Bicycle trick riding, no. 2 / Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Bicycle trick riding, no. 2 / Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Bicycle trick riding, no. 2 / Thomas A. Edison, Inc. CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1899. SUMMARY Opens with a man riding a bicycle in a backwards circle, on a stage with a painted backdrop of a city street. He dismounts, then remounts the ...
Herald Square / Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ; producer, James ...
Herald Square / Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ; producer, James White. (1896)
CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., [1896] SUMMARY From Maguire & Baucus catalogue: Showing "Herald" building, street and elevated railroad. NOTES Copyright: no reg. Camera, William Heise. Duration: 0:11 at 24 fps. MAVIS 214311. Filmed May 11, ...
Passaic Falls / Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ; producer, James ...
Passaic Falls / Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ; producer, James White.
OTHER TITLES Title in Maguire & Baucus catalogue: Paterson Falls CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., [1896] SUMMARY From Maguire & Baucus catalogue: A beautiful picture of the falls of the Passaic River, near Paterson, N.J. NOTES Copyright: no ...
Bird's-eye view of San Francisco, Cal., from a balloon / ...
Bird's-eye view of San Francisco, Cal., from a balloon / Thomas A. Edison, ...
CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1902. SUMMARY As early as 1874, passenger balloon flights were being made over San Francisco. San Franciscans - and Americans in general - were fascinated with the thrills and dangers of flight. Although ...
U.S. cruiser "Olympia" leading naval parade - Thomas A. ...
U.S. cruiser "Olympia" leading naval parade - Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
OTHER TITLES United States cruiser "Olympia" leading naval parade CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1899. SUMMARY One of 20 films advertised in Edison films catalog no. 94, under the category "Dewey Doings." From the catalog: We equipped ...
Pack mules with ammunition on the Santiago Trail, Cuba / ...
Pack mules with ammunition on the Santiago Trail, Cuba / Thomas A. Edison, ...
CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1898. SUMMARY From Edison films catalog: A great pack train approaches rapidly, following the gray bell-mule. Cowboys dash to and fro, keeping them bunched. Clouds of dust arise as they pass. 50 feet. $7.50. ...
New York police parade, June 1st, 1899 / Thomas A. Edison, ...
New York police parade, June 1st, 1899 / Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
OTHER TITLES N.Y. police parade, June 1st, 1899 CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1899. SUMMARY The film shows members of "New York's Finest" parading at a crowded Union Square. There are members of the Bicycle Squad [Frame: 0396], mounted ...
Imperial Japanese Dance - Edison Motion Pictures 1894
Imperial Japanese Dance - Edison Motion Pictures 1894
OTHER TITLES Title in Maguire & Gammon catalogue: Japanese dance CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., [1894] SUMMARY From Raff & Gammon price list: Three Japanese ladies in the costumes of their country. From Edison films catalog: A charming ...
Boers bringing in British prisoners / Thomas A. Edison, ...
Boers bringing in British prisoners / Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ; producer, ...
CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1900. SUMMARY From Edison films catalog: Here we have a mixed Company of Gordon Highlanders, Irish Fusilliers and English Lancers, as a group of prisoners taken to the rear by a troop of Boer Cavalry. The ...
Emigrants [i.e. immigrants] landing at Ellis Island / ...
Emigrants [i.e. immigrants] landing at Ellis Island / Thomas A. Edison, ...
OTHER TITLES Immigrants landing at Ellis Island Emigrants landing at Ellis Island CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1903. SUMMARY From a contemporary Edison film company catalog: EMIGRANTS LANDING AT ELLIS ISLAND. Shows a large open barge ...
Buffalo Dance
Buffalo Dance
CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., [1894] NOTES Copyright: no reg. Performers: Last Horse, Parts His Hair, Hair Coat. Camera, William Heise. Duration: 0:15 at 20 fps. According to Edison film historian C. Musser, this film and others shot on the same day (see also ...
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