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Journey to America: with Newt and Callista Gingrich

Hedy Lamarr

Hedy Lamarr's journey to America.

01/14/2025

Journey to America: with Newt and Callista Gingrich

Hedy Lamarr

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Hedy Lamarr's journey to America.

After an overview of her career, we follow Hedy Lamarr’s life starting in Austria, to her fleeing and increasing hostile environment in pre-war Austria, to Hollywood and her life as both a movie star and as an inventor of a technology used today in all WiFi and Bluetooth products.

01/14/2025

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