Edwin S. Porter Movies

A magnificent picture of this boat making a run and starting the water from a least a dozen nozzles at once...

It seems as if there was no subject so mundane or seedy that it was considered unworthy of filming by Edison and his contemporaries at the turn of...

The magician enters upon a stage, and removing a covering from a small table, shakes it before the audience to show that there is nothing whatever...

Men on the streetcar offer their seats to pretty women, but not to an ugly woman.

A fine panoramic view of this busy market on a Friday morning. Immense throngs of people are passing along the stands and making their purchases of...

The scene opens showing Reuben and his best girl looking for a quiet place to spoon. A photographer enters and suggests taking their pictures.

A country girl leaving home for the seminary.

The cook has trouble lighting the stove, so she adds kerosene, with explosive results.

It is Mr. Bunk's unlucky day. Before leaving for business, he is despoiled of all his ready cash by Mrs. Bunk for a bargain sale. At the office his...

It seems Edison made a ton of these panorama films back in '03. They probably rented a boat for a couple of days, packed sandwiches and beer and...

One of the principal features at the Pan-American Exposition is the Alaskan or Esquimaux Village. In this most interesting exhibit...

This picture shows the prisoners after completing their day's work of cleaning up the grounds of the Charleston Exposition, taking their positions...

A married couple faces the demands of what Theodore Roosevelt called 'the strenuous life'.

The "Patrol" is seen chasing a row-boat containing river pirates. The pirates are pulling at the oars with all their strength, but a few shots from...

When a group of diners boards a carriage, one man is left behind and chases after them on foot.

This subject is in three scenes, showing beautiful dissolving effects. Scene 3. The Man Behind that Teacup shows Admiral Sampson the centre of...

A brief vaudeville-style demonstration of a "Dog Transformator," a machine that instantly turns dogs into sausages, and amazingly, sausages back into...

Arrival of the Christian Slaves: The captives are brought before Nero. He chooses one fair maiden to serve in his palace. The others are condemned to...

Here we have recorded a very novel scene, the camera having been placed in the basket of the captive balloon at the Pan-American Exposition...