Thomas Edison was a man of firsts ... she became the first woman ever to appear in front of a motion picture camera. Edison’s team was the first to record American Indians with a motion picture ...

In 1877, Thomas Alva Edison (1847 – 1931) invented the tin foil phonograph – a machine that recorded sound by indenting a sheet of tin foil into a groove in a cylinder. A later wax version was ...

Contributing Writer for The Prospect Irene Kim reviews the breadth of films featured at the 44th annual Thomas Edison Film ...

Thomas Edison’s “innovation factory” turned ... phonograph, and movie camera. What worked 150 years ago works now. Clearly, the lab’s setup supercharged the creativity of Edison’s ...

Designated at the present sites of Edison's three research laboratories: the Edison & Ford Winter Estates in Fort Myers, Florida, on May 25, 2014; at the Thomas Edison National Historical Park in West ...

In 1894, Thomas Edison filmed sharpshooter Annie Oakley in his Black Maria studio. He was testing a new device called the kinetograph, an electrically powered camera capable of capturing motion.

Back in 1912, Thomas Edison, the mastermind behind the lightbulb, set out with plans to reinvent the automobile. Edison envisioned a vehicle driven by electricity, but first, the battery had to be ...

Feb. 19 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1878, Thomas Edison patented the first gramophone. Edison, who also invented the incandescent light bulb and motion picture camera, died in 1931.