Movies
- 1904
Scenes in an Infant Orphan Asylum
Scenes in an Infant Orphan Asylum31904HD
The subject of this documentary is an orphan asylum for infants. The beginning portion includes the dining facilities for the children. A woman...
- 1904
Buster Makes Room for His Mama at the Bargain Counter
Buster Makes Room for His Mama at the Bargain Counter51904HD
Scene III of the Buster Brown Series. Shows a bargain counter in a department store and a large gathering of women examining goods. It is a special...
- 1903
Sorting Refuse at Incinerating Plant, New York City
Sorting Refuse at Incinerating Plant, New York City3.51903HD
There must have been millions of subjects for Edison's filmmakers to point there cameras at back in 1903 so why on earth they thought that the...
- 1901
Sampson-Schley Controversy
Sampson-Schley Controversy3.51901HD
This subject is in three scenes, showing beautiful dissolving effects. Scene 3. The Man Behind that Teacup shows Admiral Sampson the centre of...
- 1904
A Rube Couple at a County Fair
A Rube Couple at a County Fair41904HD
The title of this early US film is something of a con really. Another rube couple had appeared in an entertaining movie set at Coney Island the...
- 1904
Animated Painting
Animated Painting01904HD
An artist is painting a sunrise at sea. After a few finishing touches he stands back and admires the painting. The sun immediately commences to rise....
- 1904
Skirmish Between Russian and Japanese Advance Guards
Skirmish Between Russian and Japanese Advance Guards3.51904HD
Renactment of a skirmish that was likely to have occurred in the Russo-Japanese War. Opens with an establishing scene entitled "A Japanese outpost on...
- 1914
Such a Little Queen
Such a Little Queen01914HD
A lost film. Queen Anna Victoria of Herzegovina is exiled from her tiny country and forced to live in poverty in America. Meanwhile, King Stephen of...
- 1902
Burning of St. Pierre (Martinique)
Burning of St. Pierre (Martinique)01902HD
Third part in Edison’s “Martinique” trilogy. It shows the shower of ashes and cinders falling upon the stricken city, the boiling...
- 1915
When We Were Twenty-One
When We Were Twenty-One01915HD
- 1906
Waiting at the Church
Waiting at the Church41906HD
1906 film by Edwin S. Porter, based on a popular song of the same title.
- 1905
Scenes and Incidents, Russo-Japanese Peace Conference, Portsmouth, N. H.
Scenes and Incidents, Russo-Japanese Peace Conference, Portsmouth, N. H.41905HD
If ever a film was in need of some narration this was it. Screened in four parts, lasting a total of approximately twelve minutes, it shows a bunch...
- 1904
Rounding Up of the “Yeggmen”
Rounding Up of the “Yeggmen”41904HD
A true-crime short of a bank robbery and chase and capture.
- 1901
Panoramic View of Electric Tower from a Balloon
Panoramic View of Electric Tower from a Balloon51901HD
Here we have recorded a very novel scene, the camera having been placed in the basket of the captive balloon at the Pan-American Exposition...
- 1905
Desperate Encounter Between Burglar and Police
Desperate Encounter Between Burglar and Police01905HD
Film shot with the help of the New York City (Metropolitan) Police.
- 1970
Dewar's Scotch Whisky
Dewar's Scotch Whisky01970HD
From behind a curtain three men appear on screen. The first wears a combination of tuxedo and kilt. The second wears a Scottish kilt and holds a...
- 1910
Russia, the Land of Oppression
Russia, the Land of Oppression01910HD
- 1909
On the Western Frontier
On the Western Frontier01909HD
Among the tall trees and mountains of the Far West, a father, son and daughter dwell peacefully in their mountain cabin, close to nature, seldom...
- 1908
A Country Girl's Seminary Life and Experiences
A Country Girl's Seminary Life and Experiences01908HD
A country girl leaving home for the seminary.
- 1905
Empire State Express, the Second, Taking Water on the Fly
Empire State Express, the Second, Taking Water on the Fly01905HD
The second Empire State Express, behind a 4-4-2 Atlantic locomotive, demonstrates how to take water on the fly by scooping it out of a pan set...