Edwin S. Porter Movies

  • 1903
    The Great Train Robbery

    The Great Train Robbery

    The Great Train Robbery

    71903HD

    After the train station clerk is assaulted and left bound and gagged, then the departing train and its passengers robbed, a posse goes in hot pursuit...

    The Great Train Robbery
  • 1900
    The Magician

    The Magician

    The Magician

    4.251900HD

    The scene opens on a theatrical stage. The magician enters from the wings, and making a bow to the audience, removes his coat and hat and they...

    The Magician
  • 1903
    Life of an American Fireman

    Life of an American Fireman

    Life of an American Fireman

    6.031903HD

    Porter's sequential continuity editing links several shots to form a narrative of firemen responding to a house fire. They leave the station with...

    Life of an American Fireman
  • 1906
    Dream of a Rarebit Fiend

    Dream of a Rarebit Fiend

    Dream of a Rarebit Fiend

    6.3381906HD

    A live-action film adaptation of the comic strip Dream of the Rarebit Fiend by American cartoonist Winsor McCay. This silent short film follows the...

    Dream of a Rarebit Fiend
  • 1905
    How Jones Lost His Roll

    How Jones Lost His Roll

    How Jones Lost His Roll

    51905HD

    Jones is on his way home, carrying a roll of money, when he meets a neighbor who is a notorious miser. The neighbor unexpectedly invites Jones to...

    How Jones Lost His Roll
  • 1903
    Electrocuting an Elephant

    Electrocuting an Elephant

    Electrocuting an Elephant

    2.71903HD

    This is a film taken of the execution of Topsy, an elephant employed to help build Luna Park on Coney Island.

    Electrocuting an Elephant
  • 1904
    R. F. Outcault Making a Sketch of Buster and Tige

    R. F. Outcault Making a Sketch of Buster and Tige

    R. F. Outcault Making a Sketch of Buster and Tige

    31904HD

    Buster Brown creater R.F. Outcault sketches his creation. Part of the Buster Brown series for Edison film studio.

    R. F. Outcault Making a Sketch of Buster and Tige
  • 1904
    Dog Factory

    Dog Factory

    Dog Factory

    4.51904HD

    A brief vaudeville-style demonstration of a "Dog Transformator," a machine that instantly turns dogs into sausages, and amazingly, sausages back into...

    Dog Factory
  • 1901
    What Happened on Twenty-Third Street, New York City

    What Happened on Twenty-Third Street, New York City

    What Happened on Twenty-Third Street, New York City

    5.41901HD

    A street level view from the sidewalk, looking along the length of 23rd Street. Following actuality footage of pedestrians and street traffic, the...

    What Happened on Twenty-Third Street, New York City
  • 1911
    The Lighthouse by the Sea

    The Lighthouse by the Sea

    The Lighthouse by the Sea

    41911HD

    The old lighthouse keeper lives peacefully with his two daughters, who are both engaged to fisherman. One night he receives a message announcing the...

    The Lighthouse by the Sea
  • 1901
    The Old Maid Having Her Picture Taken

    The Old Maid Having Her Picture Taken

    The Old Maid Having Her Picture Taken

    4.4441901HD

    An old maid is walking about the studio while the photographer is getting his camera ready. She first looks at a hanger, which immediately falls from...

    The Old Maid Having Her Picture Taken
  • 1905
    The Night Before Christmas

    The Night Before Christmas

    The Night Before Christmas

    6.1541905HD

    On Christmas Eve, Santa feeds his reindeer and loads his sleigh, before going on his journey to deliver toys to the children of the world.

    The Night Before Christmas
  • 1906
    Getting Evidence

    Getting Evidence

    Getting Evidence

    51906HD

    A jealous husband arrives in the office of Hawkshaw, a private detective. The husband is certain that his wife is being unfaithful, and he wants the...

    Getting Evidence
  • 1900
    Uncle Josh in a Spooky Hotel

    Uncle Josh in a Spooky Hotel

    Uncle Josh in a Spooky Hotel

    4.6321900HD

    Uncle Josh returns in this sequel to UNCLE JOSH'S NIGHTMARE. This time he checks into a hotel, presumably to get a better nights rest than he got at...

    Uncle Josh in a Spooky Hotel
  • 1908
    Rescued from an Eagle's Nest

    Rescued from an Eagle's Nest

    Rescued from an Eagle's Nest

    5.4871908HD

    A woodsman leaves a hut followed by a woman with their baby. Nearby some men chop down a tree. The baby is left outside the hut, but an eagle flies...

    Rescued from an Eagle's Nest
  • 1901
    Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison

    Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison

    Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison

    4.21901HD

    This early docudrama shows Auburn Prison and recreates the electrocution of Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of President McKinley of the United States.

    Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison
  • 1905
    The Kleptomaniac

    The Kleptomaniac

    The Kleptomaniac

    5.0421905HD

    A well-dressed woman leaves her home and takes a carriage to a department store. While she is in the store, she steals several items, and is caught...

    The Kleptomaniac
  • 1904
    Maniac Chase

    Maniac Chase

    Maniac Chase

    6.21904HD

    A “madman” escapes prison and the torments of his warders.

    Maniac Chase
  • 1904
    How a French Nobleman Got a Wife Through the 'New York Herald' Personal Columns

    How a French Nobleman Got a Wife Through the 'New York Herald' Personal Columns

    How a French Nobleman Got a Wife Through the 'New York Herald' Personal Columns

    51904HD

    A French aristocrat, who has recently arrived in America, has placed a personal advertisement in the newspaper...

    How a French Nobleman Got a Wife Through the 'New York Herald' Personal Columns
  • 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

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