Early Films: Edison Companies
by Library of Congress
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Description
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
| Name | Description | Released | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VideoNewark Athlete | -- | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | VideoDickson Greeting | -- | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | VideoArmour's Electric Trolley | -- | 6/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | VideoEdison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze, Jan. 7, 1894 | -- | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | VideoCorner Madison and State Streets, Chicago | -- | 6/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | VideoMen Boxing | -- | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | VideoSheep Run, Chicago Stockyards | -- | 6/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | VideoAthlete with Wand | -- | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | VideoCattle Driven to Slaughter | -- | 6/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | VideoSandow | -- | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 11 | VideoFree-For-All Race at Charter Oak Park | -- | 6/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 12 | VideoCarmencita | -- | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 13 | VideoRacing at Sheepshead Bay | -- | 6/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 14 | VideoThe Boxing Cats (Prof. Welton's) | -- | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 15 | VideoAdmiral Cigarette | -- | 6/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 16 | VideoCaicedo (with Pole) | -- | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 17 | VideoPhiladelphia Express, Jersey Central Railway | -- | 6/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 18 | VideoCorbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph | -- | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 19 | VideoOverland Express Arriving at Helena, Mont. | -- | 6/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 20 | VideoGlenroy Bros., [no. 2] | -- | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 21 | VideoCoaches Arriving at Mammoth Hot Springs | -- | 6/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 22 | VideoSioux Ghost Dance | -- | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 23 | VideoTourists Going Round Yellowstone Park | -- | 6/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 24 | VideoBuffalo Dance | -- | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 25 | VideoLower Falls, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone Park | -- | 6/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 26 | VideoLeonard-Cushing Fight | -- | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 27 | VideoS.S. "Queen" loading | -- | 6/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 28 | VideoHadj Cheriff | -- | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 29 | VideoS.S. "Queen" Loading Baggage for Klondike, no. 6 | -- | 6/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 30 | VideoLuis Martinetti | -- | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 31 | VideoS.S. "Queen" Leaving Dock | -- | 6/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 32 | VideoBucking Broncho | -- | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 33 | VideoHorses Loading for Klondike, no. 9 | -- | 6/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 34 | VideoAnnie Oakley | -- | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 35 | VideoS.S. "Williamette" Leaving for Klondike | -- | 6/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 36 | VideoImperial Japanese Dance | -- | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 37 | VideoFirst Avenue, Seattle, Washington, no. 8 | -- | 6/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 38 | VideoRobetta and Doretto, [no. 2] | -- | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 39 | VideoBand Drill | -- | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 40 | VideoFast Mail, Northern Pacific R.R. | -- | 6/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 41 | VideoPrincess Ali | -- | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 42 | VideoFisherman's Luck | -- | 6/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 43 | VideoDickson Experimental Sound Film | -- | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 44 | VideoBowery Waltz | -- | 6/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 45 | VideoThe Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots | -- | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 46 | VideoCharity Ball | -- | 6/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 47 | VideoAmy Muller | -- | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 48 | VideoLeander Sisters | -- | 6/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 49 | VideoHerald Square | -- | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 50 | VideoCupid and Psyche | -- | 6/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 51 | VideoMay Irwin Kiss | -- | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 52 | VideoShooting the Chutes | -- | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 53 | VideoPassaic Falls | -- | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 54 | VideoInterrupted Lovers | -- | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 55 | VideoThe Lone Fisherman | -- | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 56 | VideoFeeding the Doves | -- | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 57 | VideoA Morning Bath | -- | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 58 | VideoThe Burning Stable | -- | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 59 | VideoMounted Police Charge | -- | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 60 | VideoGoing to the Fire | -- | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 61 | VideoBlack Diamond Express | -- | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 62 | VideoA Morning Alarm | -- | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 63 | VideoPolice Patrol Wagon | -- | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 64 | VideoAmerican Falls from Above, American Side | -- | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 65 | VideoThe First Sleigh-Ride | -- | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 66 | VideoSeminary Girls | -- | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 67 | VideoPillow Fight | -- | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 68 | VideoWaterfall in the Catskills | -- | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 69 | VideoFalls of Minnehaha | -- | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 70 | VideoBuffalo Police on Parade | -- | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 71 | VideoBuffalo Stockyards | -- | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 72 | VideoBuffalo Fire Department in Action | -- | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 73 | VideoGiant Coal Dumper | -- | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 73 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Fantastic Archive of Early Films
These early films are so amazing to watch. An entire industry and technology we take for granted now but was in it's infancy at the time. What a great treat to have these films available 100 years later and wonderfully restored. Thanks LOC!
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