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00:30This time, it's going to work.
00:56If you keep saying that, sooner or later, you're bound to be right.
01:01Let's give it a try.
01:06Are you ready?
01:13Ready.
01:26So far, so good.
01:38Yes!
01:39They're all going.
01:41Send a message.
01:42It's working.
02:06We've got a multiple telegraph.
02:08We can send four messages over one telegraph wire.
02:14We can send four messages.
02:18What's wrong?
02:20I thought it was working.
02:22It is.
02:23What then?
02:24Your headaches are back.
02:25If we can send a sound over the wire, then why not the human voice?
02:35A human voice over a wire?
02:38I thought you said your head was okay.
02:41Hear me out, Watson, and see if you don't agree.
02:44The transmitter would have to be able to send all the complex sounds of speech.
02:48I don't understand it all, but it feels right.
02:53We'll make the mouthpiece cylinder-shaped like this.
02:58Wouldn't it be better like this?
03:02Yes, I think you're right.
03:04There's just one problem.
03:07Mr. Hubbard is paying for a multiple telegraph.
03:10Hubbard's a businessman.
03:12He'll understand the power of the telephone.
03:15Oh, no.
03:19It's the first day of the semester.
03:30Spent the night in bed, Jane, huh?
03:33So sorry, Mrs. Fuller.
03:35My name is Alexander Graham Bell.
03:47How many of you can read lips?
03:59Good.
04:00Good.
04:01Even though you read lips, I'll keep signing.
04:04My sign language is not so good.
04:08Sound is nothing more than vibrations.
04:11Keep your eye on this cup.
04:13I bet.
04:14Good.
04:14Good.
04:15Good.
04:16Good.
04:23Good.
04:32Good.
04:38Good.
04:39You see, you may not be able to hear sounds, but you can feel and see them.
04:59I want to teach you how to see and feel your own voice, and you will learn to speak like everyone else.
05:06Now, make this sound.
05:14Feel the vibrations.
05:21Good, good.
05:30You didn't try to speak today.
05:32I know you don't read lips.
05:37It's all right.
05:39You can learn.
05:40You can learn to speak, too.
05:42Learning to speak is your ticket to the world.
05:46It allows you to communicate with anyone at any time.
05:50Your voice may sound funny at first, but you'll get better.
05:58Yes, people may laugh, but you can't let that stop you from trying.
06:04Will you try?
06:05A telephone?
06:06Does your head feel all right, Mr. Bell?
06:08Does your head feel all right, Mr. Bell?
06:09Does your head feel all right, Mr. Bell?
06:10Does your head feel all right, Mr. Bell?
06:27It's a toy.
06:28It has no practical use.
06:29Mr. Hubbard, some day you'll be able to pick up a telephone and talk to someone in New York, or maybe even China.
06:33And some day we'll fly to the moon.
06:34But that's ridiculous.
06:35But that's my point.
06:36Stick with the harmonic telegraph, Mr. Bell.
06:37That's what it is.
06:38Mr. Bell.
06:39Mr. Bell.
06:40It's a toy.
06:41Mr. Bell.
06:42It's a toy.
06:43It has no practical use.
06:44Mr. Hubbard, some day you'll be able to pick up a telephone and talk to someone in New York, or maybe even China.
06:49And some day we'll fly to the moon.
06:53But that's ridiculous.
06:55But that's my point.
06:59Stick with the harmonic telegraph, Mr. Bell.
07:02That's what I'm paying you for.
07:12Mr. Hubbard, with the telephone, I can say just what I want to say.
07:17Mr. Hubbard, with the telegraph I have to use Morse code and itty-bitty sentences that are always hard to understand.
07:22Mr. Hubbard, itty-bitty sentences are never hard to understand.
07:27Allow me to demonstrate.
07:29Mr. Hubbard, work on telegraph.
07:32Mr. Hubbard, no telegraph, no money.
07:36Mr. Hubbard, goodbye.
07:40Mr. Hubbard, he'll understand the power of the telephone, eh?
07:44Mr. Hubbard, I gave him too much credit.
07:46Oh, by the way, I've arranged for you to visit Joseph Henry at the Smithsonian Institute.
07:52The Joseph Henry?
07:55He's agreed to check out the harmonic telegraph.
07:58See how we're doing.
07:59Good night, Mr. Bell.
08:01Mr. Bell.
08:02The harmonic telegraph.
08:10The harmonic telegraph.
08:22You have some refining to do, but I think it's a great invention.
08:26Tell Mr. Hubbard I said so.
08:29I will, Mr. Henry.
08:32Mr. Henry, sir, excuse me, but I have another idea I'd like you to hear.
08:50It's called the telephone.
08:56Here is just the concept.
09:01I know there's a lot I don't understand, but I still think it's possible.
09:06You have the germ of a great idea.
09:13If you can perfect it, you'll be remembered as one of the world's great inventors.
09:18What could possibly be wrong with that?
09:23I don't understand electrical theory.
09:28Maybe I'll just publish the idea and let a real scientist work it out.
09:33Will you give up on this idea simply because you don't fully understand it?
09:37Inventions are never easy, Mr. Bell.
09:40If you lack knowledge, then I suggest you get it.
09:43But...
09:44Try, Mr. Bell.
09:46You must at least try.
09:53Maybe you must try, Mr. Bell.
10:20My theory is, a continuous current should meet with varying resistance.
10:26What do you think?
10:28I never thought of it that way, but I believe you're on the right track.
10:31Continue, Mr. Bell.
10:33This varying resistance should create a pulsatory action
10:37corresponding in amplitude to the vibrations of the string.
10:50What's that?
10:53Buffalo gal, won't you jump off a cliff?
10:56Jump off a cliff, jump off a cliff.
10:59Everyone's telephone would have a number, see?
11:22And the book would list everyone's number.
11:24If you wanted to call someone, you'd just...
11:29Remember these, gentlemen?
11:33No?
11:35I suggest you become reacquainted,
11:38or your inventing days are over with me.
11:52Patience, Alexander.
11:54Just finish the multiple telegraph, and then you can go on with the telephone.
11:59I'm not getting anything on number three.
12:06Perhaps you've adjusted the reed too tightly.
12:09Try and pluck it free.
12:11All right.
12:12Better disconnect the battery.
12:13It might take a while.
12:14Don't move.
12:30Don't touch anything.
12:33What were you doing?
12:35Plucking the reed.
12:37Show me.
12:37I heard the plucking in the other room, on my apparatus, without the battery.
12:47It's possible, Watson.
12:50We've reproduced and transmitted a sound.
12:53And if we can transmit a sound, we can transmit the human voice.
12:57I call it the telephone.
13:13You speak in this end, and your voice comes out the other.
13:18No, the other end refuses to speak.
13:21Reminds me of someone else I know.
13:23Mr. Bell, could you look at this?
13:28I'll be right there.
13:30No, stay.
13:32You're not in anyone's way. I'll be right back.
13:37I'm fine.
13:53Thank you, Watson.
14:01You can't keep up this pace.
14:04Maybe I should stop inventing for a while.
14:07Stop inventing?
14:08It's a wonderful thing you do, teaching the deaf.
14:11But inventing something that can change the world...
14:16Mr. Bell, that chance comes around once in a lifetime.
14:20I'll cut back my teaching hours, then.
14:25But don't ask me to give it up completely.
14:27I could never do that.
14:30I know. I know.
14:50Hey, I...
15:04My name is Mr. Drake.
15:23I'll be teaching for Mr. Bell today.
15:28Who can make this sound?
15:34Good.
15:40Sit.
15:42Good.
15:47Sit.
15:55Don't just sit there.
15:57Quickly now.
15:59Well, let's hear it.
16:09Wrong.
16:11Again.
16:13At the rate you're going, you'll never speak.
16:23Stop it.
16:37Stop it!
16:39Ready in here, Mr. Bell.
16:55Just in the nick of time.
16:57Stand by.
16:59What in the world is going on here?
17:03Mr. Hubbard, I beg of you, not a word until you've heard me out.
17:08Come.
17:09You're trying to ruin me, aren't you, Bell?
17:12Well, let me tell you.
17:18What is that?
17:19Mr. Watson.
17:21At the other end of the house.
17:24Buffalo gal, won't you come out tonight?
17:27Come out tonight?
17:29I can't understand a thing he's saying.
17:32We can fix that, Mr. Hubbard.
17:34A voice, unclear as it may be, is traveling over that wire.
17:40How long until it's speaking clearly?
17:42I'm not sure.
17:44I only know it's possible.
17:46Then you better get to work.
17:48I'm sorry, Mr. Hubbard, sir, but Mrs. Fuller has arrived with an urgent message from Mr. Bell.
17:56Mrs. Fuller?
17:57What's wrong?
17:58I've just come from David's room.
18:01He left this note.
18:03Who says he's going home?
18:06He's left for the train station.
18:09I should have been there for him.
18:12You'll have to excuse me.
18:15Where are you going?
18:17One of my students needs me.
18:20But, but, you're on the brink of a great discovery.
18:24I can't be concerned about that right now.
18:27Please notify my substitute, Mrs. Fuller.
18:30Come Monday, I'll be back to teaching.
18:33Full time.
18:34It's time you made a decision, Mr. Bell.
18:38Your inventions or your work with the deaf.
18:42If you force me to choose on that issue, sir, you'll be deeply disappointed.
18:46Because I will always be, above all else, a teacher of the deaf.
18:52Good day, Mr. Hubbard.
18:55Good day, Michael.
18:56God, will mommy glaciers!
18:57Good day.
18:58Good day, mate.
18:59Good day, mommy.
19:00How aobard!
19:01Good day, Michael.
19:02All aboard!
19:03All aboard!
19:04Do not give up!
19:05No, no, you will then!
19:06You did not fail.
19:08Don't give up.
19:16No, no, you will, Vern.
19:20You didn't fail.
19:23David, you only fail when you stop trying.
19:30Ticket?
19:33Your ticket.
19:35He wants your ticket.
19:38He wants your ticket.
20:08Oh, this thing will never work.
20:16Never work.
20:17Never work.
20:18Oh, this thing will never work.
20:21Never work anytime soon.
20:28Mr. Bell?
20:29The telephone?
20:37Does your head feel all right, Mr. Bell?
20:40Inventions are never easy, Mr. Bell.
20:43If you lack knowledge, then I suggest you get it.
20:47Hubbard was right.
20:48Hey, that's a ridiculous idea.
20:50Oh, please.
21:05The last thing I need is another thing that doesn't speak.
21:08David, you only fail when you stop trying.
21:18So you can't speak, eh?
21:26How?
21:28Nothing's impossible, my friend.
21:30Hey, buddy.
21:31Hey, buddy.
21:31Is that your idea of a joke or something?
21:34Hey, yo.
21:36Hey, yo, yo.
21:40Don't leave, Watson.
21:42We're on the verge of something great.
21:44What?
21:45What can I do?
21:47We just have to keep trying.
21:59Nothing yet.
22:01Let's try a different lead, and we'll use the tube, too.
22:05Could you do this for a while?
22:07I'm losing my voice.
22:09All right.
22:13Ready when you are.
22:17Mr. Watson.
22:27Come here.
22:28I want to see you.
22:38What?
22:39You called for me.
22:41What did I say?
22:42Mr. Watson.
22:44Come here.
22:45I want to see you.
22:47It was clear as a bell.
22:50Mr. Bell.
22:54Yes!
22:56We did it, Mr. Watson.
22:59We did it.
23:08Welcome back to school, children.
23:10Welcome.
23:12Hello, Charles.
23:13This is for you, Mr. Bell.
23:22Well, thank you, Jenny.
23:24You've been practicing this summer, I can tell.
23:26Mr. Bell.
23:41Mr. Bell.
23:49I will try.
23:54Then you will never fail.
23:57Then you will never fail.
23:57A fire burns inside you, a flame that will not die.
24:26A dream that keeps you going day and night.
24:30A dream that keeps you going day and night.
24:31They tell you it's impossible.
24:35They tell you, give it up.
24:37But your heart believes so strongly that it's right.
24:41So you push on through the heartache and you smile through the pain and you keep yourself believing you've got everything to gain.
24:53And you listen to the voice within.
24:55And you listen to the voice within that leads you through the night.
24:58And you'll never give up, never give up, never give up, never give up, never give up, never give up, never give up, never give up, never give up the fight.
25:11Your body begs for mercy, your mind pleads for relief
25:19But your heart gets restless every time you rest
25:23Because a vision plays before your eyes of things as they could be
25:30And pursuing dreams is what your heart knows best
25:35So you push on through the heartache and you smile through the pain
25:40And you keep yourself believing you've got everything to gain
25:46And you listen to the voice within that leads you through the night
25:52And you never give up, never give up
25:54Never give up, never give up
25:57Never give up, never give up
25:59Never give up the fight
26:10Never give up, never give up