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Early Films: Edison Companies

Beginning in the late 1880s, Thomas Edison's labs not only built the equipment for filming and projecting films, but produced popular content for the new medium. For more information, visit: http://memory.loc.gov

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Newark Athlete 0:30
SUMMARY Experimental film fragment made with the Edison-Dickson-Heise experimenta...
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Bucking Broncho 0:39
SUMMARY From Raff & Gammon price list: An out-of-door scene. The men and horse of...
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Luis Martinetti 0:35
SUMMARY From Raff & Gammon price list: Gymnast and contortionist, performing on f...
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Leonard-Cushing Fight 0:55
SUMMARY From Edison films catalog: An actual six-round contest between Mike Leona...
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Hadj Cheriff 0:37
OTHER TITLES Hadji Cheriff Variant title in C. Musser: Arab knife juggler ...
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Buffalo Dance 0:33
SUMMARY According to Edison film historian C. Musser, this film and others shot o...
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Sioux Ghost Dance 0:39
SUMMARY From Raff & Gammon price list: A very interesting subject, full of action...
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Glenroy Bros., [no. 2] 0:37
SUMMARY From Raff & Gammon price list: Farcical pugilists in costume. 15.00. O...
8 months ago 3,939 views
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Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph 0:27
SUMMARY From F.M. Prescott catalog: This fight consists of six rounds, each round...
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Caicedo (with Pole) 0:38
SUMMARY According to Edison film historian C. Musser, Venezuelan rope and slack w...
8 months ago 2,716 views
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The Boxing Cats (Prof. Welton's) 0:38
SUMMARY From Raff & Gammon price list: A very interesting and amusing subject. $1...
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Sandow 0:57
SUMMARY According to vaudeville historian Joe Laurie, Jr., Sandow--who was manage...
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Carmencita 0:39
SUMMARY According to Edison film historian C. Musser, Spanish dancer Carmencita w...
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Athlete with Wand 1:11
SUMMARY Athlete with wand CREATED/PUBLISHED [United States : Edison Manufactu...
8 months ago 5,581 views
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Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze, Jan. 7, 1894 0:23
The earliest surviving copyrighted motion picture, the Edison Kinetoscopic Record ...
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Dickson Greeting 0:29
SUMMARY Experimental film fragment made with the Edison-Dickson-Heise experimenta...
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Dickson Experimental Sound Film 0:40
SUMMARY Experimental sound film made for Edison's kinetophone -- a combination of...
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Band Drill 0:38
SUMMARY According to Edison film historian C. Musser, this film featured the cast...
8 months ago 2,294 views
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Robetta and Doretto, [no. 2] 0:40
SUMMARY From Maguire & Baucus catalogue: The pursuit of Hop Lee by an irate polic...
8 months ago 1,887 views
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Imperial Japanese Dance 0:45
SUMMARY From Raff & Gammon price list: Three Japanese ladies in the costumes of t...
8 months ago 7,646 views
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