William Heise

One of W.K.L. Dickson's laboratory workers horses around for the camera. (imdb)

Annabelle (Whitford) Moore performs one of her popular dance routines. She uses her dance steps and her long, flowing skirts to create a variety of visual patterns. (imdb)

A commercial. Four men sit in animated conversation in front of a billboard for Admiral Cigarettes. The billboard fills the entire background. Beside them is a large box, also marked Admiral. The men are a social cross section: one wears a feathered headdress, another a military outfit, a third striped pants like Uncle Sam, and the fourth (with pork-chop whiskers) is in a suit, vest, tie, and hat. Suddenly, the box pops open and a man emerges in Napoleonic admiralty garb: he hands out cigarettes

Irwin and Rice, stars of the Broadway play of the same title, reenacted the play's famous kissing scene for the Edison Company's cameras. This film of the movie industry's first onscreen kiss was considered pornographic by many of the people who first saw it. (imdb)

Customer gets a lightning-fast shave. (imdb)

A stationary camera observes two fighting cocks on a raised platform, with chicken wire behind them. On the far side of the chicken wire are two men, on either side of the frame. We see just the head of the man on our left and the head and chest of the man on our right, who is clearly in charge. Money changes hands twice as the cocks fight. Feathers fly. The man on our right points and shakes his finger. Both cocks are still standing when the film ends. (imdb)

James J. Corbett and Peter Courtney meet in a boxing exhibition, with special conditions that will allow the Thomas Edison Company to film the match and show it on their Kinetograph. The match consists of six one-minute rounds. The popular James J. Corbett had earlier defeated the great John L. Sullivan and must be considered a heavy favourite. But, at least for a while, Peter Courtney seems to be holding his own. (imdb)

Depicts the patient fisherman, sitting on the end of a plank, waiting for a bite. Practical joker comes along and removes stone from other end of plank. (imdb)

A pair of bucolic lovers discovered by the wrathful father, who teaches the gallant a lesson. (imdb)

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 own positions. (imdb)

The Glenroy Brothers perform a portion of their vaudeville act, "The Comic View of Boxing: The Tramp & the Athlete". (imdb)

Hadji Cheriff, a performer known for a variety of unusual abilities, demonstrates part of his act in the Edison studio. (imdb)

From the upper windows of a ruined mill Cubans are firing at a scouting party of Spaniards, who return the volley. Fine smoke effects. (imdb)

In an experiment that follows up on the results of 'Monkeyshines, No. 1', an Edison company worker again moves around in front of the motion picture camera. (imdb)

"Two German anglers are fishing, with odd results. One gets a bite, and pulls in a length of stovepipe. The other is so astonished that he falls overboard." (imdb)

The skaters dart to and fro, swinging their hockeys and trying to hit the disc toward the goal. (imdb)

A charming representation of the Mikado dance by three beautiful Japanese ladies in full costume. Very effective when colored. (from the Edison Catalog) (imdb)

A file of Spanish soldiers line up the Cubans against a blank wall and fire a volley. The flash of rifles and drifting smoke make a very striking picture. (Edison Catalog)

Two men wearing boxing gloves prepare to spar in the Edison Company studio. (imdb)

Firemen in working uniform, rubber coats, helmets, and boots. Thrilling rescue from burning building. Smoke effects are fine. (imdb)

A group of Sioux Indians from Buffalo Bill's Wild West exhibition demonstrates a dance called a "ghost dance". (imdb)

The pursuit of Hop Lee by an irate policeman. (imdb)

A handshake. An experimental film, never released to the public. Selected frames were published in the journal The Phonogram in 1892. (imdb)

"A comic subject, clear, bright and characteristic. Shows four girls in their night dresses, engaged in an animated pillow fight. During the action the pillows become torn, and the feathers fly over their heads and about the room in great numbers, producing with the white dresses and the black background a novel effect. Sharp, full of action, and popular in character." Written by Edison Catalog (Edison Catalog)

The all-male barbershop is sent into an uproar when two women walk by the window displaying their legs.

"Scene in a stable, where a crowd of horsemen, jockeys and stable hands are watching a little [colored] boy dance on a table." (imdb)

"Two men, with hands tied, are eating huckleberry pies for a wager, direct from the plates. Their faces and shirts are clean when they start. Extra ludicrous when colored." (imdb)

The famous show makes a parade.

The famous show makes a parade.

An Edison company worker makes large gestures in front of a Kinetoscope to test the new camera system. (imdb)

"A glove contest between trained cats. A very comical and amusing subject, and is sure to create a great laugh." (by Edison Films) (imdb)

Shows the beach at Long Branch, N.J. immediately after a heavy storm. The breaking waves dash over a row of spiles, throwing a spray high into the air. (imdb)

A man is lying across the cowcatcher of a halted streetcar bearing a sign saying "west orange". Many people are watching in the background. A horse-drawn ambulance arrives and the driver and his helper in uniform remove the injured man from the ground, put him in the ambulance and depart.

This single camera position film shows an officer and six enlisted men of the army as they demonstrate the assembly drill of a gatling gun. See also: gatling gun-firing by squad, and gatling gun crew in action.

Shows ten horses hitched to fashionable carts driven past the judges and grandstand to show their style, action and high-stepping movements. Among the drivers, Charles F. (Fatty ) Bates, the noted whip, shows up very prominently. The horses are all of very high class, and the action is of the very best. The film is clear, sharp and catchy.

The children come sliding down the hill on their sleds, and run the gauntlet of volleys of snowballs thrown by boys on both sides of the street.

Stable door opens and ambulance dashes out into the street. Policeman holds back a furniture van till ambulance passes by.

The stars-and-stripes and the flag of Cuba Libre flutter in the breeze, one after the other. Very dramatic. Appeals to the popular sentiment. Excellent when colored.

A man in a monkey costume invades a man's bedroom.