Thomas A Edison Inc Movies

  • 1894
    Dickson Experimental Sound Film

    Dickson Experimental Sound Film

    Dickson Experimental Sound Film

    6.1721894HD

    William K.L. Dickson plays the violin while two men dance. This is the oldest surviving sound film where sound is recorded on the phonograph.

    Dickson Experimental Sound Film
  • 1897
    Buffalo Stockyards

    Buffalo Stockyards

    Buffalo Stockyards

    3.51897HD

    From Edison films catalog: A long line of horses, mules and ponies are led, driven and ridden into the yards, where they are sold and distributed.

    Buffalo Stockyards
  • 1897
    Falls of Minnehaha

    Falls of Minnehaha

    Falls of Minnehaha

    4.21897HD

    The 'Laughing Waters' of Longfellow's 'Hiawatha.' A beautiful view of this picturesque and celebrated waterfall.

    Falls of Minnehaha
  • 1897
    Fast mail, Northern Pacific Railroad

    Fast mail, Northern Pacific Railroad

    Fast mail, Northern Pacific Railroad

    3.9441897HD

    Here is a twelve car train dashing along at a high rate of speed. It is seen first in the distance and approaches and then passes by the camera...

    Fast mail, Northern Pacific Railroad
  • 1897
    Loading baggage for Klondike, no. 6

    Loading baggage for Klondike, no. 6

    Loading baggage for Klondike, no. 6

    3.71897HD

    This was the first ship sailing for the Klondike from Seattle during the gold rush of 1897. The picture shows the excitement and enthusiasm that atten...

    Loading baggage for Klondike, no. 6
  • 1897
    Corner Madison and State Streets, Chicago

    Corner Madison and State Streets, Chicago

    Corner Madison and State Streets, Chicago

    4.21897HD

    The busiest corner in Chicago. Cable cars and street traffic of all descriptions. Hundreds of shoppers. Fine perspective view looking north toward the...

    Corner Madison and State Streets, Chicago
  • 1912
    The Usurer's Grip

    The Usurer's Grip

    The Usurer's Grip

    4.51912HD

    Here with the Edison Company -- most notably Charles Ogle as the usurer -- we see a 'typical' case of the victims of usury. Although offered as a 'rea...

    The Usurer's Grip
  • 1917
    The Last Sentence

    The Last Sentence

    The Last Sentence

    01917HD

    George Crosby, a New York lawyer, with a passion for painting, wearied of his legal duties, sails for Brittany, where he meets Renée Kerouac, a fisher...

    The Last Sentence
  • 1917
    Chris and His Wonderful Lamp

    Chris and His Wonderful Lamp

    Chris and His Wonderful Lamp

    01917HD

    A young man buys an Aladdin’s lamp at an auction and employs the genie to help him see his love.

    Chris and His Wonderful Lamp
  • 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
  • 1917
    The Light in Darkness

    The Light in Darkness

    The Light in Darkness

    01917HD

    Bank cashier Ramsey Latham is sentenced to prison for violation of the banking laws. On his way to the penitentiary, he encounters Hilary Kenyon, a yo...

    The Light in Darkness
  • 1897
    Launch of Life Boat

    Launch of Life Boat

    Launch of Life Boat

    3.21897HD

    This Edison short delivers everything the title says. In 24-seconds we see a boat being lowered into the water led by Capt. Joseph Hodgson. The boat i...

    Launch of Life Boat
  • 1897
    Fisherman's Wharf

    Fisherman's Wharf

    Fisherman's Wharf

    3.71897HD

    Shows the wharf at San Francisco, Cal., with a large fleet of fishing boats at anchor.

    Fisherman's Wharf
  • 1897
    Buffalo Fire Department in Action

    Buffalo Fire Department in Action

    Buffalo Fire Department in Action

    4.61897HD

    Ten horse-drawn pieces of equipment of the Buffalo Fire Department pass by a stationary camera that looks down a broad avenue as they come toward it.....

    Buffalo Fire Department in Action
  • 1897
    Free-for-All race at Charter Oak Park

    Free-for-All race at Charter Oak Park

    Free-for-All race at Charter Oak Park

    3.41897HD

    Great horse racing on the famous Hartford track, showing start and finish of a 2.04 3/4 heat run by the fastest harness horse in the world, John R. Ge...

    Free-for-All race at Charter Oak Park
  • 1917
    R.F.D., 10,000 B.C.

    R.F.D., 10,000 B.C.

    R.F.D., 10,000 B.C.

    5.81917HD

    Set in prehistoric times, this short film was created for the Edison Company by Willis H. O'Brien, a pioneer of American stop-motion animation.

    R.F.D., 10,000 B.C.
  • 1917
    Where Love Is

    Where Love Is

    Where Love Is

    01917HD

    A six-part adaptation of William J. Locke's novel "Where Love Is."

    Where Love Is
  • 1905
    On a Good Old 5¢ Trolley Ride

    On a Good Old 5¢ Trolley Ride

    On a Good Old 5¢ Trolley Ride

    51905HD

    Amusing characters board an unsteady trolley at each stop, and then abandon the streetcar in order to chase a man who brought on board a basket full o...

    On a Good Old 5¢ Trolley Ride
  • 1917
    The Tell-Tale Step

    The Tell-Tale Step

    The Tell-Tale Step

    01917HD

    Giovanni Pallazzi, a former member of the Black Hand, an Italian criminal organization, comes to America with his blind daughter Lucia and prospers. H...

    The Tell-Tale Step
  • 1917
    The Law of the North

    The Law of the North

    The Law of the North

    61917HD

    When Edith Graham returns from school to live with her father, Lieutenant Graham, at a Northwest Mounted Police post in Hudson's Bay, she finds hersel...

    The Law of the North