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Tesla: Master of Lightning [VHS]

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I have read many accounts of Nikola Tesla, his life's story, inventions, and sad demise of an amazing inventor, visionary, and genius. This PBS documentary is excellent and I recommend it highly to schools to teach the TRUTH, and the true inventor of radio.

This documentary covers from birth to death of Nikola Tesla, and accurately portrays much of what I have read, and even more obscure facts on the man.

The video goes beyond the death of Tesla and explains the everyday appliances around us sprung forth from the inventive mind of this man. His "death ray" is also examined and a good discussion of particle beam weaponry follows. Reagan's Star Wars program is also discussed, along with HAARP, the super secret microwave array in a remote part of Alaska.

Tesla was truly a man who knew the secrets of electricity, some of his concepts some are only really beginning to understand. His thoughts on capturing free energy and transmitting it around the world was truly a humanitrian concept and the video explains how he was stopped by greedy capitalists and how he died a penniless man. His work continues to live through us all that are touched by wireless communications, electrical devices Tesla invented, and the fascination with resonance, a key to unlock the very secrets of nature's electric dynamo - the earth itself.

I only regret this movie lasted only 90 minutes. I wished it had talked about his electric car, although they showed him in the vehicle, they didn't really talk about it.

Get the video, you'll not be disappointed in this fascinating man!
MagicBill
High-Tech Magic

This PBS Home Video, about 90 minutes in length, does a wonderful job of conveying the genius that was Nikola Tesla. This is the best and most well balanced video I've seen on the life and accomplishments of America's premier underrated scientist/inventor. Watch this tape and then look around your house. You'll be amazed in the ways in which Tesla impacts our everyday lives. It'a about time that he receives the overdue recognition he so richly deserves. Not to be missed.

This is much better than "The Secret of Nicola Tesla". Informative, professionally produced by PBS, the entire tale is told with accuracy, insight and detail unavailable in any other documentary on his life and work. We are all told of Edison's genius, but Tesla is always kept in the background...and he was a greater genius than Edison. Finally, Tesla is getting the recognition he deserves.

This is a first-rate production. If you care anything about the truth, buy it. Eschew other videos, they're not even halfway up to the mark on this one.

This documentary is very well done. Off course it contains a FRACTION of this great giants history. I would recommend this video to just about anyone who loves science. IMHO it ends a little on the dark side simply because the creators of this documentary would not dare touch upon such topics that "seem" to violate modern science theories. Therefore there really wasn't anything to focus on in Tesla's end life with the exception of ... well, you'll see. :-) There's so much about Nikola Tesla's end life that's so amazing that even today modern "accepted" science refuses to accept. I personally purchased two books in addition to this video that I am very happy with. 1) Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla: Biography of a Genius. 2) The Lost Journals of Nikola Tesla : Haarp - Chemtrails and Secret of Alternative 4. Also I recently found another interesting book "The Solution to Tesla's Secrets and the Soviet Tesla Weapons/Reference Articles for Solution to Tesla's Secrets." This one contains numerous articles written by Nikola Tesla in addition to many of his patents. To know more about this great giants end life, you'll need to read a good book by authors that are not embarrassed to tell it like Tesla put it. In the Brooklyn Eagle newspaper July 10th, 1931 Tesla said, "I have harnessed the cosmic rays and caused them to operate a motive device." What we now call ZPE, Tesla called Cosmic Rays.

From the moment I saw this video on PBS I sought out how to obtain it. This video is very informative and tells much about the life and work of Nikola Tesla. It provides stories both from Tesla historians as well as family. It also analyzes Tesla's ideas by many authorities in the field today. This a very complete work about Tesla and I highly recommend it.

THE "SELLERS" OF THIS ITEM HAVE DOUBLED THE PRICE. IT IS AVAILABLE FROM PBS FOR $15.00 ON VHS. IT ISN'T OFFERED ON DVD ANYWHERE. GREAT HISTORY, AMAZON DOES OFFER SEVERAL NICE BOOKS ABOUT TESLA.

This film is a wonderful tribute to a man who has never received the credit he deserved for inventions that we still use and take for granted today. He was not primarily interested in money or the business side of his inventions and therefore, others whose names you will readily recognize, received credit and a place in history which should have been shared.

My biggest problem with the movie was the irritating heavily-accented voice-overs of Mr. Tesla's diary entries, and quotes by Stacy Keach. I found it very distracting to have to try to interpret the accent, and would have found it much more entertaining if Mr. Keach would have simply used his normal speaking voice.

Otherwise this film is worth watching and you will be amazed at the genius of Nikola Tesla.

This is much better than "The Secret of Nicola Tesla". Informative, professionally produced by PBS, the entire tale is told with accuracy, insight and detail unavailable in any other documentary on his life and work. We are all told of Edison's genius, but Tesla is always kept in the background...and he was a greater genius than Edison. Finally, Tesla is getting the recognition he deserves.

This is a first-rate production. If you care anything about the truth, buy it. Eschew other videos, they're not even halfway up to the mark on this one.

First I want to say that the VHS is available thru PBS directly for $2.99 plus shipping and handling of less than $5.00. They also offer the DVD for $24.99 plus s/h.

I just ordered mine, and have not viewed it yet. But it's pretty much universally regarded the best current production regarding Tesla. I've seen "TESLA: The Hidden Secrets," and the History Channel's MODERN MARVELS "Mad Electricity" episode, which I thoroughly enjoyed. If this is even better, it should be outstanding.

Tesla is truly the definition of GENIUS, and I can't believe that he's so relatively unknown.

This can be obtained from PBS still,
to the best of my knowledge. Anythi-
ng on Tesla is worth getting! Pick Up
On It!