Most Viewed Year 1894

A man (Thomas Edison's assistant) takes a pinch of snuff and sneezes. This is one of the earliest Thomas Edison films and was the second motion...

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.

Annie Oakley was probably the most famous marksman/woman in the world when this short clip was produced in Edison's Black Maria studio in West...

The first woman to appear in front of an Edison motion picture camera and possibly the first woman to appear in a motion picture within the United...

Long before Hollywood started painting white men red and dressing them as 'Injuns' Edison's company was using the genuine article! Featuring for what...

The film consists of a series of animations on a beach containing two beach huts and a diving board. Two characters play at diving into the water...

“Interior of Barber Shop. Man comes in, takes off his coat; sits down, smokes; is handed a paper by attendant, who points out a joke; both...

The famous army scout in an exhibition of rifle shooting. A fine picture of the principal, and beautiful smoke effects.

James J. Corbett and Peter Courtney meet in a boxing exhibition.

"A glove contest between trained cats. A very comical and amusing subject, and is sure to create a great laugh." (by Edison Films)

Annabelle (Whitford) Moore performs one of her popular dances. For this performance, her costume has a pair of wings attached to her back, to suggest...

The pursuit of Hop Lee by an irate policeman.

“A scene representing Southern plantation life before the war. A jig and a breakdown by three colored boys.”

Eugen Sandow, who claims to be the strongest man in the world, appears in the Edison Company's film studio.

Two gamecocks fight in the Edison Company film studio. This feature was remade later in the same year, with additional detail added.

"Said to be the Champion High Kicker of the World."

A group of children is playing in the garden.

The Glenroy Brothers perform a portion of their vaudeville act, "The Comic View of Boxing: The Tramp & the Athlete", which depicts a boxer with a...

From Edison films catalog: One of the most peculiar customs of the Sioux Tribe is here shown, the dancers being genuine Sioux Indians, in full war...