Catalog

Monkeyshines, No. 1

The following is an overview of the events of 1890 in film, including a list of films rele…

Monkeyshines, No. 2

The following is an overview of the events of 1890 in film, including a list of films rele…

Monkeyshines, No. 3

The following is an overview of the events of 1890 in film, including a list of films rele…

Dickson Greeting

Dickson Greeting is an 1891 American short silent film. Directed, produced by, and starrin…

Early Edison Camera Tests

Experimental test footage from Edison’s earliest motion picture work, capturing camera tri…

Men Boxing

Men Boxing is an 1891 American short silent film, produced and directed by William K. L.…

Newark Athlete

Newark Athlete is an 1891 American short silent film directed and produced by William Kenn…

Newark athlete. [No. 2]

The following is an overview of the events of 1891 in film, including a list of films rele…

A Hand Shake

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

Déplacement des globules de sang dans un vaisseau capillaire

An early film by Étienne-Jules Marey, one of the first anatomical/medical recordings.

Fencing

Fencing is a combat sport that features sword fighting. It consists of three primary disci…

Man on Parallel Bars

The following is an overview of the events of 1892 in film, including a list of films rele…

Wrestling

Wrestling is a martial art, combat sport, and form of entertainment that involves grapplin…

Blacksmithing Scene

The following is an overview of the events of 1893 in film, including a list of films rele…

Horse Shoeing

The following is an overview of the events of 1893 in film, including a list of films rele…

A Bar Room Scene

"Showing the wind-up of a political discussion. Dramatis personae: A Democrat, a Republica…

Annabelle Butterfly Dance

Annabelle Butterfly Dance is an 1894 American short film. It is one of the several silent…

Annabelle Sun Dance

The following is an overview of the events of 1894 in film, including a list of films rele…

Annie Oakley

Annie Oakley (born Phoebe Ann Mosey; August 13, 1860 – November 3, 1926) was an American e…

Athlete with Wand

The following is an overview of the events of 1894 in film, including a list of films rele…

Baisers envolés

1894 black and white short by Georges Demenÿ depicting a woman in a dress sitting in a cha…

Band Drill

A scene from Charles Hoyt's 'A Milk White Flag': A brass band marches out, led by bandmast…

Boxing Match

Bucking Broncho

Bucking Broncho is an 1894 American black-and-white silent film from Edison Studios, produ…

Buffalo Bill

William Frederick Cody (February 26, 1846 – January 10, 1917), better known as Buffalo Bil…

Buffalo Dance

Long before Hollywood started painting white men red and dressing them as 'Injuns' Edison'…

Caicedo (with Pole)

The following is an overview of the events of 1894 in film, including a list of films rele…

Carmencita

Carmen Dauset Moreno, better known simply as Carmencita (1868–1910), was a Spanish-style d…

Chinese Laundry Scene

The following is an overview of the events of 1894 in film, including a list of films rele…

Chinese Opium Den

Chinese Opium Den (also known as Opium Joint) is an 1894 American short black-and-white si…

Cock Fight, No. 2

Two gamecocks are fighting inside a wire cage, while two spectators look on in the backgro…

Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph

Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph (also known as Edison Kinetoscopic Record of B…

Dickson Experimental Sound Film

The following is an overview of the events of 1894 in film, including a list of films rele…

Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze

The following is an overview of the events of 1894 in film, including a list of films rele…

Fire Rescue Scene

"Firemen in working uniform, rubber coats, helmets, and boots. Thrilling rescue from burni…

Fred Ott Holding a Bird

The following is an overview of the events of 1894 in film, including a list of films rele…