Great Audio Moments, Vol.40: Adventurers, Pioneers and Inventors

1908 Recording of the Inventor of the Phonograph and the Motion Picture Camera

Thomas Edison

1914 the Inventor Discusses His Work with Alexander Graham Bell as They Worked Together Inventing the Telephone

Thomas Watson

The 20th Century's Most Famous Physicist Discussing the Atomic Bomb in 1945

Albert Einstein

The Biophysicist in 1962 Discussing His Work with James Watson in Discovering the Structure of DNA

Francis Crick

1953 Recording in Which the Inventor of the Jet Engine Discusses His Work

Frank Whittle

1950 Recording in Which He Discusses Discovering Penicillin

Alexander Fleming

In 1935 the Inventor Discussed the Sending of the First Transatlantic Wireless Message

Guglielmo Marconi

The "Father" Of Psychoanalysis in 1938 Discussing His Work

Sigmund Freud

The First Man to Fly Solo Across the Atlantic Discusses His Epic Journey in 1927

Charles Lindbergh

1909 Recording in Which the He Discusses His Participation in the Race to Conquer the South Pole

Ernest Shackleton

1890 Recording in Which the Explorer Accepts The "Freedom of the City of London"

Henry Stanley

1936 Recording in Which the Archaeologist Discusses Finding the Tomb of Tutankhamen

Howard Carter

In 1930 She Discussed Becoming the First Woman to Fly Solo from Britain to Australia

Amy Johnson

Holder of World Records in Powerboating, Car Racing and Flying; Here, In 1931, She Discusses Her 'Round the World Flight

Mildred Mary Petre

Recorded in 1934 the First Man to Fly Across the English Channel Discusses His 1909 Journey (In French)

Louis Bleriot

The Only Man to Hold the Land and Water Speed Records at the Same Time in a 1931 Recording.

Malcolm Campbell

The First Woman Mp in the House of Commons Defends the Working Class and Discusses War in 1931

Nancy Astor

Leader of the Women's Suffragette Movement Championing Women's Right to Vote in 1908

Christabel Pankhurst