William Heise Filmes

From Edison films catalog: One of the most peculiar customs of the Sioux Tribe is here shown, the dancers being genuine Sioux Indians, in full war...

Director: William Heise Production Company: Edison Manufacturing Company Country: USA

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

Views of Buffalo Bills Wild West Show.

Eugen Sandow, who claims to be the strongest man in the world, appears in the Edison Company's film studio.

The pursuit of Hop Lee by an irate policeman.

King of the slack wire. His daring feats of balancing as he performs his thrilling feats in midair show that he is perfectly at home.

An athlete demonstrating various poses.

Several men in a basement barbershop become excited by women walking past the window. The ankles and knees of the passersby are visible to the men...

The busiest corner in Chicago. Cable cars and street traffic of all descriptions. Hundreds of shoppers. Fine perspective view looking north toward...

The victim is lying on a trolley car fender. Ambulance drives up and the injured man is removed in a stretcher.

In this movie, dancer Ella Lola performs a Turkish variation of a "Danse Du Ventre", the oriental belly dance. In her dance she shakes, twists and...

“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...

Four men at work in a forge. The uses hammers and and anvil to beat metal.

A woman and a young girl each carry containers of bird feed, and they toss occasional handfuls to the chickens and doves in the farmyard. Most of the...

"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...

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

A preadolescent boy, dressed like a street urchin, performs acrobatic stunts for the camera.

The famous show makes a parade.