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Materials For Loan
Cover of the Invention Factory DVD available for loan.

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Cover of the Invention Factory DVD available for loan.

Video/DVDs

The Great Train Robbery: A silent film produced by Thomas Edison in 1903. (Video format only)

The Invention Factory: An 18-minute orientation film about Thomas Edison and his accomplishments.(Video, DVD and DVD with open captions)

The only cost is returning the videos.

To reserve a video/dvd for your classroom, contact the Traveling Trunk Coordinator or call 973-736-1515 ext. 5.
1888s photo of the Black Maria - the world's first motion picture studio.  

Did You Know?
West Orange, NJ, was the birthplace of motion pictures. In 1893, Thomas Edison built the first building for the recording of motion pictures. It was dubbed THE BLACK MARIA. It got its name because it was large and black and looked like the police wagons of the day, which were called black marias.

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