Edison Studios Movies

He throws off his coat, takes the rope in his mouth, dives from the raft into the river, and under a hot fire swims to the opposite shore, which is li...

This picture shows the young cadets going through their daily exercises and drill, and is full of life, and photographically perfect.

Chinese passengers make their way down the wharf. Two chair bearers are soliciting fares, but without any success.

The Passion Play of Oberammergau (1898) presents scenes from the famed Bavarian passion play, dramatizing the final days of Jesus Christ—from his entr...

Shielded by a thick bit of timber at a turn of the road stands a company of mounted men, awaiting the order to advance...

“Showing the entire height of this wonderful structure from the base of the dome and return, with the great Paris Exposition in the background, lookin...

A military procession.

"A panoramic view of the 'Raleigh,' as she lies at anchor off 27th Street, North River, April 17, 1899. Captain Coghlan stands among a group of office...

Street scene of LA in 1898.

The beginning of the film deals with the love romance of a deep-sea diver and the daughter of an old curio collector, whose past life takes up a good...

Edison released this as part of their "Northern Pacific Rainway" and "Alaska and Yellowstone National Park" series.

A crowd watches the Newark Fire Department respond to a call.

Two groups of young women get into a pair of horse-drawn carts, and go off for a straw ride through the snowy streets. As they pass by a group of chil...

A panoramic shot, making a full circle, at the 1900 Paris Exposition. It begins and ends looking at the front of the Palace of Electricity. As it pans...

A man (Thomas Edison's assistant) takes a pinch of snuff and sneezes. This is one of the earliest Thomas Edison films and was the second motion pictur...

In a long, diaphanous skirt, held out by her hands with arms extended, Broadway dancer Annabelle Moore performs. Her dance emphasizes the movement of...

James White, the Edison Company's main filmmaker at the time, realized a burst of creativity during his visit to the 1900 Paris Exposition. It's uncer...

Magnificent action is displayed by this troop of Mexican cavalry. They approach at full speed, with drawn sabres, wheel rapidly, and charge in the opp...

Taken at Fingal, Cal., where the world-renowned 'Sunset Limited' trains pass each other.

"This scene shows almost the entire Fire Department led by the Chief, responding to an alarm. The horses, said to be the finest of their kind in the c...