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En 1854, Thomas Edison, âgé de 7 ans, et sa famille s'installent à Pont-Huron. Après avoir été exclu de l'école, c'est la mère de Thomas qui se charge de son éducation. Ayant l'esprit très vif, il s'amuse à créer toute sorte d'inventions. Devenu télégraphiste, en 1866, il est renvoyé plusieurs fois à cause de ses inventions. En 1869, il arrive à New York.
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00:28The discoverers
00:30They offer us all the guarantees of happiness
00:32Exemplary light
00:36Who enlightens, who prospers
00:38And opens the way to the dreams of humans
00:42They found levers to lift the world
00:47And thanks to them, the Earth wanted to play ring-around-the-rosie
00:52Turn, turn, all the wheels of locomotion
00:57And cars following each other in a line
01:00And they march by, then quickly speed away
01:02The discoverers
01:04I'm already dreaming of other pipe dreams.
01:06For progress to be made
01:09Just our old age
01:13The discoverers
01:18The discoverers
01:24Where is Maestro?
01:25He must still be preparing one of his surprises for us.
01:32Oh, what a marvel, what a find, and what an extremely rare object!
01:37Ah, I was lucky there.
01:42What is it? What is it?
01:43You'll never guess
01:45Even if you could see us
01:46Come on, unpack this for me, kids
01:49Oh !
01:52Come on, guess what it is
01:59Who will find it first?
02:02A spaghetti-making machine
02:05Uh, no, it looks more like a water pump
02:07But in any case, it seems to be working.
02:10It's an electro generator
02:12No, no, no, you're not there yet.
02:13Come closer, everyone, and above all, listen very, very carefully.
02:17An older Walkman model
02:19A phonograph, that's it.
02:21Exactly
02:22Better still, it was the first phonograph
02:25The voice you hear was recorded over 100 years ago, in 1878.
02:30Turn the crank before you sing
02:33Pleasure of love
02:37Won't last
02:38That thing is so lame
02:42Yeah, it's cheesy and hard to hear.
02:44Listen to this instead
02:47Cover the ears
02:48That's true, more than 100 years ago
02:52And who invented the phonograph?
02:54Thomas Edison, an American
02:56And without exaggeration
02:57Besides, you know I never exaggerate
03:00He was the greatest inventor of all time.
03:03With hundreds of inventions to his name
03:04Is that true, the greatest inventor?
03:06Yes yes
03:07It must be said that he started very young.
03:10He had lots of ideas
03:11From his earliest age
03:13He displayed an insatiable curiosity
03:16Tell me, Mom, why is she sitting on her eggs, Loi?
03:20To keep them nice and warm
03:21And what's the point of brooding over them?
03:23To hatch them
03:24What does it mean to hatch?
03:26That means that baby goslings will hatch from the egg.
03:29Will they come out because the egg is warm?
03:31Yes
03:32You ask a lot of questions, Thomas.
03:43Where is Thomas?
03:44In the barn, perhaps
03:46Thomas, where are you?
03:47Dinner is ready
03:50Wait, I'm not finished yet
03:51What's finished, Thomas?
03:53I cut the power, I wait for the birds to come out.
03:56But Thomas, it takes several days to incubate eggs.
03:59Come on, let's have dinner
04:00Come on, let's go, otherwise Dad will get angry.
04:21Oh !
04:22Oh !
04:24Oh !
04:25Oh !
04:26Thomas, Thomas, where is he?
04:27Oh, Thomas, Thomas!
04:30Mom, mom, the eggs haven't hatched yet!
04:32They're cooked!
04:33Oh !
04:35Edison wasn't very bright.
04:38Well, there is a barn for cooking eggs
04:49Look, Mr. Winchester's mill
04:52Come on, let's go
04:54We're going to play in the barn
05:08Thomas, Thomas!
05:11Thomas!
05:12Thomas!
05:17Oh, he's disappeared
05:18He's not very clever!
05:28Oh !
05:35He's not very clever!
05:44He's not very clever!
05:50We have to leave here; the railway will pass too far from our home.
05:54Craftsmen and merchants are abandoning the city
05:56Let's go to Port Viron, near Canada
06:04Here, we will experience prosperity
06:06The railway will come from Detroit and the line will continue all the way to Canada.
06:09Do you realize?
06:13Will you answer all my questions at school?
06:18You have to know how to learn by heart, everything by heart.
06:21It's excellent for the memory
06:24So, go ahead.
06:25Two times two, four
06:27Two times three, six
06:28Two times four, eight
06:31Oh, but Thomas Edison, what are you doing here?
06:41So, Edison
06:44Repeat what I said
06:45Excuse me, sir.
06:47Could you explain to me how electric current works?
06:50Get out, you're a good-for-nothing, an ignoramus
06:52You will never amount to anything in life
06:54But sir, I'm simply asking you for...
06:56Silence, be quiet and get out!
07:01Oh, but what is it? He's going to see that one!
07:03Your profile is full of idiots
07:05Believe me, I'm used to it.
07:06You're the idiot, and I'm going to prove it to you, sir.
07:09Listen, this teacher is too stupid
07:12I'm going to teach you.
07:13So, how does it work?
07:15He wasn't stupid, was he?
07:17This Newton
07:18Now I understand gravitation, the planetary system
07:21But these calculations are too complicated.
07:23Chemistry, now that's interesting.
07:25I'm going to do some experiments
07:28Be careful, Thomas, it can be dangerous.
07:30Now, Mom
07:35Thomas! Thomas, where are you?
07:39Oh, I'm here
07:40Everything's fine, it's okay
07:42I don't want your clutter in the house anymore.
07:45In the cellar, your bottles, your retorts, your acids and all that
07:48Come on, down to the cellar, can you hear me?
07:53Come
07:53Where?
07:56Look, a balloon
07:58I saw one once.
07:59He was flying
08:00How did he fly?
08:02It was filled with hydrogen
08:03It is a gas that is lighter than air.
08:05Wow, that's funny!
08:07Do you want to try?
08:08Yeah
08:09Hey, do you see this powder?
08:11Well, if you add water, it releases gas
08:12You'll see
08:16And there you go, you swallow the powder and drink some water.
08:19You become lighter and you fly.
08:22But are you sure about that?
08:23You can never be sure
08:26You have to try, are you scared?
08:27Afraid? Me?
08:37Okay, so, are you lighter now?
08:39No, heavier, on the contrary
08:40Try jumping and see
08:44It doesn't work
08:46I know why
08:47Oh yes?
08:48It's because your belly isn't big enough
08:50Well, what do you need?
08:53That way, we'll have telegraph service between our houses.
08:57Do you think it will work?
08:59That's certain
09:13And there you have it.
09:34The train
09:35The train
09:35Ah, there he is!
09:36He has finally arrived
09:40Mom
09:44Thomas, do you have something to tell me?
09:48Yes, Mom
09:49I'm grown up now
09:50I want to work
09:51But what can you do, my little one?
09:53Selling newspapers on the train
09:56Oh, my little Thomas
10:22Five hundred
10:23Ask for the newspaper
10:24Five hundred
10:51Five hundred
10:59You should get some rest, Thomas
11:01You work too much
11:02What are you saying, Mom?
11:03But what's wrong with you?
11:05Can't you hear anymore?
11:06I'm in pain
11:07Because there was a...
11:08A minor accident on the train
11:10Eighteen hundred and sixty-one
11:12The civil war between the north and the south
11:14Tearing the United States apart
11:16This is the biggest battle of the war
11:19General Grand versus General Johnson
11:21I'm sure I can sell
11:23A thousand copies of your newspaper, sir.
11:25Thousand?
11:26You never sell more than two hundred?
11:28I have an idea.
11:30And if I don't sell them, I promise to refund you.
11:34Okay, a thousand copies for Edison
11:36Thousand!
11:40Wait for me, I'll be right back, okay?
11:42Please, sir
11:43Do you want to send a message to all train stations?
11:45All the way to Port Huron?
11:47Tell them the newspaper is coming
11:48With news of the biggest battle of the civil war
11:51Uh, yeah
11:52And what will you give me if I do it, my boy?
11:54A free newspaper subscription?
11:56Free, can you believe it?
11:57Free?
11:58Okay, well, I'll do it.
12:07News from the war
12:08The 5-cent newspaper
12:09Uh, 10 cents
12:10Do I want some?
12:11Yes, me too, you know, I want
12:12News from the war
12:19Buy the newspaper for 15 cents
12:23Okay, let's go
12:28That's all I have left
12:29Latest news
12:3025 cents
12:31There won't be enough for everyone.
12:34Here, Mom
12:34I have 100 dollars for you
12:37Here, Mom
12:38Take that again
12:43At the age of 15
12:45Edison will print his own newspaper
12:47On the train
12:58Oh, quickly!
13:10Oh, quickly!
13:19How can I thank you, Thomas?
13:21Well, sir...
13:26Okay, Thomas
13:27I will teach you
13:29There's no point in going so fast
13:31If you make a mistake
13:32Hmm?
13:33Oh, the...
13:33Start slowly
13:38Alright
13:39You're talented, aren't you?
13:40Bravo, 40 words per minute!
13:43That's it.
13:43You're a real telegraph operator, Thomas
13:45Your parents will be proud of you
13:48Mom, I found a job
13:49From telegraph operator in town
13:50It's urgent, Thomas
13:55Very urgent
13:55You will need to display this message
13:57In Sarnia
13:58On the Canadian side
13:59The ice creams will have more strings, sir.
14:00It's no longer acceptable
14:01I am so sorry
14:02But it's terribly urgent
14:03Listen, come
14:04I have an idea
14:24Ah, they're at the back?
14:25Why are they bothering us so much?
14:28No, it's Morse code.
14:29They are transmitting a message
14:31Do it quickly
14:32Bring me a locomotive
14:33We need to send them a reply, let's see.
14:39There you go, that's your answer, sir.
14:41You had to think of that.
14:42Well done, Thomas!
14:48So, Edison, this message
14:51But I didn't pay attention
14:53You're fired
15:02Oh, all those rats!
15:03But that's not possible
15:05I have an idea
15:18Well done, Thomas!
15:21Okay, listen to me
15:25Who did this?
15:27Me, sir
15:27It's because of the rats
15:28Do you understand?
15:29Rats
15:34For a few years
15:35Edison will lead a vagabond life
15:37Changing jobs
15:39Going from city to city
16:01I am a telegraph operator
16:02You wouldn't have a job
16:05Ah, and at what speed?
16:0745 words per minute
16:09Let me see that
16:15I hire you
16:16You will be working with Adams
16:20Hi, Adams, it's me
16:24Are you coming?
16:25It's time to go to work
16:27Well, what is it?
16:28All this junk, huh?
16:30Well, to tell the truth
16:31I love doing experiments
16:33Electricity, chemistry
16:33Finally, a little bit of everything
16:34And you see, right now
16:35I'm doing some tests
16:36According to the work
16:37From a Swedish chemist
16:38Nobel
16:38But here, I think
16:39That I'm going to stop
16:41It can be dangerous
16:44Oh, well, indeed
16:45What was that?
16:47Oh, it's a mix
16:48Nitroglycerin
16:49With a paste
16:49And loads of stuff
16:51That's called dynamite.
16:52And what is this?
16:54A multiplex
16:54Ah, and what does that do?
16:56Well, that should allow
16:58To send multiple messages
16:59By the same thread
17:00Ah, watch out, Adams
17:01Don't touch that
17:03Pull, you'll electrocute yourself.
17:05It's acid
17:08Quick, go wash yourself
17:10It's not a pretty sight.
17:12You should be careful
17:14You see, it's an electrical machine
17:16Who counted the votes?
17:17I will present it at the congress
17:19In Washington
17:19And I'm going to make a fortune
17:25Let me explain, Senator
17:27This device automatically counts the votes
17:29It will save you a lot of time
17:36You say you're saving time, my young men.
17:38What we want is not to save time
17:40That's winning the elections
17:44Let me explain
17:45It's very simple
17:46Then you will judge for yourself.
17:48The true usefulness of my invention
18:04A few more unsuccessful attempts
18:06And at 22, he was covered in debt.
18:09Edison lost everything
18:11But the civil war ended
18:13This is for the United States
18:15An extraordinary period
18:17And New York becomes a financial center
18:21With a first skyscraper
18:23And a steam elevator
18:25The railway connects the Atlantic to the Pacific
18:28We are passionate about baseball
18:30And roller skating
18:31It's becoming the trendy sport
18:36One dollar is all I have left
18:37Well, I won't get very far with that.
18:42How much is a doughnut and a coffee, sir?
18:44Well, that's 5 cents.
19:02Your machine's broken down, old man.
19:04She's worthless
19:06It's your fault, Loss
19:08You are incompetent, Paul
19:09That's all, if we can't transmit
19:11I'm ruined
19:12Excuse me, gentlemen.
19:15I think, in fact, I'm sure I can fix your machine.
19:21Are you familiar with this?
19:23A little bit, yes
19:24So come
19:28Oh, I'll fix that for you.
19:36Leave me alone for a moment
19:37Come, come, come, come
19:38This young man inspires my confidence.
19:50SO ?
19:51Your machine is working, gentlemen.
19:55Oh !
19:56Young man, I'm hiring you $300 a month
19:59Is that alright with you?
20:00Ah yes, that will be fine.
20:01Finally, to begin
20:02Mr. Edison, I will buy your device
20:04For $100,000
20:06How are you ?
20:07It'll be alright
20:08Mr. Edison, Western Union is ready to buy your synchronization system from you.
20:13What is your price?
20:14Make me an offer, General Lefer
20:16You know, I'd like $4000
20:19But at 3000, I'll take it.
20:20Let's say, $40,000, will that do?
20:24Oh yes
20:29Mr. Edison, we want to buy your patent for the Multiplex Telegraph.
20:32What is your price?
20:34$25,000, Mr. Horton
20:36Okay.
20:37Plus annual royalties, of course
20:41Of course, Mr. Edison
20:44I take on all the tasks.
20:47Yes, in fact, I need offices for my studies.
20:49And a manufacturing workshop
21:03Oh, Mr. Edison, you frightened me!
21:06Did I scare you, really?
21:09Not really
21:12I hope so because I'm going to marry you.
21:14Oh, Mr. Edison
21:27But Thomas, what are you doing here?
21:30As you can see, I'm trying to fix this device.
21:33Forget that today
21:34It's what ?
21:35First, it's Christmas
21:36And what's more, you're a newlywed.
21:39Oh my God
21:44Thomas, you absolutely must pay your taxes.
21:46Otherwise, we'll get a hefty fine.
21:47Yes, I will, Marie, okay.
21:49Be kind
21:51Do it
22:12So, young man, are you waking up?
22:15Your name?
22:16What, my name?
22:17My name is...
22:18Ah, well, it's just that I...
22:19No, come on, next!
22:20All of this will not prevent him, at the age of 29, from creating the first industrial research laboratory in Melnopark.
22:27New Jersey
22:32Here, Fred, put your hand like this
22:35Oh, that stings!
22:38Ah yes, those are the vibrations of the sound
22:39I believe we can record and reproduce them
22:43This cylinder you see is covered with a soft metal.
22:46When I turn, the needle cuts a continuous groove
22:48My voice is recorded
22:50So, put your ear there and listen.
22:53When I turn, the needle cuts a continuous groove
22:57Yes, of course, there is still work to be done to perfect this device.
23:00In the meantime, I'm working on another project
23:04Now the wire is charred
23:06It will be heated by electricity without burning
23:09We're going to put it in this vacuum-sealed glass ball
23:12You'll see, Hoth
23:14One day, everyone was illuminated by this bright, clean light.
23:23Forward, full steam
23:25To light up a city, you would need a more powerful dynamo
23:28So, I'll take care of it.
23:30Faraday showed that motion can be transformed into electricity.
23:33And electricity in motion
23:35Therefore, a train can be powered by electricity.
23:38With my jumbo dynamo, I can light up an entire neighborhood.
23:40He's incredible
23:41For the first time in human history
23:43An entire neighborhood will be illuminated by electricity.
23:47But wait, that's not all.
23:48You'll see that...
23:50Yes, hello
23:52No, madam, this isn't the local butcher shop.
23:54No, I'm not dense, you're making mistakes.
23:57But Edison also invented the telephone, didn't he?
24:00No, the telephone was invented by Graham Bell and Elisha Gray.
24:03But he improved it, and so his system was adopted.
24:07But wait, it's not over yet
24:10Madame Marie-Rose, I have improved my phonograph
24:14This time, he will be able to do justice to the beauty of your voice.
24:17Oh, Mr. Edison, I am honored!
24:20And there's no crank to turn?
24:23No, this time the phonograph is equipped with a spring-driven motor
24:27How wonderful, I'm singing!
24:29Please
24:32Pleasure of love
24:36So, where do we stand, Edison?
24:38Does it work? Look at this.
24:45Of course, it still needs improvement.
24:49Look, the platform rotates to always face the sun
24:52See
24:54We can begin, miss.
24:57Pleasure of love
25:00It only lasts a moment
25:04A few years later, two Frenchmen, Louis and Auguste Lumière
25:08will perfect cinema
25:09But it was Edison who invented it.
25:11Perhaps Edison wasn't a great scientist.
25:14But he was a practical inventor
25:17He ushered in the modern machine age
25:19Communications
25:20And we owe him a great deal.
25:22which are part of our everyday lives
25:27It's partly thanks to him
25:29that I can tell you all about today
25:32this story
25:33Discoverers shape better worlds for us
25:38Eyes towards the sky
25:40Their thoughts wander elsewhere
25:43Star-snow hand-twisting
25:46Planets, comets
25:48Here the man takes off
25:50He will leave the ground
25:51My words are that he should fly away
25:53Tomorrow they will not lead us to other heavens
25:57Because for man
25:59He is only at the beginning of his novel
26:01The discoverers
26:06The discoverers
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