Invisible Women in History: Hedy Lamarr | Mediateca de EducaMadrid

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome once again to the Oscars. 00:00:07

Tonight is a very special night. We are here to honor an exceptional woman. 00:00:23

Not only was she an actress, but also one of the most important inventors in the history of technology. 00:00:29

She has remained unknown all her life, and now it's time to change that. 00:00:36

I must say that I am delighted to pay tribute to such an amazing woman. 00:00:42

So, without further delay, I'm honored to say that the Oscar goes to... 00:00:48

Hedy Lamarr! 00:00:57

Hedwig Eva Maria Kessler was born in 1914 in Vienna, the capital city of Austria. 00:01:05

She studied engineering, even though she left college to study dramatic arts when she was 17. 00:01:11

One year later, she moved to Berlin to film what would be her first movie. 00:01:18

called ecstasy in this movie a woman would appear totally naked for the first time in the history 00:01:23

of cinema this movie was frowned upon and she had to left stages and marry her first husband 00:01:30

she was forced to marry a man he was one of the richest men in the world and also quite a bit 00:01:39

nazi sadly he didn't accept the fact that her wife had appeared naked on the screen in front 00:01:48

of thousands of people so what he decided to do was to tie hetty to a bed and keep her locked in 00:01:55

a room she couldn't take her clothes off or take his hour unless he was in front of him which is 00:02:04

kind of creepy during this time shut up in her house hetty got up on the latest technology 00:02:09

advances, fascinated by the improvements done in the engineering fields. One day she stole all of 00:02:15

her husband's yields and money and escaped to the States in a ferry, where she met the founder of 00:02:20

the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which is one of the most well-known cinema companies. Then she changed her 00:02:26

name to Hedy Lamarr. In the States, she rejected to be the main character of Casablanca, a choice 00:02:32

that she regretted all her life. 00:02:39

One of the top box office earners' movies of the 20th century. 00:02:42

In 1940, she started working on a brand new project with a friend of hers. 00:02:48

She patented the invention of the sentry. 00:02:53

It was a secret communication system based on jams and frequencies 00:02:56

that enabled US soldiers to send and receive confidential messages 00:02:59

without being interfered by German soldiers during World War I. 00:03:03

she was given a lot of important 00:03:07

awards such as the 00:03:11

which is known as the 00:03:13

Oscars of inventors 00:03:14

so not only 00:03:16

did she help on World War II 00:03:19

but her invention was used 00:03:20

year later to carry out other communication 00:03:22

systems such as 00:03:25

Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS 00:03:26

among others 00:03:29

so next time you check a 00:03:30

notification website 00:03:32

or you ask Siri to get you somewhere 00:03:34

Don't forget to thank Harry Lamar. 00:03:36

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