Edwin S. Porter Movies
- 1904
A Rube Couple at a County Fair
A Rube Couple at a County Fair41904HD
The title of this early US film is something of a con really. Another rube couple had appeared in an entertaining movie set at Coney Island the...
- 1904
Fighting the Flames, Dreamland
Fighting the Flames, Dreamland51904HD
Dreamland was a theme park at Coney Island, Brooklyn that opened in 1904. One of its major attractions was the stunt spectacular "Fighting the...
- 1903
New York City Dumping Wharf
New York City Dumping Wharf31903HD
It seems as if there was no subject so mundane or seedy that it was considered unworthy of filming by Edison and his contemporaries at the turn of...
- 1904
Buster's Dog to the Rescue
Buster's Dog to the Rescue4.21904HD
Scene IV of the Buster Brown Series. Shows a kitchen and Bridget busy making crullers. Buster enters and begs Bridget to give him one. Bridget...
- 1904
The Ex-Convict
The Ex-Convict5.31904HD
A recently-released convict attempts to do right but struggles to support his wife and ailing daughter.
- 1900
The Mystic Swing
The Mystic Swing4.5451900HD
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...
- 1905
Empire State Express, the Second, Taking Water on the Fly
Empire State Express, the Second, Taking Water on the Fly01905HD
The second Empire State Express, behind a 4-4-2 Atlantic locomotive, demonstrates how to take water on the fly by scooping it out of a pan set...
- 1901
Photographing a Country Couple
Photographing a Country Couple3.61901HD
The scene opens showing Reuben and his best girl looking for a quiet place to spoon. A photographer enters and suggests taking their pictures.
- 1909
Faust
Faust01909HD
Faust, an aged philosopher and magician who has grown weary of life and has sought in vain for the secret of eternal youth, decides, after a night's...
- 1907
A Little Girl Who Did Not Believe in Santa Claus
A Little Girl Who Did Not Believe in Santa Claus6.51907HD
A generous boy tries to help a girl who does not believe in Santa Claus because of her family's poverty.
- 1903
Fireboat 'New Yorker' in Action
Fireboat 'New Yorker' in Action3.51903HD
A magnificent picture of this boat making a run and starting the water from a least a dozen nozzles at once...
- 1904
Canoeing on the Charles River, Boston, Mass.
Canoeing on the Charles River, Boston, Mass.41904HD
With a tree-lined river bank dominating the top and back of the frame, the Charles River flows toward a stationary camera. A flotilla of canoes...
- 1907
Cohen’s Fire Sale
Cohen’s Fire Sale3.81907HD
A shopkeeper suffers the loss of some valuable merchandise, and thinks of a way to regain his losses.
- 1901
Circular Panorama of Electric Tower
Circular Panorama of Electric Tower5.31901HD
A most interesting picture at the Pan-American Exposition. The picture was taken from the north side of the Electric Tower. It presents the most...
- 1900
Uncle Josh's Nightmare
Uncle Josh's Nightmare41900HD
Poor Uncle Josh is trying to get to sleep, but being constantly bedevilled by a fellow in red long underwear with horns. A short early trick editing...
- 1902
The Twentieth Century Tramp; or, Happy Hooligan and His Airship
The Twentieth Century Tramp; or, Happy Hooligan and His Airship4.71902HD
A comic picture that defies description. It depicts the Twentieth Century up-to-date tramp flying over the chimney tops of New York City in the...
- 1908
A Country Girl's Seminary Life and Experiences
A Country Girl's Seminary Life and Experiences01908HD
A country girl leaving home for the seminary.
- 1904
Skirmish Between Russian and Japanese Advance Guards
Skirmish Between Russian and Japanese Advance Guards3.51904HD
Renactment of a skirmish that was likely to have occurred in the Russo-Japanese War. Opens with an establishing scene entitled "A Japanese outpost on...
- 1908
Fireside Reminiscences
Fireside Reminiscences3.51908HD
A broken-hearted husband thinks about the past as he sits by the fireplace.
- 1905
The Life of an American Policeman
The Life of an American Policeman41905HD
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....