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poster Hands on a Hardbody: The Documentary
Hands on a Hardbody: The Documentary
(3.8/5)
98mn - Documentary
Filmmaker S.R. Bindler profiles Texas contestants trying to win a truck by keeping one hand on it longer than everyone else.
poster Pan-American Exposition by Night
Pan-American Exposition by Night
1mn - Documentary
A great feature of the Pan-American Exposition, as unanimously conceded by all visitors, was the electric illumination of the Exposition grounds at night. After a great deal of experimenting and patience,…
poster Baby's Meal
Baby's Meal
1mn - Documentary, Family
A father, a mother and a baby are sitting at a table, on a patio outside. Dad is feeding Baby her lunch, while Mum is serving tea.
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 Coney Island at Night
Coney Island at Night
4mn - Documentary
A panorama of Coney Island, taken at night: the camera sweeps across the scene from a vantage point well above the area. It then moves in for closer views of Dreamland and Luna Park.
poster Italienischer Bauerntanz
Italienischer Bauerntanz
1mn - Documentary
Two children, Ploetz and Larella, perform an Italian peasant dance.
poster The River
The River
31mn - Documentary
This short Depression-era documentary describes the importance of the Mississippi River to the United States and laments the environmental destruction committed in the name of progress, particularly farmi…
poster The Derby 1895
The Derby 1895
1mn - Documentary
A stationary camera, looking diagonally across a racetrack toward the infield, records the horses as they race past. Once they are out of view and the race is over, police officers run onto the infield. T…
poster Panorama du grand Canal pris d'un bateau
Panorama du grand Canal pris d'un bateau
1mn - Documentary
The first travelling shot.
poster Driving with Greenland Dogs
Driving with Greenland Dogs
1mn - Documentary
Johan Carl Joensen, a Danish colonial manager in Greenland, drives his dog sled in Copenhagen’s Fælledparken. (stumfilm.dk)
poster Ringkämpfer
Ringkämpfer
1mn - Documentary
Two men in white leotards and tights, and black slips over it, wrestle on a theatre stage.
poster Barcelona Park at Twilight
Barcelona Park at Twilight
2mn - Documentary
Early short showing the titular park in around 2 minutes.
poster Saved from the Titanic
Saved from the Titanic
10mn - Documentary
A young woman tells her parents and fiance (in flashback) about the recent sinking of the Titanic and her experiences as a passenger during the disaster. Her intended marriage now faces a new hazard becau…
poster Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph
Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph
1mn - Documentary
James J. Corbett and Peter Courtney meet in a boxing exhibition.
poster Man Walking Around a Corner
Man Walking Around a Corner
(2.6/5)
1mn - Documentary
The last remaining production of Le Prince's LPCC Type-16 (16-lens camera) is part of a gelatine film shot in 32 images/second, and pictures a man walking around a corner. Le Prince, who was in Leeds (UK)…
poster Course en sacs
Course en sacs
1mn - Documentary
Several competitors take part in a friendly sack race, with widely varying degrees of success.
poster A Trip Down Market Street Before the Fire
A Trip Down Market Street Before the Fire
12mn - Documentary
A Trip Down Market Street is a 13-minute actuality film recorded by placing a movie camera on the front of a cable car as it travels down San Francisco’s Market Street. A virtual time capsule from over 10…
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 Manhatta
Manhatta
11mn - Documentary
Morning reveals New York harbor, the wharves, the Brooklyn Bridge. A ferry boat docks, disgorging its huddled mass. People move briskly along Wall St. or stroll more languorously through a cemetery. Ranks…
poster Fencing
Fencing
1mn - Documentary
Early Edison short showing two men fencing.
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