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Nikola Tesla: The Genius Who Lit the World

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I just viewed this 50 minute long DVD and found it kind of boring but useful regarding seeing some of Tesla's actual inventions at work and some of the real documents, by and about him, displayed. It also shows the inside of the Tesla museum in Belgrade. The PBS Tesla documentary, Tesla - Master of Lightning, is much more interesting and goes much deeper into Tesla's life (it's much longer in duration). As well, this DVD is a poor quality transfer of the VHS tape; it has video dropouts and missing pieces, similar to what happens when a film has damaged sections chopped out, causing jump cuts where some information is lost. I cover Tesla at the beginning of a course I teach about information technology and, along with the PBS Tesla documentary, will use brief segments of this DVD to further illustrate Tesla's inventions and importance; past, present and future.

I have next to no time to read so I rely a lot on DVD documentories. They're easier to pay attention to than a book when your tired. USUALLY, when you search for things on Amazon, the best one out of the bunch is the one at the top of the list. Not so in this case. This is a very old fashioned documentary from, I really don't know when. I had gotten use to very energetic and exciting narrarations. This reminded me of a high school lecture I would have fallen asleep in. Very much on the boaring side.
The up side to this DVD is that you get a bit of visual illustrations of his work. Theres a part in the program where they have the president of the Tesla museum explain and even deminstrate some of his work. You also get to see things like the photographs of his hands that he took when he was working on photography lighting, as well as the sphere he was creamated in. There are a few things like that that you probably wont find anywhere else, but my not be completely worth the 5-10 seconds of show that that get.
This DVD is very informative, but not very big on keeping your attention. You're most likely to miss something cool just because the show had a hard time keeping you into it with the dull droning of the narraration. Much like in high school.
I'm not trying to discourage anyones interest in Nikola Tesla. He was awesome. I'm just suggesting that you may want to look at the reviews of some of the other videos.

I was pleasently surprised to find that the story of Nikola Tesla is presented rather well. Some reviews take a rather critical poke at the quality of the video; I was more interested in the educational value. The video is clearly not a made for TV but so what? For the money, one gets a quick historical background on Tesla's family and family life in old Yugolslavia (Serbia in particular with mention of Hungary, and Germany), an excellent tour of the Tesla Musium in Belgrade with some intereting demonstrations of Tesla's inventions. A great deal of the film deals with Tesla's history with Edison, J.P. Morgan, and others as he carried out and perfected ideas he generated through out his life; from childhood (Niagra Falls electicity generation dream), to a never completed tower to wirelessly distribute power and communications world-wide (Wardenclyffe Tower). I would have like to hear more in depth on Tesla's theories (Tesla frequency, for example), but there are plenty of good books to follow up with. As mentioned, quality of the film overall is not perfect, but the ideas, the message, and the overview of Tesla's lie is why I purchased the video, not for the entertainment value. You will not be an expert on Tesla after viewing this video, but if you are new to the his Tesla's history, you should at least have a good appreciation for his accomplishments after viewing the video.

This video is a poorly produced and edited string of facts glorifying Tesla's accomplishments. I love watching documentaries but even I have to admit that this one is a snoozer.

Tesla, who died in 1943 was an amazing amn
that we used to produce here in Western
Civilization, until the big Corporations
started to clamp down on independent inven-
tors who wanted to build a better mouse
trap! There is not too many more sad fights
in the world of inventions than the ones
between Tesla and Edison! This movie tells
a very complete story!

Here is what you do :

First go to the Richard Syrett Talk show audio archives.
http://www.richardsyrett.com/audioarchive.htm

2nd : then search for May 9, 2007 and listen to Who Murdered Nikola Tesla and Why?

Then go here and look at the article and pics, then decide for yourself.

search google for : Bush Tesla and go to proliberty link page.

http://www.proliberty.com/observer/20070405.htm

It had some interesting facts but it was put together with drawings. I bought two others that were wonderful. The one buy Orson Welles was great. The otheone I don't have in front of me. I think I am going to send this back. I am disappointed.

i think tesla is a genius and i like all books and dvd's about tesla

There is so much to be said and written about Tesla. I am honored to have discovered this forgotten master researcher and inventor. Tesla has been written out of history because his inventions would have changed the way we live and do business. We would all have FREE energy for our homes and cars. The world would have little or no pollution because fossil fuels would not necessary. The fear of men in high places and their greed and need for control have impovrished us all. Do your research on Nikolai Tesla you will be amazed.

Title "TESLA: Man Out of Time".

See also my comment to DVD "The Adventures of Mark Twain" [c. 2009] also appearing on Turner Classic Movies.