"Interview with Frank Smith at our home in Holladay, Ut." 2/6/70 Side 2., 1970

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Scope and Contents

His wife continues to reflect on the time that they spent working on the television. She says his charisma and self-confidence were infectious and helped to draw financial backers.
She talks about his hope to help the world with his invention of a fusion energy source, specifically those who are in worse positions. He believes that this invention specifically could help to provide food in places that struggle to grow it.
His wife says that they moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana because at that point there were not guidelines in place that allowed for enough airwaves available for commercial television to have legs at that point.
They needed money while that was worked out, so they helped to manufacture radios. They left there in either late 1939 or early 1940 to allow Philo to regain his health in Maine.
In Maine he worked on lumber production for World War 2, as well as fusion technology, and even some work on jet planes.
They moved to Salt Lake City in 1968 because KSL and David McKay wanted to make a documentary on Philo.
During his portion of the interview, Philo had just recovered from Pneumonia and was under heavy medication. He struggled to talk largely because of that.

Dates

1970

Language of Materials

From the Collection: Collection material in English.

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