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A man and a woman dance "jarabe tapatío" while some people watch.
Danse mexicaine
A short look at Surf Ave., Coney Island.
Scene on Surf Ave., Coney Island
A crowd watches the Newark Fire Department respond to a call.
Going to the Fire
Vehicles are moving in the street. A crowd is gathered in front of the entrance to the Lumière cinematograph.
Entrance to the Cinematograph (Vienna)
Traffic of pedestrians, trams, and carts at the intersection of two streets.
Cours Belsunce
Lumiere short
Le forum
The dancer Fatima, well-known for her dancing shows at the World's Exhibition in 1893, performs for the camera. She opens her act by twirling around...
Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance
19th century carnival ride.
Swings
Dragoons walk along the buildings then jump over a low wall.
Stuttgart: 26th Dragoons Jumping Obstacles
This is a typical Irish argument in which a can of beer, clay pipes and two sons of Erin form the principal parts.
Irish Way of Discussing Politics
The veil covering the statue of William I falls away. The crowd stirs, men uncover themselves, and some of the horsemen move.
II. Inauguration
Mexicans lassoing a horse.
Lassage d'un cheval sauvage
A woman feeds pigeons on the Piazza San Marco in Venice.
Pigeons sur la place Saint-Marc
Egyptian Oriental Dance
"A battalion of New York's famous mounted police at inspection. They approach at break-neck gallop." - from the Edison Catalog
Mounted Police Charge
“Mammy is washing her little pickaninny. She thrusts him, kicking and struggling, into a tub full of foaming suds.” (Edison film catalog)
A Morning Bath
Guillaume Tell
A brief fantasy tale involving a strange fairy who can produce and deliver babies coming out of cabbages. Note: This is a LOST film; the existing...
The Cabbage-Patch Fairy
In a schoolyard, students lined up disperse after a supervisor passes by.
Break Time at La Martinière
“The scene depicts the collapse of a section of wall in a factory.” Three workers demolish a wall in the presence of Auguste...
Demolition of a Wall
Rip's Twenty Years' Sleep
Artist draws Thomas Edison.
Edison Drawn by 'World' Artist