Thomas Alva Edison, an 89-year-old inventor, scientist, and businessman, is celebrated at a banquet for his six-decade-long career, marked by numerous achievements including the stock market ticker, phonograph, light bulb, and motion picture camera.
Edison, the Man
Thomas Alva Edison, a pioneering inventor and entrepreneur, looks back on his remarkable six-decade career marked by groundbreaking scientific achievements, as he receives a prestigious honor in 1929.