Edwin S. Porter Filmes

  • 1904
    Crossing Ice Bridge at Niagara Falls

    Crossing Ice Bridge at Niagara Falls

    Crossing Ice Bridge at Niagara Falls

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    The severe cold of the winter of 1903-04 allowed the rapids of Niagara Falls to freeze over, allowing the brave tourists to enter the chasm and cross...

    Crossing Ice Bridge at Niagara Falls
  • 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
  • 1904
    A Rube Couple at a County Fair

    A Rube Couple at a County Fair

    A Rube Couple at a County Fair

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    The title of this early US film is something of a con really. Another rube couple had appeared in an entertaining movie set at Coney Island the...

    A Rube Couple at a County Fair
  • 1905
    The Life of an American Policeman

    The Life of an American Policeman

    The Life of an American Policeman

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    A policeman has breakfast with his wife and children, and then prepares for the day's work. While on his beat, he finds and helps a lost child....

    The Life of an American Policeman
  • 1904
    Buster Brown and the Dude

    Buster Brown and the Dude

    Buster Brown and the Dude

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    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...

    Buster Brown and the Dude
  • 1901
    The Tramp's Unexpected Skate

    The Tramp's Unexpected Skate

    The Tramp's Unexpected Skate

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    Shows a tramp asleep. Two mischievous boys appear on roller skates. One removes his skates and they strap them to the feet of "Weary Willie." They...

    The Tramp's Unexpected Skate
  • 1908
    A Suburbanite's Ingenious Alarm

    A Suburbanite's Ingenious Alarm

    A Suburbanite's Ingenious Alarm

    5.31908HD

    An office worker takes desperate measures in an attempt to get up on time in the morning.

    A Suburbanite's Ingenious Alarm
  • 1905
    The Burglar's Slide for Life

    The Burglar's Slide for Life

    The Burglar's Slide for Life

    4.51905HD

    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.

    The Burglar's Slide for Life
  • 1903
    New York City Dumping Wharf

    New York City Dumping Wharf

    New York City Dumping Wharf

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    It seems as if there was no subject so mundane or seedy that it was considered unworthy of filming by Edison and his contemporaries at the turn of...

    New York City Dumping Wharf
  • 1903
    New York City 'Ghetto' Fish Market

    New York City 'Ghetto' Fish Market

    New York City 'Ghetto' Fish Market

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    A fine panoramic view of this busy market on a Friday morning. Immense throngs of people are passing along the stands and making their purchases of...

    New York City 'Ghetto' Fish Market
  • 1915
    The Eternal City

    The Eternal City

    The Eternal City

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    Leone, a Papal guard, is devastated when his wife drowns herself after mistakenly thinking that he had abandoned her. He turns over his son David to...

    The Eternal City
  • 1907
    Jack the Kisser

    Jack the Kisser

    Jack the Kisser

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    An energetic man steals kisses from passing ladies, until bystanders give chase.

    Jack the Kisser
  • 1906
    The Life of a Cowboy

    The Life of a Cowboy

    The Life of a Cowboy

    3.91906HD

    A cowboy gets involved in the kidnapping and rescue of a pretty young girl.

    The Life of a Cowboy
  • 1903
    The Unappreciated Joke

    The Unappreciated Joke

    The Unappreciated Joke

    4.51903HD

    Scene, interior of a street-car. A stout man enters and sits down alongside of a friend and proceeds to read a comic paper. He shows a joke in the...

    The Unappreciated Joke
  • 1904
    The Ex-Convict

    The Ex-Convict

    The Ex-Convict

    5.21904HD

    A recently-released convict attempts to do right but struggles to support his wife and ailing daughter.

    The Ex-Convict
  • 1908
    A Country Girl's Seminary Life and Experiences

    A Country Girl's Seminary Life and Experiences

    A Country Girl's Seminary Life and Experiences

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    A country girl leaving home for the seminary.

    A Country Girl's Seminary Life and Experiences
  • 1905
    The Miller’s Daughter

    The Miller’s Daughter

    The Miller’s Daughter

    3.71905HD

    Hazel, the miller's daughter, is courted by a country boy and a sophisticated city boy. Her father favors the country boy, but she elopes with the...

    The Miller’s Daughter
  • 1903
    White Wings on Review

    White Wings on Review

    White Wings on Review

    3.51903HD

    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...

    White Wings on Review
  • 1902
    Burning of Durland's Riding Academy

    Burning of Durland's Riding Academy

    Burning of Durland's Riding Academy

    51902HD

    A fire has swept through Durland's Riding Academy in Manhattan. The fire has mostly died down, but firefighters are still at the scene, hosing down...

    Burning of Durland's Riding Academy
  • 1908
    Cupid’s Pranks

    Cupid’s Pranks

    Cupid’s Pranks

    3.61908HD

    After receiving a scolding for falling asleep on the job, Cupid is sent out in search of potential lovers to unite. While flying over a city, he...

    Cupid’s Pranks