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228 Harry N. Marvin, Direct Examination.
against the patent, but we do not regard that as conclusive.
Q. Is this a true statement on page 11 : "The film contains one essential invention, Edison's only?" A. Yes. 1 so understand it.
Q. Is this a true statement, page 8 : "The film is flexible, tough and transparent or translucent ?" A. Is that a true statement?
Q. Yes. A. Yes.
Q. The first statement appears in the answer at page 11, folio 22, and the second statement, at page 8, folio 19. Now, it is necessary, isn't it, that the film be flexible, tough and transparent or translucent? Those are necessary qualities to a motion picture film? A. Yes.
Q, What did Edison do to the film to give it this flexibility? A. I do not think he did anything. The raw stock that Edison used was flexible.
Q. The flexibility of the film was given to it by Eastman? A. Well, it was a characteristic of the material that Eastman used.
Q. Well, it is a characteristic of the material which Eastman produced? A. Used or produced.
(>. Yes, and produced? A. Well, I don't know whether lie made the celluloid base, or whether he bought the celluloid base and improved it. I am not sure about that. Some manufacturers of celluloid film have bought the base from celluloid companies, and coated it. I do not know what Eastman did.
Q. The flexibility of the film upon which the picture is printed, — that flexibility does not result from anything that Edison did to the film, does it? A. Oh, no, no.
Q. You say toughness is also requisite. Does the toughness of the film, does that result from anything that Edison has done to the film or ever did to the film? A. No.
Q. Was it any invention he ever discovered or made? A. Not so far as I know.
Q. It was also necessary, you stated, that film be transparent or translucent. Is there anything Edison ever did to the film that made it transparent or translucent? A. I don't think so.
Q. Well, do you still maintain that that is an accurate statement in the answer: "The film contains one essential invention, Edison's only?" A. Well, in making that statement in the answer, I had reference to the inventions re