Edison Studios Movies

Shows a pilot climbing over the rail and down a rope ladder. A rowboat, pulled by two men, comes alongside. The pilot jumps in and they pull away. (Ta...

One of the most realistic train pictures ever offered. Taken on the Auburn division of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, and shows one of the company's larg...

This picture of the pride of the United States Navy was made on the occasion of the Peace Jubilee in New York City...

A static shot of crowded trams returning people from an unknown sporting event.

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...

On Christmas Eve, a wealthy young lady sets off on a cross-country journey in her car to visit her sister, bringing along a suitcase full of presents...

The champion lady boxers of the world. Shows two female pugilists who are really clever. They engage in a hot one-round sparring bout. A park, with ma...

One of the most interesting pictures in the series showing how the ice is taken up from the canal by machinery and run into ice houses, each of which...

A Japanese juggler performs some marvelous juggling feats with a boy. Lying on his back on the floor, he spins the boy with his feet and makes him tur...

This film was shot near the Union Works, San Francisco, California. Great look at the pleasure yacht "Unadilla" with her decks loaded with passengers.

This picture shows a merry laughing mass of humanity enjoying the sights of the amusement section of the Exposition on President's Day, which so happi...

A panoramic view taken from Young's Pier, showing the boardwalk, the auditorium pier, new steel pier...

A troop of soldiers on horseback enter San Francisco with relief supplies following the earthquake that year.

A documentary about life in Cape Cod which shows the streets of Provincetown as they were at the time. Children are featured playing hide and seek, sh...

This parade took place on 16 November 1901. It preceded a series of races over a one mile stretch of the Boulevard. The fastest car did a "memorable 5...

The title reads "Hailing Drags". You'd expect some sort of travois affair, but it turns out to be mules hailing sugar cane loaded onto wheeled flats....

Lowell, Massachusetts: a stationary camera records the St. Patrick's Day parade on a muddy street.

A typical Niagara Falls Winter scene showing young people sliding down immense ice mounds which are some hundred feet in height.

A film by the Edison Company showing the devastation of the April 1906 earthquake in San Francisco.