"This picture was taken from the front of a rapidly moving launch through one of the most beautiful stretches of the Grand Canal, showing many...

This film was shot near the Union Works, San Francisco, California. Great look at the pleasure yacht "Unadilla" with her decks loaded with passengers.

In this movie, dancer Ella Lola performs a Turkish variation of a "Danse Du Ventre", the oriental belly dance. In her dance she shakes, twists and...

Passage of a Shintoist procession, whose members carry banners and lanterns, somewhere in Kyoto.

A fight breaks out over a poster.

Boxing scene between two cats held by their master.

The stars-and-stripes and the flag of Cuba Libre flutter in the breeze, one after the other. Very dramatic. Appeals to the popular sentiment....

Lost silent short.

Another entry in Edison's "Southern Pacific Company Series", which pretty much had cameramen hanging around the train line just shooting anything...

Shows the entire flock running around the corral with great strides and outstretched wings.

Film produced by William K. Dickson’s British Mutoscope and Biograph Company.

A folk dance staged in the ruins of Pompeii. With the Arch of Tiberius in the near distance and Arch of Caligula in far distance. A troop of...

A man plays the trombone, to which is attached a saw.

Karina dancing.

Parade of guards during Queen Wilhelminas coronation.

J. Stuart Blackton filming the Battle of Santiago Bay in 1898

The festive start and disastrous aftermath of the launch of the H.M.S. Albion.

Director: William Heise Production Company: Edison Manufacturing Company Country: USA

The Statue of Liberty in right profile; No people, no flags rippling in the wind, no seagulls flapping past to mar the unmoving image of the Statue...

Several men in a basement barbershop become excited by women walking past the window. The ankles and knees of the passersby are visible to the men...

This picture was taken on the line of the Mt. Tamalpais Scene R.R., and whereas the previous views were taken ascending, this is a descending view,...

Taken on the line of the Mt. Tamalpais scenic railroad, Marin county, California, from a flat car following the engine.

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

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

This film shows the summit portion of the Mill Valley and Mount Tamalpais Scenic Railway, the Tamalpais Tavern resort, and part of the adjacent east...

This picture shows Col. Roosevelt, accompanied by Lieut. Greenway and other prominent officers of the Rough Riders, galloping up to his headquarters,...

View coming down a hill towards a river.

Here is a freight train of thirty cars loaded with baggage and ambulance supplies for the 9th U.S. Cavalry.

New York City welcome to Sampson's Fleet after the Battle of Santiago Bay, Cuba.

New York City welcome to Sampson's Fleet after the Battle of Santiago Bay, Cuba.

On Saturday morning, August 20, 1898, six grim battleships of Admiral Sampson's Squadron...

On Saturday morning, August 20, 1898, six grim battleships of Admiral Sampson's Squadron sailed into New York Harbor and up the Hudson to receive a...

Taken in Havana Harbor from a moving launch, and shows the wreck of the 'Maine' surrounded by wrecking boats and other vessels...

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...

During the Alaska gold rush, one way to reach the Klondike was over the Chilkoot Pass. A stationary camera is placed to see a ways down the curving...