Most Viewed From Edison Studios

The camera was placed in almost the center of the compound area by the exhibit buildings, and the cameraman began to photograph and pan his camera...

Street scene of LA in 1898.

"Produced to show the unreasonable and absurd lengths to which local censorship of motion pictures might be carried"-- A film so heavily censored...

Shows a band of mischievous cowboys being chased by Indians. A number of shots are fired at the pursuing Indians by the cow punchers, and the...

The President is seen on the reviewing stand at the Stadium, escorted by President Milburn, of the Pan-American Exposition...

This panoramic scene is taken from a Seine steamboat and gives a rapid view of the banks of the river...

“Another view in which the figures show larger. A springboard furnishes the bathers with much amusement; also a toboggan slide.” (Edison...

Scenes of men and women parading horses.

Champion Lasso Thrower Vicente Oropeza (aka. Vincente Ore Passo/Bisento Orapeso/Vincenti Orapazza) shows his skills.

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...

“Showing a group of soldiers and Red Cross nurses being amused by a number of small children who are riding upon the backs of trick bears. A...

This picture gives a good idea of how soon one of the New York fireboats can be gotten under way after they receive an alarm of fire...

A policeman confronts a group of boys who have ignored a 'No Bathing Allowed' sign.

Shows a group of sailors and an officer at the stern. The flag runs out in a ball to the end of the staff, and, at the signal, is broken. Proudly the...

Near the main entrance. Hundreds of carriages and characteristic Parisian busses are passing.

Interesting types of Mexicans watch the arrivals by the train. Sombreros, serapes and mantillas give the scene a very distinctive foreign appearance.

Shepherds in Hawaii push a flock of sheep in line through a trough of water.

A burglar escapes from the apartment he's robbing by sliding down the clothesline, but in the end he's caught by the family dog.

This twenty-five second film is from Edison's "Southern Pacific Company" series. What we see is a Japanese ship as it is floating into a harbor in...