Films and TV Shows from the 1890s

William K.L. Dickson and William Heise shake hands in this early experimental film.

Early Edison short showing two men fencing.

Experimental film fragment made with the Edison-Dickson-Heise experimental horizontal-feed kinetograph camera and viewer, using 3/4-inch wide film.

Experimental film fragment made with the Edison-Dickson-Heise experimental horizontal-feed kinetograph camera and viewer, using 3/4-inch wide film.

William K.L. Dickson brings his hat from his one hand to the other and moves his head slightly, as a small nod toward the audience. This was the first film produced by the Edison Manufacturing Company to …

Experimental film made to test the original cylinder format of the Kinetoscope and believed to be the first film shot in the United States. It shows a blurry figure in white standing in one place making l…

Moving picture of London's Trafalgar Square traffic, filmed with a kinesigraph.

Formerly lost film rediscovered in 1996, directed by William Friese-Greene.