| Marconi Mourned With Solemn Pomp In Italian Capital | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1524 |
| Catalog #: | 497782 | |
| Clip Number: | 497782-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 009-585 | |
| Timecode: | 00:05:07 - 00:05:09 | |
| Location: | Rome, Italy | |
| Year Shot: | 1937 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FUNERALS: State LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Italy, Rome PERSONALITIES: Marconi, Guglielmo | |
| Description: | Jumpy, blurry, light and dark in contrast and imagery Guglielmo Marconi is mourned with solemn pomp in Italian capital. The streets in Rome are lined with thousands of people paying their last respects. Marconi's casket is carried in an open flowered carrage that can be seen by all. 1905: Marconi invents the directional radio antenna. 1909: Marconi of Italy and Karl Ferdinand Braun of Germany win the Nobel Prize in physics for wireless telegraphy. 1932: Marconi dicovers microwaves. The first application of such waves in radar takes place 10 years later. | |
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