Edwin S. Porter Movies
- 1907
Cohen’s Fire Sale
Cohen’s Fire Sale3.81907HD
A shopkeeper suffers the loss of some valuable merchandise, and thinks of a way to regain his losses.
- 1903
New York Harbor Police Boat Patrol Capturing Pirates
New York Harbor Police Boat Patrol Capturing Pirates3.71903HD
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...
- 1907
Laughing Gas
Laughing Gas51907HD
A woman goes to the dentist for a toothache and is given gas. On her way home on the subway she can't stop laughing, and every other passenger...
- 1905
Desperate Encounter Between Burglar and Police
Desperate Encounter Between Burglar and Police01905HD
Film shot with the help of the New York City (Metropolitan) Police.
- 1902
Interrupted Bathers
Interrupted Bathers3.7861902HD
Three girls are taking a bath in a quiet, shady spot along a beautiful stream. Another young lady in bathing attire reclines on the bank. The latter...
- 1905
The Miller’s Daughter
The Miller’s Daughter3.71905HD
Hazel, the miller's daughter, is courted by a country boy and a sophisticated city boy. Her father favors the country boy, but she elopes with the...
- 1901
Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison
Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison4.21901HD
This early docudrama shows Auburn Prison and recreates the electrocution of Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of President McKinley of the United States.
- 1906
How the Office Boy Saw the Ball Game
How the Office Boy Saw the Ball Game51906HD
An office boy plays hooky from work so he can watch a ballgame perched high atop a telephone pole. Includes footage of an actual baseball game as if...
- 1902
Rock of Ages
Rock of Ages01902HD
We here introduce for the first time, a sublime religious subject, illustrating one of the best known hymns extant. A beautiful girl is seen clinging...
- 1904
A Rube Couple at a County Fair
A Rube Couple at a County Fair41904HD
The title of this early US film is something of a con really. Another rube couple had appeared in an entertaining movie set at Coney Island the...
- 1903
Panorama of Riker's Island, N.Y.
Panorama of Riker's Island, N.Y.4.51903HD
A view of Riker's Island and its landfill, filmed from a passing boat on 9 May 1903. While heavy steam powered construction equipment construct a sea...
- 1903
Panorama of Blackwell's Island
Panorama of Blackwell's Island61903HD
Panorama of Blackwell's Island
- 1904
Pranks of Buster Brown and His Dog Tige
Pranks of Buster Brown and His Dog Tige5.51904HD
Scene I of the Buster Brown Series. The opening scene shows Bridget asleep at the kitchen-table, and Buster enters on tip-toe. After tying her apron...
- 1905
The Boarding School Girls
The Boarding School Girls61905HD
The Young Ladies From Miss Knapp's Select School Have An Outing At Coney Island, N.Y.
- 1901
Laura Comstock's Bag-Punching Dog
Laura Comstock's Bag-Punching Dog4.51901HD
This wonderful dog "Mannie," owned by the vaudeville star, Miss Laura Comstock, is a most learned animal. He has been trained to perform all sorts of...
- 1901
The Tramp's Unexpected Skate
The Tramp's Unexpected Skate41901HD
Shows a tramp asleep. Two mischievous boys appear on roller skates. One removes his skates and they strap them to the feet of "Weary Willie." They...
- 1907
Jack the Kisser
Jack the Kisser01907HD
An energetic man steals kisses from passing ladies, until bystanders give chase.
- 1903
Rube and Mandy at Coney Island
Rube and Mandy at Coney Island4.81903HD
The first scene shows a country couple entering Steeplechase Park. They proceed to amuse themselves on the steeplechase...
- 1902
Babies Rolling Eggs
Babies Rolling Eggs41902HD
The Washington Star of April 1st, 1900, gave the following account of the ceremony: "Over 40,000 women and children passed through the White House...
- 1903
White Wings on Review
White Wings on Review3.51903HD
A fine picture of the celebrated "White Wings" or street-cleaning department of one district of Greater New York, showing over 350 men in line, and...