Edwin S. Porter Movies

Scene II of the Buster Brown Series. Shows a millinery store in the shopping district, and Mrs. Brown with a lady friend, admiring the hats displayed...

Among the tall trees and mountains of the Far West, a father, son and daughter dwell peacefully in their mountain cabin, close to nature, seldom...

One of the principal features at the Pan-American Exposition is the Alaskan or Esquimaux Village. In this most interesting exhibit...

A fine picture of the celebrated "White Wings" or street-cleaning department of one district of Greater New York, showing over 350 men in line, and...

This picture shows an old gentleman seated at his shaving table. The razor is evidently giving him a great deal of trouble...

An over-the-hill American tourist has a terrible time on his European "rest cure" vacation.

A country girl leaving home for the seminary.

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.

Men on the streetcar offer their seats to pretty women, but not to an ugly woman.

The cook has trouble lighting the stove, so she adds kerosene, with explosive results.

It seems Edison made a ton of these panorama films back in '03. They probably rented a boat for a couple of days, packed sandwiches and beer and...

Here we have recorded a very novel scene, the camera having been placed in the basket of the captive balloon at the Pan-American Exposition...

Panorama of Blackwell's Island

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...

Two lifeguards rescue a female bather after faltering and sinking while swimming.