Edison Studios Movies

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 disa...

A railway switchman falls asleep whilst on duty. The swicthman wakes up too late, and, realizing his error, begins to hallucinate the probable outcome...

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

A static shot of the sea tide bashing against the rocks.

A panoramic view of Waikiki Beach.

A large group of boys play hockey. One of the boys has only one leg, but with the help of a crutch, skates about and puts up a very successful game.

A series of demonstrations that illustrate some of the scientific principles involved in magnetism.

Views of Buffalo Bills Wild West Show.

Dock workers offloading bags of sugar in Hawaii

In certain sections of New York City large numbers of Jewish and Italian push-cart vendors congregate so closely along the sidewalks that they interfe...

The camera scrolls through a landscape to reveal the aftermath of a huge gas explosion.

Taken while ascending some 2,000 yards into the clouds, and represents a most diversified view of the city of San Francisco, the Golden Gate, Pacific...

Vesta Victoria Sings 'Poor John'.

Three sisters dance the Mikado in this very early film from the Edison company.

Taken at the Dry Tortugas, and shows the most powerful fighting machine in the world today as she lies at anchor taking on coal...

Circus bears showing their tricks.

Here we show Captain N. P. Nissen, formerly known as Captain Bowser, making a trip through the Whirlpool Rapids in his famous twenty-four foot craft k...

Here we see one of the methods employed in the search for gold, where water is scarce. We see the workmen using the water over and over again in the r...

A 'legless' man is begging on the street. When a coin misses his cup, he stands up to get it, only to be discovered and chased by a policeman.

Here, as in the other pictures, we secured a most advantageous location, and we present a life size view of the casket containing the body of Presiden...