Thomas A Edison Inc Movies
- 1894
Dickson Experimental Sound Film
Dickson Experimental Sound Film6.2661894HD
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.
- 1917
Chris and His Wonderful Lamp
Chris and His Wonderful Lamp01917HD
A young man buys an Aladdin’s lamp at an auction and employs the genie to help him see his love.
- 1912
The Usurer's Grip
The Usurer's Grip4.51912HD
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...
- 1917
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.
- 1897
Buffalo Stockyards
Buffalo Stockyards3.81897HD
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.
- 1897
Fishing Smacks
Fishing Smacks3.31897HD
Another Edison film shot in San Francisco at the Fisherman's Wharf. Once again the camera is looking down on a group of men doing their jobs.
- 1917
The Law of the North
The Law of the North61917HD
The Law of the North is a silent 1917 Adventure film.
- 1917
The Light in Darkness
The Light in Darkness01917HD
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...
- 1917
The Luck of Roaring Camp
The Luck of Roaring Camp01917HD
The story takes place in a small struggling mining town located in the foothills of the California mountains at the time of the gold rush. The camp...
- 1905
On a Good Old 5¢ Trolley Ride
On a Good Old 5¢ Trolley Ride51905HD
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...
- 1915
Gladiola
Gladiola01915HD
- 1917
The Tell-Tale Step
The Tell-Tale Step01917HD
Giovanni Pallazzi, a former member of the Black Hand, an Italian criminal organization, comes to America with his blind daughter Lucia and prospers....
- 1897
Fast mail, Northern Pacific Railroad
Fast mail, Northern Pacific Railroad4.11897HD
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...
- 1917
The Last Sentence
The Last Sentence01917HD
George Crosby, a New York lawyer, with a passion for painting, wearied of his legal duties, sails for Brittany, where he meets Renée Kerouac,...
- 1897
Free-for-All race at Charter Oak Park
Free-for-All race at Charter Oak Park3.21897HD
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....
- 1897
Falls of Minnehaha
Falls of Minnehaha41897HD
The 'Laughing Waters' of Longfellow's 'Hiawatha.' A beautiful view of this picturesque and celebrated waterfall.
- 1904
Skirmish Between Russian and Japanese Advance Guards
Skirmish Between Russian and Japanese Advance Guards3.51904HD
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...
- 1897
Horses loading for Klondike, no. 9
Horses loading for Klondike, no. 93.81897HD
The wharf is crowded with live stock, and the huge derrick slowly drops the large box or sling into the bunch. Into this cradle a horse is led, and...
- 1904
Crossing Ice Bridge at Niagara Falls
Crossing Ice Bridge at Niagara Falls01904HD
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...
- 1897
Launch of Life Boat
Launch of Life Boat31897HD
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...