Edwin S. Porter Movies

  • 1900
    An Animated Luncheon

    An Animated Luncheon

    An Animated Luncheon

    51900HD

    The scene takes place in a fashionable cafe. A well dressed couple enter, and after a careful perusal of the menu, conclude on an order of boiled...

    An Animated Luncheon
  • 1903
    New York City 'Ghetto' Fish Market

    New York City 'Ghetto' Fish Market

    New York City 'Ghetto' Fish Market

    51903HD

    A fine panoramic view of this busy market on a Friday morning. Immense throngs of people are passing along the stands and making their purchases of...

    New York City 'Ghetto' Fish Market
  • 1905
    The Miller’s Daughter

    The Miller’s Daughter

    The Miller’s Daughter

    3.2861905HD

    Hazel, the miller's daughter, is courted by a country boy and a sophisticated city boy. Her father favors the country boy, but she elopes with the...

    The Miller’s Daughter
  • 1903
    A Romance of the Rail

    A Romance of the Rail

    A Romance of the Rail

    4.51903HD

    An engaged couple, dressed in white, meet each other at a train station. When the train arrives, they board, and later they enjoy the sights from...

    A Romance of the Rail
  • 1906
    A Winter Straw Ride

    A Winter Straw Ride

    A Winter Straw Ride

    4.81906HD

    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...

    A Winter Straw Ride
  • 1904
    Crossing Ice Bridge at Niagara Falls

    Crossing Ice Bridge at Niagara Falls

    Crossing Ice Bridge at Niagara Falls

    01904HD

    The severe cold of the winter of 1903-04 allowed the rapids of Niagara Falls to freeze over, allowing the brave tourists to enter the chasm and cross...

    Crossing Ice Bridge at Niagara Falls
  • 1904
    Pranks of Buster Brown and His Dog Tige

    Pranks of Buster Brown and His Dog Tige

    Pranks of Buster Brown and His Dog Tige

    5.51904HD

    Scene I of the Buster Brown Series. The opening scene shows Bridget asleep at the kitchen-table, and Buster enters on tip-toe. After tying her apron...

    Pranks of Buster Brown and His Dog Tige
  • 1900
    An Artist's Dream

    An Artist's Dream

    An Artist's Dream

    4.81900HD

    The scene opens in the interior of an artist's studio. Mephisto appears mysteriously and signals the pictures to come to life. They step down from...

    An Artist's Dream
  • 1902
    Burning of St. Pierre (Martinique)

    Burning of St. Pierre (Martinique)

    Burning of St. Pierre (Martinique)

    01902HD

    Third part in Edison’s “Martinique” trilogy. It shows the shower of ashes and cinders falling upon the stricken city, the boiling...

    Burning of St. Pierre (Martinique)
  • 1908
    The Gentleman Burglar

    The Gentleman Burglar

    The Gentleman Burglar

    01908HD

    The Proposal: The gentleman burglar walking with his lady love. They admire the grandeur and beauty of nature. He proposes and she accepts. She does...

    The Gentleman Burglar
  • 1903
    Buster's Joke on Papa (II)

    Buster's Joke on Papa (II)

    Buster's Joke on Papa (II)

    31903HD

    Buster Brown plays a practical joke on his mother, persuading her to to put her hands into a pan of lobsters, then puts a bunch of them in his...

    Buster's Joke on Papa (II)
  • 1902
    The Twentieth Century Tramp; or, Happy Hooligan and His Airship

    The Twentieth Century Tramp; or, Happy Hooligan and His Airship

    The Twentieth Century Tramp; or, Happy Hooligan and His Airship

    4.71902HD

    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...

    The Twentieth Century Tramp; or, Happy Hooligan and His Airship
  • 1904
    Scenes in an Infant Orphan Asylum

    Scenes in an Infant Orphan Asylum

    Scenes in an Infant Orphan Asylum

    31904HD

    The subject of this documentary is an orphan asylum for infants. The beginning portion includes the dining facilities for the children. A woman...

    Scenes in an Infant Orphan Asylum
  • 1902
    The Burlesque Suicide

    The Burlesque Suicide

    The Burlesque Suicide

    31902HD

    A dissipated looking man is seated at a table with a decanter of whiskey and a glass beside him. A large revolver is on the opposite side of the...

    The Burlesque Suicide
  • 1910
    Russia, the Land of Oppression

    Russia, the Land of Oppression

    Russia, the Land of Oppression

    01910HD

    Russia, the Land of Oppression
  • 1908
    A Country Girl's Seminary Life and Experiences

    A Country Girl's Seminary Life and Experiences

    A Country Girl's Seminary Life and Experiences

    01908HD

    A country girl leaving home for the seminary.

    A Country Girl's Seminary Life and Experiences
  • 1909
    The Star of Bethlehem

    The Star of Bethlehem

    The Star of Bethlehem

    51909HD

    The Star of Bethlehem
  • 1904
    Skirmish Between Russian and Japanese Advance Guards

    Skirmish Between Russian and Japanese Advance Guards

    Skirmish Between Russian and Japanese Advance Guards

    3.51904HD

    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...

    Skirmish Between Russian and Japanese Advance Guards
  • 1904
    Capture of Yegg Bank Burglars

    Capture of Yegg Bank Burglars

    Capture of Yegg Bank Burglars

    41904HD

    A true-crime short of a bank robbery and chase and capture.

    Capture of Yegg Bank Burglars
  • 1901
    The Reversible Divers

    The Reversible Divers

    The Reversible Divers

    51901HD

    A very short, simple trick film with some pool divers in reverse.

    The Reversible Divers