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The engineer Valdemar Poulsen at his station for wireless telegraphy (1912)

The engineer Valdemar Poulsen at his station for wireless telegraphy poster
Genre
documentary film, silent film
Country
Denmark
Runtime
1 min

How it feels

A short silent documentary shows engineer Valdemar Poulsen at his wireless telegraphy station. A man climbs down from a tall transmission mast. Poulsen looks at paper strips with a journalist and another man.

factualobservationalstatichistoricalquietstraightforwardeducationalslow-paced

What happens

Ingeniør Valdemar Poulsen paa sin Station for traadløs Telegrafi er en dansk kort dokumentarisk stumfilm fra 1912 med ingeniøren Valdemar Poulsen. Filmen er produceret af Politiken-Fonden. Den korte dokumentarfilm beskrives af Det Danske Filminstitut med "Ingeniør Valdemar Poulsen (1869-1942) ved sin station for trådløs telegrafi og telefoni på Radiomarken ved Bagsværd Sø. En mand ses kravle ned fra den høje sendemast. Der kigges på strimler sammen med Politiken-journalist Anker Kirkeby og en anden mand." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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