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- DirectorOttomar AnschützA horse with rider jumping over an obstacle
- DirectorÉtienne-Jules MareyShot of the flight of a fly.
- DirectorWilliam Friese-GreeneLost film from 1888, directed by William Friese-Greene.
- DirectorLouis Aimé Augustin Le PrinceStarsAdolphe Le PrinceA very brief film of a man playing the accordion.
- DirectorLouis Aimé Augustin Le PrinceA shot of people walking on The Leeds Bridge.
- DirectorLouis Aimé Augustin Le PrinceStarsAnnie HartleyAdolphe Le PrinceJoseph WhitleyIn the garden, a man asks his friends to do something silly for him to record on film.
- 18891m5.0 (488)ShortDirectorWilliam Friese-GreeneAlleged silent black-and-white short film shot at Apsley Gate, Hyde Park, London.
- DirectorWilliam Friese-GreeneA lost film not seen since it was made.
- DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonWilliam HeiseStarsGiuseppe Sacco AlbaneseAn Edison company worker makes large gestures in front of a Kinetoscope to test the new camera system.
- DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonWilliam HeiseStarsGiuseppe Sacco AlbaneseOne of W.K.L. Dickson's laboratory workers horses around for the camera.
- DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonWilliam HeiseStarsGiuseppe Sacco AlbaneseIn an experiment that follows up on the results of 'Monkeyshines, No. 1', an Edison company worker again moves around in front of the motion picture camera.
- DirectorWilliam Carr CroftsWordsworth DonisthorpeA shot of Trafalgar Square.
- DirectorEadweard MuybridgeA baboon is shown walking on all fours in this photographic series by Muybridge.
- DirectorEadweard MuybridgeA photographic series depicting a baboon climbing up a pole.
- DirectorEadweard MuybridgeEadweard Muybridge photographs a capybara in motion.
- DirectorEadweard MuybridgeEadweard Muybridge's motion photography film depicts a child bringing a bouquet of flowers to a topless woman who kisses his cheek.
- DirectorEadweard MuybridgeThis series of images by Muybridge pictures a cockatoo in flight.
- DirectorEadweard MuybridgeA locomotion study by Muybridge, made up of still photographs and featuring some chickens frightened at the explosion of several torpedoes.
- DirectorEadweard MuybridgeEadweard Muybridge photographs an eland in motion.
- DirectorEadweard MuybridgeA series of photographs picturing an elephant walking.
- DirectorEadweard MuybridgeA series of images by Muybridge of a gnu in motion.
- DirectorEadweard MuybridgeA series of images photographed by Eadweard Muybridge, featuring a goat walking.
- DirectorEadweard MuybridgeA guanaco in motion, in the action of galloping, as photographed by Eadweard Muybridge.
- DirectorEadweard MuybridgeA flock of various birds is shown in a series of photographs by Muybridge.
- DirectorEadweard MuybridgeA Virginia deer is shown in a series of photographs, in the action of galloping.
- DirectorEadweard MuybridgeA semi-nude female model crosses a creek on stepping stones, in one hand a fishing pole; in the other a basket.
- DirectorEadweard MuybridgeA film experiment featuring one of Eadweard Muybridge's nude female models getting into a bed.
- DirectorEadweard MuybridgeTwo separate series of photographs, (one taken from the front, the other from the back) showing a nude woman jumping up and down on one foot.
- DirectorEadweard MuybridgeA nude model wearing a see-through skirt jumping from one rock another other rock. It begins on a frontal view and ends on a side view.
- DirectorEadweard MuybridgeA detailed human locomotion study of photos, showing a woman opening a parasol.
- DirectorEadweard MuybridgeA series of images of a nude model picking up a translucent skirt from the floor.
- DirectorEadweard MuybridgeEadweard Muybridge's nude female model is depicted in a series of images, detailing her bending over and pouring water from a jug.
- DirectorLouis Aimé Augustin Le PrinceA frame sequence featuring a man walking around a corner.
- DirectorEadweard MuybridgeA series a photographs, depicting a nude model coming down a staircase and towards the viewer.
- DirectorEadweard MuybridgeA series of photographs shot by Eadweard Muybridge, depicting an adjutant walking.
- DirectorEadweard MuybridgeA series of photographs of an antelope in motion, photographed by Eadweard Muybridge.
- DirectorEadweard MuybridgeA brief series photography by British Photographer Eadweard Muybridge featuring two boys playing leapfrog.
- DirectorEadweard MuybridgeEadweard Muybridge photographs a dog running from two different angles: one from the side, one from the back.
- DirectorEadweard MuybridgeStarsBouquetTwo shots of a thoroughbred horse at a gallop, with a rider: one from the side, the other from the front.
- DirectorEadweard MuybridgeA kangaroo in shown in motion in a series of photographs: first shown at a walk, them gradually changing to jumping.
- DirectorEadweard MuybridgeA series of photographs showing the movements of a walking leopard.
- DirectorEadweard MuybridgeA series of photographs depicting a male lion walking, shot by Eadweard Muybridge.
- DirectorEadweard MuybridgeA female lion walking in a series of photographs shot by Eadweard Muybridge.
- DirectorEadweard MuybridgeStarsDaisyA man riding a horse jumps over an obstacle.
- DirectorEadweard MuybridgeA series of photographs of a man in a suit taking a hat off his head.
- DirectorEadweard MuybridgeStarsRuthA mule kicking with her hind legs, photographed by Eadweard Muybridge.
- DirectorEadweard MuybridgeAn orex at a gallop, photographed by Eadweard Muybridge.
- DirectorEadweard MuybridgeTwo series of images by Eadweard Muybridge of an ostrich walking: one taken from the side, the other from the back.
- DirectorEadweard MuybridgeAn ox in motion is photographed by Eadweard Muybridge in a series of photographs taken to study the animal locomotion.
- DirectorEadweard MuybridgeTwo series of photos showing a pig walking. One is taken from the front, the other from the side.
- DirectorEadweard MuybridgeThis motion study of animal locomotion by Muybridge features a raccoon walking.
- DirectorEadweard MuybridgeA series of photographs depicting a sloth in motion, photographed by Muybridge.
- DirectorEadweard MuybridgeMuybridge photographs a tigress, or female tiger, in the action of walking.
- DirectorEadweard MuybridgeThis series of photographs depict two nude models: a woman and a young child, as the woman picks up the child.
- DirectorEadweard MuybridgeA nude model poses for a series of photographs, which depict her setting down a jug on the floor.
- DirectorEadweard MuybridgeA series of photographic images by photographer Eadweard Muybridge, showing a nude woman picking up a baseball and throwing it.
- DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonStarsWilliam K.L. DicksonThe very first American film shown to public audiences and the press. It depicts William K.L. Dickson taking off his hat and greeting the audience.
- DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonWilliam HeiseStarsJames C. DuncanShort, experimental film depicting James C. Duncan smoking a pipe.
- DirectorGeorges DemenÿStarsGeorges DemenÿMedium close-up of a man saying "Je vous aime".
- DirectorÉtienne-Jules MareyIn this early film experiment a wave crashes against a jagged rock.
- DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonWilliam HeiseTwo men wearing boxing gloves prepare to spar in the Edison Company studio.
- StarsWilliam K.L. DicksonWilliam HeiseTwo men shake hands for the Kinetograph.
- DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonExperimental film to test the new kinetoscope which depicts two men practicing fencing.
- DirectorÉmile ReynaudLost short film consisting of 300 painted images. It shows a clown entering a circus ring and greeting the audience before he starts to perform tricks with three dogs. The dogs jump through hoops, walk on a ball and jump over a wand.
- DirectorLouis LumièreStarsKing Edward VIIThis short documentary is a mini-biography of Edward VII, then Prince of Wales and heir apparent to the throne of England. Because his mother, Queen Victoria, reigned for such an unusually long period, he would not receive the crown until her death.
- DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonLost film directed by William K.L. Dickson. Presented by Edison Manufacturing Company.
- DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonA lost film, directed by William K.L. Dickson about two men wrestling.
- DirectorWilliam K.L. Dickson
- DirectorRobert W. PaulMany of the cyclists are women, and wearing skirts. Although women had been riding bicycles since the 1880s, it was only towards the end of the 1890s that they could do so comfortably without wearing trouser-like garments such as bloomers, as the design of early bicycles made riding in skirts impossible. This had been controversial for observers and cyclists alike, the former because they were convinced that women in 'male' outfits or even split skirts were immoral in some way, the latter because wearing such garments suggested a radical political outlook that they might not possess.The side of the road is lined with promenading onlookers, and the pace of the cyclists and pony-traps is gentle and leisurely, suggesting a Sunday outing of some kind.
- DirectorJames H. WhiteA woman is washing an infant child. She thrusts him, kicking and struggling, into a tub full of foaming water.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsJeanne BradyJehanne d'AlcyThe first film to ever show a nudity scene on screen is a simple presentation of a servant preparing a bath for another woman.
- DirectorWilliam K.L. Dickson
- DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonStarsAnnabelle MooreAnnabelle (Whitford) Moore performs one of her popular dances. For this performance, her costume has a pair of wings attached to her back, to suggest a butterfly. As she dances, she uses her long, flowing skirts to create visual patterns.
- DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonWilliam HeiseStarsAnnabelle MooreAnnabelle (Whitford) Moore performs one of her popular dance routines. She uses her dance steps and her long, flowing skirts to create a variety of visual patterns.
- DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonStarsAnnabelle MooreAnnabelle Moore performs her Sun Dance.
- DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonStarsFrancis E. ButlerAnnie OakleyAnnie Oakley, the 'Little Miss Sure Shot' of the 'Wild West' gives an exhibition of rifle shooting at glass balls and clay pigeons in a film from the Edison Catalog.
- DirectorLouis LumièreA short black and white film which documents the workday of shipbuilders.
- DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonA gymnast assumes a number of positions while holding a wand in both hands.
- DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonWilliam HeiseStarsFred W. BoardmanWilliam CushingAd DorschA scene from Charles Hoyt's 'A Milk White Flag': A brass band marches out, led by bandmaster Steele Ayers. When Ayers reaches his position, he turns around and directs the musicians as they take up their own positions.
- DirectorWilliam K.L. Dickson"Showing the wind-up of a political discussion. Dramatis personae: A Democrat, a Republican, a Bar Maid, and a Policeman."
- DirectorJames H. WhiteA vignette of a barroom/liquor-store in the West, no plot per se. However this short is usually regarded as the first "Western" in the sense that it depicts a western scene.
- DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonStarsEna Bertoldi"The marvelous lady contortionist and acrobat."
- DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonStarsCharles KayserJohn OttThree men hammer on an anvil and pass a bottle of beer around.
- DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonWilliam HeiseStarsHenry Welton"A glove contest between trained cats. A very comical and amusing subject, and is sure to create a great laugh." (by Edison Films)
- DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonStarsBuffalo Bill Cody"The famous army scout in an exhibition of rifle shooting. A fine picture of the principal, and beautiful smoke effects."
- DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonStarsHair CoatParts His HairLast HorseThree Sioux Indians perform a 'buffalo dance', while two others use drums to supply a rhythm. The three dancers move around in a circle as they perform the various actions that are part of the dance.
- DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonWilliam HeiseStarsFrank HammittLee MartinSunfishA fine exhibition of horsemanship by Lee Martin, a genuine cowboy. This particular broncho is an unusually wicked one. (from Edison Films)
- DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonStarsJuan A. Caicedo"King of the slack wire. His daring feats of balancing as he performs his thrilling feats in midair show that he is perfectly at home." (from Edison Films)
- DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonStarsCarmencitaPerforming on what looks like a small wooden stage, wearing a dress with a hoop skirt and white high-heeled pumps, Carmencita does a dance with kicks and twirls, a smile always on her face.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsMlle BarralBleuette BernonCarmelliA fairy godmother magically turns Cinderella's rags to a beautiful dress, and a pumpkin into a coach. Cinderella goes to the ball, where she meets the Prince - but will she remember to leave before the magic runs out?
- DirectorÉtienne-Jules Marey
- DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonWilliam HeiseStarsHenry WeltonTwo gamecocks are fighting inside a wire cage, while two spectators look on in the background. The two men agree to make a bet on the outcome. One of them shows his money to the other, who is commenting on the fight.
- DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonWilliam HeiseStarsPhil DoretoRobettaThe pursuit of Hop Lee by an irate policeman.
- DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonWilliam HeiseStarsJames J. CorbettPeter CourtneyJames J. Corbett and Peter Courtney meet in a boxing exhibition.
- DirectorAlexandre PromioA stationary camera looks across a busy corner toward a store front marked "The Divan." The words "des fees" are beneath. A cortege of Arabs, about 20 persons in the party, walk past; the dignitaries are in front, attended by men with horns and drums. Coming in the other direction are local Swiss, who pay little attention, and a group of native-garbed Africans. The dozen or so well-dressed denizens of Geneva who are sitting on the steps of the Divan take it all in.
- DirectorJames H. White"[By the Leander Sisters.] The dress of one consists of a pair of wings and a bow and arrow; the other represents a fairy. Bathers in all stages of dress and undress watch the graceful dance."
- DirectorLouis LumièreStarsÉdouard LumièreLouise WillyA black and white short film of children having a water fight.