Films and TV Shows from the 1890s

poster Fencing
Fencing
1mn - Documentary
Early Edison short showing two men fencing.
poster Newark Athlete
Newark Athlete
1mn - Documentary
Produced May-June 1891, this experimental film fragment was one of the first made in America at the Edison Laboratory in West Orange, N.J. The filmmakers were W.K.L. Dickson and William Heise, both of who…
poster Men Boxing
Men Boxing
1mn - Documentary
Experimental film fragment made with the Edison-Dickson-Heise experimental horizontal-feed kinetograph camera and viewer, using 3/4-inch wide film.
poster Two Fencers
Two Fencers
1mn -
poster Dickson Greeting
Dickson Greeting
(2.7/5)
1mn - Documentary
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 …
poster Monkeyshines, No. 1
Monkeyshines, No. 1
1mn - Documentary
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…
poster London's Trafalgar Square
London's Trafalgar Square
1mn - Documentary
Moving picture of London's Trafalgar Square traffic, filmed with a kinesigraph.
poster Traffic in King's Road, Chelsea
Traffic in King's Road, Chelsea
1mn - Documentary
Formerly lost film rediscovered in 1996, directed by William Friese-Greene.