Celebrating the 170th anniversary of Nikola Tesla’s birth

(10 Jul 2026) ASSOCIATED PRESS Smiljan, Croatia - 8 July 2026 1. Wide of statue of Nikola Tesla in front of his birthplace 2. Close of the statue 3. Wide of visitors taking pictures with the statue 4. Room where Nikola Tesla was born 5. Pan of wall showing chronology of Tesla's life and discoveries 6. Close of date of Tesla’s birthday 7. Visitors reading a plaque at the memorial centre 8. Visitors entering the room where Tesla's coil is exhibited ASSOCIATED PRESS New York, US - 8 July 1935 9. Black and white photo of Nikola Tesla posing in his suite at the Hotel New Yorker to celebrate his 79th birthday on July 10. (ID: 22318858716511 AP Photo) ASSOCIATED PRESS New York, US - 10 July 1935 10. Black and white photo of Nikola Tesla interviewed on his 79th birthday in New York saying he was working harder than ever now (ID 22318858840332 AP Photo) ASSOCIATED PRESS Smiljan, Croatia - 8 July 2026 11. Mid of small replica of Tesla’s coil 12. Close of the coil's patent number in neon on a wall 13. Visitors holding a tube into which electrical energy is transformed after the Tesla coil is turned on 14. Set-up shot of Mihael Podnar 15. SOUNDBITE (English) Mihael Podnar, promotions coordinator: “He was a very, very curious child and that curiosity caused all achievements in the United States, in the whole world, in global science.” 16. Wide of visitors watching video about Tesla’s life 17. Close of bust of Tesla 18. Sepia coloured photo of Tesla sitting and reading 19. Zoom into photo slide of Tesla’s old house 20. Close of chronology of Tesla's life on the wall with small insert of Time magazine cover of Tesla 21. SOUNDBITE (English) Mihael Podnar, promotions coordinator: “A great inspiration to him was natural phenomena like thunder and many similar things like the flowing of water in a little stream and that’s how he got an inspiration from Niagara Falls as a little child.” 22. Tesla’s "Egg of Columbus" built to show how magnetic current could drive a motor using alternating current A/C 23. Tesla’s bladeless turbine 24. A sculpture of Tesla outside of his birthplace ASSOCIATED PRESS Karlovac, CROATIA - 8 July 2026 25. Mural on the wall of the Nikola Tesla Experience Center in Karlovac 26. Entrance to the Nikola Tesla Experience Center 27. Set-up shot of Ana Kordic 28. SOUNDBITE (Croatian) Ana Kordic, program manager: “Nikola Tesla should mean much more to Croatia than he does at this moment, because he truly deserved it. Above all, he was a great humanitarian. Why do I say that? Because he left all his inventions as a free legacy to humanity. Without him, we could not imagine cell phones, laptops, Wi-Fi, or, ultimately, electricity in households.” 29. Karlovac Gymnasium 30. A plaque at the school stating that Tesla graduated here in 1873 31. Black and white photo of Nikola Tesla at the Nikola Tesla Experience Centre 32. Nikola Tesla's original high school certificates 33. Close of a certificate 34. SOUNDBITE (Croatian) Ana Kordic, program manager: “Tesla's life and stories should inspire young people because he turned many ideas into reality. As much as he was a genius, he was also a practitioner, and he can be an inspiration to young people - showing them that what they imagine, they can put into action.” 35. A museum employee sets tablets to levitate 36. Tablets levitating above a desk using a magnetic field 37. Illustration of Tesla doing equations 38. SOUNDBITE (Croatian) Ana Kordic, program manager: “If Nikola Tesla had not been born, the world would literally be very dark.” 40. Close of Tesla’s head on statue Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...