him here for the year?
1055
01:12:37,800 --> 01:12:41,316
I need to shed 300 men
from the gas company.
1056
01:12:44,400 --> 01:12:46,312
There's no way around it.
1057
01:12:47,200 --> 01:12:50,193
So, we pay their salaries
and move them to electricity.
1058
01:12:50,280 --> 01:12:52,192
We can't keep doing this.
1059
01:12:53,280 --> 01:12:55,670
If we win,
we won't have to.
1060
01:12:57,600 --> 01:12:59,512
You have truth
on your side.
1061
01:13:01,640 --> 01:13:02,756
And whatever happens,
1062
01:13:02,840 --> 01:13:04,115
you know you never
did anything
1063
01:13:04,200 --> 01:13:05,600
but play fair.
1064
01:13:17,400 --> 01:13:19,357
I stole the letters
1065
01:13:19,440 --> 01:13:22,080
linking Edison
to the death chair.
1066
01:13:23,000 --> 01:13:25,560
I gave them to the papers
to smudge him.
1067
01:13:28,240 --> 01:13:29,993
I know you're disappointed
in me.
1068
01:13:59,160 --> 01:14:01,072
What am I
looking at here?
1069
01:14:01,200 --> 01:14:02,759
An 80-foot-tall tower,
1070
01:14:02,840 --> 01:14:06,595
covered with 16,000 Edison bulbs,
topped with an eight-foot lighthouse,
1071
01:14:06,680 --> 01:14:09,070
that signals to the world
that we are the victors.
1072
01:14:09,160 --> 01:14:11,152
Otherwise, how will people
know that we won?
1073
01:14:11,240 --> 01:14:12,640
It's an idol.
1074
01:14:14,040 --> 01:14:16,111
It's a signature.
1075
01:14:16,760 --> 01:14:19,229
And you'll get something
that no one's ever received
1076
01:14:19,320 --> 01:14:20,595
from Thomas Edison before.
1077
01:14:20,680 --> 01:14:22,433
- Oh, yes? What's that?
- An apology.
1078
01:14:23,040 --> 01:14:27,034
I admit the spending has been
more than I anticipated,
1079
01:14:27,120 --> 01:14:28,190
but now more than ever,
1080
01:14:28,280 --> 01:14:29,919
it's important
you must push through.
1081
01:14:30,000 --> 01:14:32,469
Whatever Westinghouse
is bidding for the fair, we...
1082
01:14:32,920 --> 01:14:34,115
You must bid more.
1083
01:14:34,240 --> 01:14:35,240
I must?
1084
01:14:36,680 --> 01:14:37,796
"Must."
1085
01:14:40,160 --> 01:14:41,640
Who's Nikola Tesla?
1086
01:14:44,640 --> 01:14:45,676
What about him?
1087
01:14:45,760 --> 01:14:47,513
Well, he gave
a talk at Columbia.
1088
01:14:48,320 --> 01:14:52,519
Word is the Serb is building
Westinghouse a polyphase motor.
1089
01:14:52,600 --> 01:14:54,478
Light and power.
1090
01:14:54,560 --> 01:14:56,950
You can do both.
He now may as well.
1091
01:14:57,040 --> 01:14:59,840
Who even knows how long it'll take them
to build a functioning model...
1092
01:14:59,920 --> 01:15:02,435
As of this morning,
you have ceded, I have here,
1093
01:15:03,000 --> 01:15:05,435
nine more cities
to Westinghouse.
1094
01:15:05,560 --> 01:15:07,756
So,
here's what's happening.
1095
01:15:08,720 --> 01:15:13,317
I am merging Edison Electric
with some of the other ankle biters.
1096
01:15:13,400 --> 01:15:15,517
You are out.
1097
01:15:15,960 --> 01:15:17,474
Do you know why?
1098
01:15:18,240 --> 01:15:19,390
And I'm happy to tell you,
1099
01:15:19,480 --> 01:15:21,915
if you require this moment
to be even more unpleasant.
1100
01:15:22,000 --> 01:15:24,117
You will receive stock
1101
01:15:24,200 --> 01:15:26,351
and you will retain
a seat on the board.
1102
01:15:33,120 --> 01:15:34,554
Who's going
to present? You?
1103
01:15:34,640 --> 01:15:35,640
Good God, no.
1104
01:15:35,760 --> 01:15:37,433
- You tell me now.
- I was here.
1105
01:15:37,520 --> 01:15:39,360
I thought you deserved
to hear it face-to-face.
1106
01:15:39,440 --> 01:15:40,510
No, you didn't.
1107
01:15:40,640 --> 01:15:42,359
You just wanted
to waste my time
1108
01:15:42,440 --> 01:15:44,955
and get me to sign
autographs for children.
1109
01:15:45,960 --> 01:15:47,096
What are you going
to call it, then?
1110
01:15:47,120 --> 01:15:49,999
- That's your concern?
- Edison Electric. It has to be.
1111
01:15:50,080 --> 01:15:52,595
Edison and electricity
are synonymous, Morgan.
1112
01:15:52,680 --> 01:15:56,037
Do not attach a losing name
to a fledgling enterprise.
1113
01:15:56,120 --> 01:15:57,474
Now that your letters
have leaked,
1114
01:15:57,560 --> 01:15:59,096
- you've lost credibility.
- So, what is it?
1115
01:15:59,120 --> 01:16:01,396
- The name?
- Yes, the goddamn name!
1116
01:16:01,480 --> 01:16:03,336
On the contracts,
it just says "General Electric,"
1117
01:16:03,360 --> 01:16:05,477
but I'll think of something.
I can be creative, too.
1118
01:16:11,160 --> 01:16:12,196
Yeah.
1119
01:16:14,680 --> 01:16:16,000
Mr. Insull.
1120
01:16:17,760 --> 01:16:18,989
A word.
1121
01:16:54,760 --> 01:16:56,200
Damn it!
1122
01:16:58,560 --> 01:17:01,792
He said they'd keep your name attached
as long as you didn't pursue action
1123
01:17:01,880 --> 01:17:04,236
or speak negatively to the press
about the merger.
1124
01:17:04,320 --> 01:17:05,515
What did he offer you?
1125
01:17:06,320 --> 01:17:07,320
Tell me.
1126
01:17:07,400 --> 01:17:08,696
Vice president,
but I turned it down.
1127
01:17:08,720 --> 01:17:09,915
- You should take it.
- Why?
1128
01:17:10,000 --> 01:17:11,856
Alternating current,
what's the transmission voltage?
1129
01:17:11,880 --> 01:17:12,916
230,000 volts.
1130
01:17:13,000 --> 01:17:14,912
What's the filament
on a 12,000-hour lamp?
1131
01:17:15,000 --> 01:17:17,096
- Carbonized Japanese bamboo.
- What do I eat for breakfast?
1132
01:17:17,120 --> 01:17:18,376
- Pie.
- So, what's the surprise?
1133
01:17:18,400 --> 01:17:21,074
Of course, he needs you.
You're me but a human being.
1134
01:17:30,480 --> 01:17:32,073
Look around the room.
1135
01:17:32,160 --> 01:17:33,355
Who's missing?
1136
01:17:36,120 --> 01:17:38,589
Edison General
Electric Company, please.
1137
01:17:38,680 --> 01:17:40,034
General Electric?
1138
01:17:40,800 --> 01:17:42,757
Edison General
Electric Company?
1139
01:17:42,840 --> 01:17:43,840
- Yes.
- Ah.
1140
01:17:43,920 --> 01:17:45,115
Hi. Excuse me.
1141
01:17:58,000 --> 01:17:59,639
He's 12.
1142
01:17:59,720 --> 01:18:02,155
Mr. Insull, these are
the committee members
1143
01:18:02,280 --> 01:18:04,476
- of Grounds and Buildings...
- Listen closely.
1144
01:18:04,560 --> 01:18:05,880
Focus on the quality
of the light.
1145
01:18:05,960 --> 01:18:07,997
I don't care
what the courts say.
1146
01:18:08,160 --> 01:18:09,799
Westinghouse ripped off
my bulbs,
1147
01:18:09,880 --> 01:18:12,395
and the good news for you
is he did a terrible job.
1148
01:18:12,480 --> 01:18:15,996
They're outdoor bulbs,
so they have a life of about two hours.
1149
01:18:16,080 --> 01:18:18,197
So, focus on
the replacement time.
1150
01:18:18,800 --> 01:18:22,191
Talk about the superiority of
ours as if there's no competition.
1151
01:18:22,960 --> 01:18:27,716
Use terms like, "standard," "purest,"
and "the most beautiful light," etc.
1152
01:18:27,800 --> 01:18:30,416
Find out what kind of men they are.
There are really only two types.
1153
01:18:30,440 --> 01:18:32,352
The first believe themselves
to be practical,
1154
01:18:32,440 --> 01:18:33,874
but they're secret dreamers.
1155
01:18:33,960 --> 01:18:35,872
They're the ones
who will take the risks.
1156
01:18:35,960 --> 01:18:38,714
The second, well, they'll smile
and thank you for the show,
1157
01:18:38,800 --> 01:18:40,280
but they'll vote
with their wallets.
1158
01:18:40,400 --> 01:18:44,394
Now, unless Westinghouse is mortgaging
everything he's worth on this bid,
1159
01:18:44,480 --> 01:18:46,056
Morgan has you in good stead
with the moneymen.
1160
01:18:46,080 --> 01:18:48,515
So, your only real job is
to look the dreamers in the eye
1161
01:18:48,600 --> 01:18:49,829
and promise them magic.
1162
01:18:50,640 --> 01:18:51,640
Now, explain back to me
1163
01:18:51,720 --> 01:18:53,712
everything that you remember
about a parallel
1164
01:18:53,800 --> 01:18:56,480
and series of electric circuits using
none of the words I just said.
1165
01:18:58,480 --> 01:19:01,120
Should you choose
Westinghouse, then...
1166
01:19:01,200 --> 01:19:04,830
Then, yes, there is a possibility
you'll be putting in jeopardy
1167
01:19:04,920 --> 01:19:06,991
the lives
of 28 million people.
1168
01:19:08,000 --> 01:19:11,311
Even if Westinghouse were
to make even the smallest of errors,
1169
01:19:11,920 --> 01:19:13,559
unintentional, of course,
1170
01:19:14,200 --> 01:19:17,477
a visiting politician, a wife,
even a seven-year-old girl
1171
01:19:17,560 --> 01:19:20,553
may lean against a lamp post
and be struck dead immediately.
1172
01:19:21,000 --> 01:19:22,036
There you have it.
1173
01:19:22,640 --> 01:19:26,077
Mr. Westinghouse's brand
of electricity is fatal.
1174
01:19:26,160 --> 01:19:28,277
Thank you, Mr. Insull.
1175
01:19:28,760 --> 01:19:31,195
Just to be clear, sir,
any electrical current
1176
01:19:31,280 --> 01:19:33,351
over 200 milliamperes
can be deadly.
1177
01:19:33,440 --> 01:19:34,635
Even yours?
1178
01:19:41,760 --> 01:19:44,559
Mr. Westinghouse, these are
the committee members
1179
01:19:44,640 --> 01:19:48,429
of Grounds and Buildings,
Charles Schwab, Craig Cannon,
1180
01:19:48,520 --> 01:19:50,751
- Mayor Cregier, of course.
- Of course.
1181
01:19:50,920 --> 01:19:53,230
Victor Lawson
of the Chicago Daily News,
1182
01:19:53,320 --> 01:19:55,551
and the Honorable
Judge Tree.
1183
01:19:55,640 --> 01:19:59,111
Respectfully, we ask that you
please keep your remarks to one hour.
1184
01:20:00,040 --> 01:20:01,554
That won't be necessary.
1185
01:20:02,320 --> 01:20:04,471
- There you go. Sir.
- Thank you.
1186
01:20:06,440 --> 01:20:07,590
Hmm.
1187
01:20:09,480 --> 01:20:10,630
My bid.
1188
01:20:11,520 --> 01:20:14,160
- These are all your figures?
- Yes, sir.
1189
01:20:14,240 --> 01:20:15,799
Independent estimates.
1190
01:20:15,880 --> 01:20:18,714
Let us begin with this most
general question.
1191
01:20:19,120 --> 01:20:21,715
Why should we grant
Westinghouse Electric
1192
01:20:21,800 --> 01:20:23,632
the contract
for the World's Fair?
1193
01:20:23,760 --> 01:20:28,437
Well, I guess because our system
works significantly better.
1194
01:20:28,520 --> 01:20:29,749
And, uh...
1195
01:20:31,880 --> 01:20:34,759
Because our system
is significantly cheaper.
1196
01:20:40,560 --> 01:20:43,155
Mr. Schwab, Mr. Higinbotham,
Mr. Cannon,
1197
01:20:43,240 --> 01:20:45,072
Mayor Cregier, Mr. Lawson,
1198
01:20:45,160 --> 01:20:47,914
Judge Tree,
and Mr. Burnham,
1199
01:20:48,680 --> 01:20:51,354
thank you very much for your time
and your consideration.
1200
01:21:07,680 --> 01:21:10,479
Financially, it's clear.
We just take the better bid.
1201
01:21:10,600 --> 01:21:13,434
- Look, Westinghouse is dangerous.
- Potentially dangerous.
1202
01:21:13,520 --> 01:21:15,079
You even printed it
in your own paper.
1203
01:21:15,160 --> 01:21:19,074
Alternating will be used
to kill that man in Buffalo.
1204
01:21:31,040 --> 01:21:33,191
They both
light up lights, right?
1205
01:21:33,280 --> 01:21:34,873
Westinghouse will
save us some money.
1206
01:21:34,960 --> 01:21:36,553
Thomas Edison sells tickets.
1207
01:21:39,280 --> 01:21:42,239
What I wouldn't give
to flip through that.
1208
01:21:42,960 --> 01:21:45,270
It's like a handbook
to the future, isn't it?
1209
01:21:49,240 --> 01:21:51,118
We need
a clear majority, gentlemen.
1210
01:21:51,240 --> 01:21:53,200
- Don't you have stock in GE?
- That's irrelevant.
1211
01:21:55,000 --> 01:21:57,435
No one has ever done
what you have done for me.
1212
01:21:58,040 --> 01:22:01,351
Well, the value of something
isn't what someone's willing to pay,
1213
01:22:01,440 --> 01:22:04,160
but the value of something
is what it contributes.
1214
01:22:04,840 --> 01:22:05,840
When we vote again,
1215
01:22:05,920 --> 01:22:07,752
Burnham, you can telephone
the winner tonight.
1216
01:22:13,040 --> 01:22:15,475
Is it true you were born
during a lightning storm?
1217
01:22:16,200 --> 01:22:17,270
It is true.
1218
01:22:17,640 --> 01:22:18,710
Hmm.
1219
01:22:20,440 --> 01:22:22,875
All right. Tell me
one thing in that book.
1220
01:22:25,280 --> 01:22:28,360
Look, you and Mr. Edison, you spend
all your time on either end of the system,
1221
01:22:28,400 --> 01:22:30,198
the dynamos and the lamps.
1222
01:22:30,280 --> 01:22:32,237
But what about
what is in between?
1223
01:22:32,320 --> 01:22:33,470
- The wires?
- Mmm.
1224
01:22:34,880 --> 01:22:36,030
Do we need them?
1225
01:22:51,120 --> 01:22:53,840
Is that a New Model
Army revolver?
1226
01:22:53,920 --> 01:22:55,274
You know how it works?
1227
01:22:55,360 --> 01:22:57,875
You see,
they designed the cylinder
1228
01:22:57,960 --> 01:23:01,317
so the hammer doesn't have
to sit in an empty chamber.
1229
01:23:01,400 --> 01:23:04,677
The problem is, despite
all the advantages of the Remington,
1230
01:23:04,760 --> 01:23:06,160
it doesn't fix the fact
1231
01:23:06,240 --> 01:23:08,118
that you just dampened
your gunpowder.
1232
01:23:47,360 --> 01:23:48,680
What's this?
1233
01:23:49,480 --> 01:23:50,960
This is gonna do
for the eye
1234
01:23:51,040 --> 01:23:52,918
what the phonograph
did for the ear.
1235
01:24:16,480 --> 01:24:17,480
Again.
1236
01:24:20,880 --> 01:24:21,880
Again!
1237
01:25:54,640 --> 01:25:56,757
Do you have any final words?
1238
01:25:59,160 --> 01:26:01,000
I believe
I'm going to a better place.
1239
01:26:03,400 --> 01:26:04,959
Goodbye, William.
1240
01:26:13,600 --> 01:26:17,389
We live
in a higher civilization
1241
01:26:18,080 --> 01:26:19,400
from this day.
1242
01:27:34,000 --> 01:27:37,198
"An awful spectacle,
far worse than hanging.
1243
01:27:37,280 --> 01:27:38,839
"George Westinghouse,
1244
01:27:38,920 --> 01:27:41,071
"'They would have
done better with an axe.'
1245
01:27:41,160 --> 01:27:42,480
"Sizzling sound.
1246
01:27:42,560 --> 01:27:46,031
"A billow of smoke that filled the room
with the odor of burning hair."
1247
01:27:47,360 --> 01:27:49,317
Well, at least it happened
to a murderer.
1248
01:27:50,920 --> 01:27:53,879
At least they'll never
use it again to kill anyone.
1249
01:28:01,200 --> 01:28:03,715
And soon all these people
will have electric light,
1250
01:28:03,840 --> 01:28:06,036
and no one will even remember
it ever happened.
1251
01:28:07,120 --> 01:28:09,510
I have books
so full of ideas,
1252
01:28:09,600 --> 01:28:12,718
it would take me more than 12 lifetimes
to execute them.
1253
01:28:14,040 --> 01:28:16,794
So let the man have
his fair and waterfall.
1254
01:28:21,960 --> 01:28:23,440
Well, for what it's worth,
1255
01:28:23,800 --> 01:28:26,240
I'd much rather have worked for you
than Westinghouse any day.
1256
01:28:27,600 --> 01:28:28,829
Why is that?
1257
01:28:29,720 --> 01:28:31,916
Well, I wouldn't have had
as much fun, would I?
1258
01:29:30,240 --> 01:29:32,550
Have you seen
much of the fair?
1259
01:29:32,640 --> 01:29:34,518
A Muybridge lecture,
"Little Egypt."
1260
01:29:34,600 --> 01:29:35,954
Oh, the dancer?
1261
01:29:36,040 --> 01:29:37,315
- You saw her?
- No.
1262
01:29:38,120 --> 01:29:39,190
Oh, she was...
1263
01:29:40,360 --> 01:29:41,360
If you get the time.
1264
01:29:42,240 --> 01:29:43,435
Hmm.
1265
01:29:48,160 --> 01:29:50,720
Don't you think a fence
is a unique creation?
1266
01:29:52,560 --> 01:29:55,871
Your neighbor puts one up,
and suddenly one becomes two.
1267
01:29:56,720 --> 01:29:58,234
You also have a fence.
1268
01:29:59,760 --> 01:30:00,955
There's only one problem.
1269
01:30:01,080 --> 01:30:03,470
See, one person on one side
of the fence designed it,
1270
01:30:03,560 --> 01:30:05,836
one person
on one side built it,
1271
01:30:05,960 --> 01:30:08,077
and one person
paid for it,
1272
01:30:08,160 --> 01:30:11,949
and yet the other person
receives a fine, free fence.
1273
01:30:14,560 --> 01:30:15,994
I didn't take your ideas.
1274
01:30:17,200 --> 01:30:18,680
Mr. Edison?
1275
01:30:19,840 --> 01:30:20,840
Sure.
1276
01:30:22,840 --> 01:30:23,990
Thank you.
1277
01:30:24,800 --> 01:30:26,792
You know, I was wondering
about one thing.
1278
01:30:26,880 --> 01:30:28,519
Oh, I'm sure
there were many.
1279
01:30:28,600 --> 01:30:30,193
I was gonna
invite you to dinner.
1280
01:30:30,320 --> 01:30:31,356
Again.
1281
01:30:31,800 --> 01:30:34,520
But I suppose now
is as good a time as any.
1282
01:30:34,600 --> 01:30:36,432
You want to know what was
in the 13-hour bulb?
1283
01:30:36,520 --> 01:30:38,398
- I know how it works.
- Yeah, I know you do.
1284
01:30:38,480 --> 01:30:40,199
I only wondered
what it felt like.
1285
01:30:42,200 --> 01:30:43,714
- What?
- The bulb.
1286
01:30:44,720 --> 01:30:45,836
When you knew.
1287
01:30:46,520 --> 01:30:49,035
What was the feeling
in that moment?
1288
01:30:57,440 --> 01:30:58,999
I can't tell you.
I mean...
1289
01:31:01,000 --> 01:31:03,595
It's impossible
to describe the feeling,
1290
01:31:03,680 --> 01:31:05,637
because it was impossible.
1291
01:31:06,320 --> 01:31:07,595
Years of work.
1292
01:31:07,680 --> 01:31:09,592
10,000
different filaments.
1293
01:31:10,040 --> 01:31:12,191
When the thread went
in the bulb, as usual,
1294
01:31:12,320 --> 01:31:13,549
we placed our bets,
1295
01:31:13,640 --> 01:31:16,599
and the generator sputtered
to life, and the ball began to glow,
1296
01:31:16,680 --> 01:31:19,195
we didn't expect anything
but another failure.
1297
01:31:21,120 --> 01:31:22,839
Then something
started to happen.
1298
01:31:26,640 --> 01:31:29,678
See, our best filament
only lasted ten minutes,
1299
01:31:30,400 --> 01:31:33,472
and this fluke
was rounding 20,
1300
01:31:33,560 --> 01:31:35,836
so people started
to chatter.
1301
01:31:35,920 --> 01:31:39,755
And 30 minutes, 40 minutes,
an hour, two hours...
1302
01:31:39,840 --> 01:31:41,797
Then people
started to shout.
1303
01:31:42,160 --> 01:31:45,119
And remember, we hadn't
got past ten minutes.
1304
01:31:45,200 --> 01:31:47,157
The boys
were climbing up the walls,
1305
01:31:47,240 --> 01:31:48,640
tearing their hair out...
1306
01:31:50,680 --> 01:31:52,433
Because it was impossible.
1307
01:31:53,440 --> 01:31:56,831
Seven hours,
eight hours, nine.
1308
01:31:58,280 --> 01:32:00,078
We were silent
when we hit ten.
1309
01:32:02,200 --> 01:32:04,920
Just sat around
that glowing bubble,
1310
01:32:05,040 --> 01:32:07,509
drunk on our own magic,
staring at it like...
1311
01:32:08,320 --> 01:32:11,119
I don't know, like it was
the baby Jesus playing Mozart.
1312
01:32:15,200 --> 01:32:18,159
After 13 and a half hours,
the glass cracked, and I knew it.
1313
01:32:20,720 --> 01:32:22,712
The world would never
be the same.
1314
01:32:24,440 --> 01:32:25,874
I'm working
on something now,
1315
01:32:25,960 --> 01:32:27,758
something so new that...
1316
01:32:29,040 --> 01:32:32,750
People will forget my name
was ever associated with electricity.
1317
01:32:33,120 --> 01:32:35,112
I wonder if you know
what it is yet.
1318
01:32:41,320 --> 01:32:43,357
You know,
I think the solution is
1319
01:32:43,920 --> 01:32:46,230
to divide the cost
of the fence.
1320
01:32:48,520 --> 01:32:51,592
Or you could not build
a fence at all.
1321
01:32:54,560 --> 01:32:56,631
Your garden would be
twice as big.
1322
01:32:57,360 --> 01:32:59,079
Wouldn't it, Tom?
1323
01:33:06,840 --> 01:33:08,274
If nothing else,
a pleasure.
1324
01:33:10,760 --> 01:33:12,638
Enjoy the fair, George.
1325
01:33:17,400 --> 01:33:18,800
Mr. Edison.
1326
01:33:30,280 --> 01:33:32,840
We build monuments
to speak to the future,
1327
01:33:32,960 --> 01:33:34,474
to say we were here,
1328
01:33:35,920 --> 01:33:37,195
we have lived.
1329
01:33:38,520 --> 01:33:42,912
Our true legacy isn't what
we build up to the heavens
1330
01:33:43,040 --> 01:33:45,236
or carve deep into stone.
1331
01:33:45,800 --> 01:33:47,359
Rocks will crumble,
1332
01:33:48,040 --> 01:33:49,633
paper disintegrates,
1333
01:33:50,600 --> 01:33:52,273
and bone turns to powder.
1334
01:33:54,040 --> 01:33:57,158
Only that which isn't
in the physical realm
1335
01:33:57,240 --> 01:33:59,994
and reaches in both directions
can be eternal.
1336
01:34:01,720 --> 01:34:02,870
Our ideas.
1337
01:34:05,080 --> 01:34:07,037
They are what
we leave behind.
1338
01:34:08,600 --> 01:34:11,399
And only they are what
can push us forward.
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