Full title reads: "Florida. America's 'G.O.M.' Thomas Edison is an inspiration to World's youth at 84!"
Florida, United States of America (USA).
Scientist and inventor Thomas Edison sits on a garden bench. A woman seated next to him comments that it is a nice day for his birthday.
Edison, seated by a man. Edison says it feels very fine to be 84. He discusses talking pictures and says he's never seen one. (Picture runs out - sound continues). He says he can't understand Einstein's theory.
N.B. GOM stands for Grand Old Man.
FILM ID:763.01
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