Edwin S. Porter Filmes

  • 1909
    The Colored Stenographer

    The Colored Stenographer

    The Colored Stenographer

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    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...

    The Colored Stenographer
  • 1906
    Kathleen Mavourneen

    Kathleen Mavourneen

    Kathleen Mavourneen

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    Captain Clearfield, a wealthy landlord, assaults Kathleen with the help of an accomplice, but Terence O'More arrives in time to break up the attack....

    Kathleen Mavourneen
  • 1905
    The Life of an American Policeman

    The Life of an American Policeman

    The Life of an American Policeman

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    A policeman has breakfast with his wife and children, and then prepares for the day's work. While on his beat, he finds and helps a lost child....

    The Life of an American Policeman
  • 1903
    Fireboat 'New Yorker' in Action

    Fireboat 'New Yorker' in Action

    Fireboat 'New Yorker' in Action

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

    Fireboat 'New Yorker' in Action
  • 1902
    Burning of Durland's Riding Academy

    Burning of Durland's Riding Academy

    Burning of Durland's Riding Academy

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    A fire has swept through Durland's Riding Academy in Manhattan. The fire has mostly died down, but firefighters are still at the scene, hosing down...

    Burning of Durland's Riding Academy
  • 1903
    The Physical Culture Girl

    The Physical Culture Girl

    The Physical Culture Girl

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    Edison summary: An up-to-date young lady, dressed in a neat white flannel bloomer suit, goes through her morning exercises of punching the bag,...

    The Physical Culture Girl
  • 1904
    Crossing Ice Bridge at Niagara Falls

    Crossing Ice Bridge at Niagara Falls

    Crossing Ice Bridge at Niagara Falls

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    The severe cold of the winter of 1903-04 allowed the rapids of Niagara Falls to freeze over, allowing the brave tourists to enter the chasm and cross...

    Crossing Ice Bridge at Niagara Falls
  • 1904
    Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association Championships

    Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association Championships

    Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association Championships

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    A location actuality filmed in Philadelphia (May 27–28, 1904) documenting the Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association’s championships:...

    Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association Championships
  • 1900
    An Animated Luncheon

    An Animated Luncheon

    An Animated Luncheon

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    The scene takes place in a fashionable cafe. A well dressed couple enter, and after a careful perusal of the menu, conclude on an order of boiled...

    An Animated Luncheon
  • 1901
    The Martyred Presidents

    The Martyred Presidents

    The Martyred Presidents

    2.91901HD

    This film is difficult to classify. It opens on a scene showing a mourner with bowed head sitting in front of what appears to be a tombstone. Shortly...

    The Martyred Presidents
  • 1901
    The Finish of Bridget McKeen

    The Finish of Bridget McKeen

    The Finish of Bridget McKeen

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

    The Finish of Bridget McKeen
  • 1902
    Charleston Chain-Gang

    Charleston Chain-Gang

    Charleston Chain-Gang

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

    Charleston Chain-Gang
  • 1905
    The Boarding School Girls

    The Boarding School Girls

    The Boarding School Girls

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    The Young Ladies From Miss Knapp's Select School Have An Outing At Coney Island, N.Y.

    The Boarding School Girls
  • 1900
    Dewar's Scotch Whisky

    Dewar's Scotch Whisky

    Dewar's Scotch Whisky

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    From behind a curtain three men appear on screen. The first wears a combination of tuxedo and kilt. The second wears a Scottish kilt and holds a...

    Dewar's Scotch Whisky
  • 1904
    The Strenuous Life; or, Anti-Race Suicide

    The Strenuous Life; or, Anti-Race Suicide

    The Strenuous Life; or, Anti-Race Suicide

    4.61904HD

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

    The Strenuous Life; or, Anti-Race Suicide
  • 1903
    Subub Surprises the Burglar

    Subub Surprises the Burglar

    Subub Surprises the Burglar

    4.21903HD

    Shows a bedroom and a man asleep in bed. A burglar cautiously raises the window, climbs in, and proceeds to go through the man's clothes...

    Subub Surprises the Burglar
  • 1901
    Laura Comstock's Bag-Punching Dog

    Laura Comstock's Bag-Punching Dog

    Laura Comstock's Bag-Punching Dog

    4.51901HD

    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...

    Laura Comstock's Bag-Punching Dog
  • 1900
    The Mystic Swing

    The Mystic Swing

    The Mystic Swing

    4.51900HD

    The professor shows his power to Mephisto by mysteriously placing a young lady in a swing. Mephisto then shows his power by making the young lady...

    The Mystic Swing
  • 1902
    Burning of St. Pierre (Martinique)

    Burning of St. Pierre (Martinique)

    Burning of St. Pierre (Martinique)

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    Third part in Edison’s “Martinique” trilogy. It shows the shower of ashes and cinders falling upon the stricken city, the boiling...

    Burning of St. Pierre (Martinique)
  • 1903
    The Animated Poster

    The Animated Poster

    The Animated Poster

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    Shows an old house in the background with one window with the shutters closed. A bill poster comes along and puts up a poster advertising a burlesque...

    The Animated Poster