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Tesla [videorecording]: master of lightning. / a production of New Voyage Communications. ; written by Robert Uth and Phyllis Geller ; produced and directed by

Contributor Uth, Robert.

Imprint:[Washington, D.C.] : New Voyage Communications ; [Alexandria, VA] Distributed by PBS Home Video, c2007.

Description1 videodisc ( 90 min.) : sd., col., and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

Note:Originally broadcast by PBS December, 2000.

Note:PBS website offers accompanying biography, lesson plans, notes on Tesla's legacy and screensaver.

Note:Based on the book "Tesla, the master of lightening" by Margaret Cheny & Robert Uth.

Note:This contemporary of Thomas Edison and Guglielmo Marconi is seldom credited with his inventions. Yet we benefit from the technology he invented, developed, or imagined as we make use of electricity, remote control devices, neon and florescent lighting , and radio transmission. An inspiring story of preseverence and world changing ideas.

Note : PerformerNarrated by Elizabeth Noone ; voice of Tesla, Stacey Keach.

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Uth, Robert.
Geller, Phylis.
Keach, Stacy.
Noone, Elizabeth.
Cheney, Margaret.
New Voyage Communications.
PBS Home Video.
Series Statement
Buhl Library Video Collection
Subject:
Tesla, Nikola, 1856-1943.
Subject:
Electrical engineers -- United States -- Biography.
Inventors -- United States -- Biography.
Index Term - Genre/Form
Educational films.
Biographical television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Television adaptations.
Nonfiction television programs.
Television programs for the hearing impaired.