On January 4, 1903, Thomas Edison’s company filmed the execution of Topsy the Elephant, the largest purported casualty in the “War of the Currents”!
This documentary-style video was created primarily for my students when we cover technological developments in the late 1800s and early 1900s in our American, Western, and World History courses.
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Author: Major Dan
Editor and Narrator: Dr. Zar
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Music: “Loss” by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license ([ Ссылка ])
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