(intense music)
- [Narrator] Behold, the television.
Where did it come from?
Meet Philo Farnsworth,
born in Utah in 1906
to a family of sharecroppers.
At the age of 14, Farnsworth
basically invented
television in his head.
He realized that electrons
could scan images
onto a screen one line at a time
the same way he plowed
across a potato field.
Seven years later at the age of 21,
Farnsworth created the first
electronic television system.
In 1928, Farnsworth demonstrated
this genius invention
to the public.
He eventually had over 150 patents.
Unfortunately, Farnsworth fell
into a bitter legal battle
with the Radio Corporation
of America or RCA.
RCA tried to steal Farnsworth's inventions
and discredit him.
Legal problems plagued
Farnsworth for most of his life
and he never really made any
money from his invention.
