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poster Déjeuner du Chat
Déjeuner du Chat
1mn - Documentary
A small boy brings a plate of milk to a big cat, grooming itself.
poster Lyon, place Bellecour
Lyon, place Bellecour
1mn - Documentary
Pedestrian and various vehicles traffic on the square.
poster Le maréchal-ferrant
Le maréchal-ferrant
1mn - Documentary
While an assistant tends the embers in the hearth, a farrier prepares the horse's hoof to receive a new shoe.
poster Backgammon Game
Backgammon Game
1mn - Documentary
Two people are playing backgammon while others watch. The player cheats, his partner protests: the man closes the game box.
poster Around a Cabin
Around a Cabin
(3.1/5)
15mn - Animation
The film consists of a series of animations on a beach containing two beach huts and a diving board. Two characters play at diving into the water from the diving board and then appear on the beach. The wo…
poster Band Drill
Band Drill
1mn - Documentary
A scene from Charles Hoyt's 'A Milk White Flag': A brass band marches out, led by bandmaster Steele Ayers. When Ayers reaches his position, he turns around and directs the musicians as they take up their …
poster Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph
Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph
(2.7/5)
1mn - Documentary
This fight consists of six rounds, each round on a film 150 feet long. It's an actual contest between James J. Corbett, former champion of the world, and Peter Courtney. The films are listed as "1st Round…
poster Annie Oakley
Annie Oakley
1mn - Documentary, Western
A short Edison Black Maria studio film featuring famed sharpshooter Annie Oakley, known as “Little Sure Shot.” Born Phoebe Ann Oakley Mozee in Ohio in 1860, she rose to global fame performing with Buffalo…
poster Bucking Broncho
Bucking Broncho
1mn - Documentary, Western
Lee Martin, one of the cowboy stars in 'Buffalo Bill's Wild West', rides a bronco as a crowd looks on. While the horse is trying to throw Martin off its back, another cowboy stands on top of a fence rail …
poster Hadj Cheriff
Hadj Cheriff
1mn -
Hadji Cheriff, a performer known for a variety of unusual abilities, demonstrates part of his act in the Thomas Edison studio. He has a large knife in his hand at the opening of the act. He then hurls the…
poster Sioux Ghost Dance
Sioux Ghost Dance
(2.6/5)
1mn - Documentary, Western
From Edison films catalog: One of the most peculiar customs of the Sioux Tribe is here shown, the dancers being genuine Sioux Indians, in full war paint and war costumes. 40 feet. 7.50. According to Ediso…
poster Buffalo Dance
Buffalo Dance
(2.7/5)
1mn - Documentary, Western
Long before Hollywood started painting white men red and dressing them as 'Injuns' Edison's company was using the genuine article! Featuring for what is believed to be the Native Americans first appearanc…
poster The Boxing Cats
The Boxing Cats
(2.9/5)
1mn - Documentary, Comedy, Action
"A glove contest between trained cats. A very comical and amusing subject, and is sure to create a great laugh." (by Edison Films)
poster Leonard-Cushing Fight
Leonard-Cushing Fight
1mn - Documentary
In the background, five fans lean on the ropes looking into the ring. The referee is to the left; like the fans, he hardly moves as two fighters swing roundhouse blows at each other. Mike Leonard, in whit…
poster Souvenir Strip of the Edison Kinetoscope
Souvenir Strip of the Edison Kinetoscope
(2.7/5)
1mn - Documentary
Eugen Sandow, who claims to be the strongest man in the world, appears in the Edison Company's film studio.
poster Chinese Laundry Scene
Chinese Laundry Scene
(2.8/5)
1mn - Crime, Comedy
The pursuit of Hop Lee by an irate policeman.
poster Carmencita
Carmencita
(2.9/5)
1mn - Documentary
The first woman to appear in front of an Edison motion picture camera and possibly the first woman to appear in a motion picture within the United States. In the film, Carmencita is recorded going through…
poster Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze
Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze
(2.7/5)
1mn - Documentary
A man (Thomas Edison's assistant) takes a pinch of snuff and sneezes. This is one of the earliest Thomas Edison films and was the second motion picture to be copyrighted in the United States.
poster Luis Martinetti, Contortionist
Luis Martinetti, Contortionist
(2.8/5)
1mn - Documentary
Luis Martinetti, a contortionist suspended from acrobatic flying rings, contorts himself for about thirty seconds. This is one of the first films made for Edison's kinetoscopes.
poster Annabelle Butterfly Dance
Annabelle Butterfly Dance
(3.0/5)
1mn - Documentary
Annabelle (Whitford) Moore performs one of her popular dances. For this performance, her costume has a pair of wings attached to her back, to suggest a butterfly. As she dances, she uses her long, flowing…
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