Description |
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD, Region 1, NTSC; full screen; stereo. |
Language |
Closed captioned. |
Performer |
Narrated by Elizabeth Noone ; voice of Tesla, Stacy Keach. |
Credits |
Music, Charlie Barnett ; videography, Sergei Moskalev, Bill Turnley, Mel Henry ; cinematography, Thomas Kaufman. |
Event |
Broadcast on PBS in December 2000. |
Note |
Based on the book "Tesla, master of lightning" by Margaret Cheney & Robert Uth. |
Audience |
Not rated. |
Summary |
Recount the life of scientist, inventor, and visionary Nikola Tesla, often remembered as more of an eccentric cult figure than an electrical engineering genius. Tesla's surprising inventions are revealed in his autobiographical and scientific writings. |
Subject |
Tesla, Nikola, 1856-1943.
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Electrical engineers -- United States -- Biography.
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Inventors -- United States -- Biography.
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Genre/Form |
Nonfiction television programs.
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Biographical television programs.
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Added Author |
Uth, Robert.
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Geller, Phylis.
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Keach, Stacy, 1941-
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Noone, Elizabeth.
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Cheney, Margaret.
Tesla.
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New Voyage Communications.
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PBS Home Video.
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ISBN |
0793693799 |
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9780793693795 |
Standard No. |
841887008808 |
Music No. |
TMAL601 PBS Home Video |
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