4 CD Silent Film Collection

Work, school, and leisure activities in the United States from 1894 to 1915 are featured in this presentation of 150 motion pictures, Highlights include films of the United States Postal Service from 1903, cattle breeding, fire fighters, ice manufacturing, logging, calisthenic and gymnastic exercises in schools, amusement parks, boxing, expositions, football, parades, swimming, and other sporting events.

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To view a sample clip, click here. Clicking on it will open your computer's media player. (This clip is a smaller one but even so at about 3MB in size, it will take a bit of time to load.) This is Boys diving, Honolulu - #19 in the descriptions below.

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Here is a description of each film on this four CD collection

1	Albany, N.Y., fire department CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1901. SUMMARY A sidewalk crowd on a main street of Albany, N.Y., watches as fourteen pieces of horse-drawn fire equipment quickly pass by.
2	Annual baby parade, 1904, Asbury Park, N.J. (in 2 parts) CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1904. SUMMARY Shows the Baby Parade at Asbury Park, N.J., in 1904. Includes scenes of boys (dressed as soldiers and sailors) and girls (dressed in oriental costume) marching in groups, mothers pushing decorated perambulators, and horse-drawn floats.
3	Annual parade, New York fire department CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1904. SUMMARY Dignitaries are shown as they alight from a horse-drawn brougham and enter the speaker's bleachers. Next, personnel of the New York Fire Department walk by the camera. One of every piece of fire-fighting equipment then used by the department passes.
4	Armour's electric trolley CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1897. SUMMARY From Maguire & Baucus catalogue: Shows the private electric railway of Messrs. Armour & Co. in their great Chicago yards.
5	Asia in America, St. Louis exposition CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1904. SUMMARY The film begins with a wide shot of an area crowded with people, some riding elephants, others marching in procession in front of a structure with the sign "Asia" on it. The people are wearing various costumes.
6	Assembling a generator, Westinghouse works CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1904. SUMMARY A group of men work on various parts of a large generator, assembling the pieces. A crane carries a large piece of the generator over to the rest of the machine, and the men guide it down to assemble it. The crane brings two other pieces to the machine and lays them down where they belong.
7	Assembling and testing turbines, Westinghouse works CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1904. SUMMARY A turbine is shown operating. Two men walk up to it, check the running of various parts on it, and write their findings down on paper. A third man is seen walking through a few times, once stopping to look at one of the men's writings.
8	Atlantic City floral parade CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1904. SUMMARY Views of a parade down an Atlantic City street lined with crowds of spectators--some people watching from roofs--children, women in long skirts, many moustached men wearing hats. Shows uniformed men marching, boys pulling a small floral float with a woman riding in it, an elaborate float with a girl in it being pushed by a man, more small floats (decorated chairs?) with children, two black men carrying flowers, a marching uniformed band playing their instruments, a policeman mixed in with the band, a float with banner "Young Pier" with children in it and a young black maid beside it, blacks in elaborate tall hats and one black in a suit, flowers representing figures, a box-shaped float, and more small floats. Static camera angle which focuses on the upper torsos and heads of the marchers.
9	Auto boat race on the Hudson CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1904. SUMMARY The single camera position was from the point of view of the judge of the course. The films shows a boat race between small, motor-driven speed boats, which were approximately twenty feet long with the inboard engine decked over. Many boats of various designs and spectators can be seen as if the locale were a yacht club basin or yacht mooring. Participants in the race were W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr.'s Hard Boiled Egg; The Standard, which won the championship and had never been beaten; the Vingt et Un; the F.I.A.T.; the Shooting Star; the Japansky, the Kotic the Nada.
10	Automobile race for the Vanderbilt Cup CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1904. SUMMARY This automobile race was filmed from many camera positions. Several different types of motor cars from all parts of the world are seen. A series of interconnecting roads was used as the race course.
11	Babies rolling eggs CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1902. SUMMARY Some small children in winter clothing face the camera in a semicircle. They throw what appear to be eggs down the incline toward the camera position. From left and right of the camera, a great number of young boys scramble for the eggs. Many close-ups and mass photographs of the activities are then shown.
12	The ball game CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1898. SUMMARY Photographed from one camera position behind home plate, the film shows a baseball game in progress. The action includes two players running toward the camera; one uniform is distinquishable as Newark, New Jersey.
13	Kindergarten ball game CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1904. SUMMARY A row of approximately twenty-five children under the age of six can be seen facing the camera. They stand in front of a long blackboard with the words "Kansas City, Mo." written on it. As the film continues, the children bounce the balls they have in their hands, then form a circle and march around the bouncing balls.
14	Basket ball, Missouri Valley College CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1904. SUMMARY The subject is a basketball game played between teams of girls. The film shows a section of a basketball court in the foreground, the backboard, and the basket. In the background is a three-story brick schoolbuilding. The short length of the film does not allow too much description of the activities.
15	Bass fishing CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1903. SUMMARY A man in fashionable sporting attire is standing on some large rocks at the edge of a stream. He is holding a short fishing rod in his hands and casting into the running stream. The film ends as the fisherman kneels at the edge of the water, holding the reel in his left hand while he hauls in the fish with a net held in his right hand. There are several occasions when the fisherman cannot be seen, as he walks out of camera range.
16	Bathing at Atlantic City CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1901. SUMMARY The film shows the bathing beach at Atlantic City, New Jersey. The camera position was from a tower or some platform high over the heads of the people on the sand adjoining the water. The camera pans approximately 180 degrees, taking in hundreds of people sitting on the sand between the boardwalk and the ocean, part of the boardwalk, and a great deal of the ocean area where people are swimming.
17	Auto boat race on the Hudson CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1904. SUMMARY The single camera position was from the point of view of the judge of the course. The films shows a boat race between small, motor-driven speed boats, which were approximately twenty feet long with the inboard engine decked over. Many boats of various designs and spectators can be seen as if the locale were a yacht club basin or yacht mooring. Participants in the race were W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr.'s Hard Boiled Egg; The Standard, which won the championship and had never been beaten; the Vingt et Un; the F.I.A.T.; the Shooting Star; the Japansky, the Kotic the Nada.
18	Boat race CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1904. SUMMARY Two standard U.S. Navy eight-oar pulling boats, each commanded by a coxswain at the steering position in the stern, are seen abeam of one another. At a signal, both pulling boats begin moving and it can be seen that the camera was positioned on a vessel following the two competing pulling boats. The camera stays with the two boats until their destination is disclosed as a navy battle cruiser at anchor. The cruiser, unidentified, is flying an American flag. The film ends as the two pulling boats come abeam of the cruiser Indiana with their oars in the "boat oar" position.
19	Boys diving, Honolulu CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1902. SUMMARY A large group of small boys stand on a pier, looking up at what probably is the railing and hoping pennies will be thrown into the water for them to retrieve. The boys are clothed only in swim trunks. At a distance of approximately a mile, six large clipper shipss can be seen at anchor.
20	Brook trout fishing CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1902. SUMMARY The camera shows a small waterfall and a stream. Across the stream on the bank is a man with a fishing pole in one hand and a retrieving net in the other. During the course of the film, he makes the normal movements of a man accustomed to trout fishing. High on the bank to the right is a spectator. At the end of the film, the fisherman catches, nets, and lands a fish.
21	Buffalo Bill's wild west parade CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1902. SUMMARY The film shows a parade down Fifth Avenue, New York. In the foreground many children, both black and white, can be seen following alongside the parade. The participants in the parade include cowboys, Indians, and soldiers in the uniform of the United States Cavalry on horseback and riding horse-drawn coaches. Buffalo Bill can be seen on horseback, lifting his hat to the crowd [Frame: 1397].
22	Buffalo Fire Department in action CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1897. SUMMARY From F.Z. Maguire & Co. catalogue: Another of those stirring fire scenes which have proved so popular. There are ten pieces of apparatus in the picture. Every piece fully manned is under full headway, and is shown almost head-on to the beholder. Several of the engines and wagons are drawn by three horses abreast. Fireman appear putting on their coats, etc., while the engines and trucks rush by. Many of the engine horses in the picture are white and the speed at which they break into the scene and pass full size under the very eye of the observer is startling. The engines are fired up and there are dust, steam and smoke effects all through the film. This picture is very full and complete.
23	Buffalo police on parade CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1897. SUMMARY From Edison films catalog: A street scene showing parade of the entire Buffalo Police Department, 16 men abreast, with military band.
24	Buffalo stockyards CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1897. SUMMARY 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.
25	Building a harbor at San Pedro CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1901. SUMMARY From Edison films catalog: This picture was secured from a launch furnished by Mr. Eager, President of the California Construction Co., who are fulfilling this
26	Buying stamps from Rural Wagon, U.S.P.O. CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1903. SUMMARY The film shows a man carrying a mail sack. He climbs the stairs of a front porch, rings a doorbell, and a woman comes to the door. The postman hands her something, turns around, and walks down the stairs.
27	Calf branding CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1898. SUMMARY The cameraman placed his camera near a fire where some branding irons were being heated. As the film begins, three men can be seen going through the various operations of branding calves. In the background is a large herd of cattle.
28	Cancelling machine, U.S.P.O. CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1903. SUMMARY The camera that photographed this film, built around the operation of cancelling mail, was placed high enough to include not only the machine and its operation but also the man who was making it work. During the film, a large number of envelopes are worked through the machine by an operator.
29	Canoeing on the Charles River, Boston, Mass. CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1904. SUMMARY About fifty canoes filled with people on an outing in the summertime were photographed from a single camera position from a bridge overlooking the Charles River in Boston, Massachusetts.
30	Carriers at work, U.S.P.O. CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1903. SUMMARY The subject is the handling and sorting of the U.S. mail. The sorting bags and the alphabetizing pigeonhole equipment are visible in a scene photographed from an altitude of approximately twenty-five feet. The placement of the equipment and its use by the post office personnel can be seen.
31	Carriers leaving building, U.S.P.O. [Version 1] CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1903. SUMMARY The opening scene shows the steps of a large public building. Above the steps is a door out of which, coming toward the camera position, are approximately a hundred and fifty mail carriers of the postal service. They are in uniform and are all carrying mail bags. They continue down the steps in formation for the full length of the film.
32	Carriers leaving building, U.S.P.O. [Version 2] CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1903. SUMMARY Male letter carriers of the U.S. Post Office are the subject of this series on the Postal Department. The camera was placed to show a large number of uniformed mail carriers as they leave the main post office to deliver letters. They can be seen walking down the steps of the building toward the camera position. Some mount bicycles and ride away, while others just walk. There are also some women in the film.
33	Casting a guide box, Westinghouse works (in 2 parts) CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1904. SUMMARY A large bucket full of molten material is poured into a large container, possibly a mold, by a group of men using machinery. Some other men stoke the fire under the container. When finished pouring, the men lift the bucket up from the container and take it away on a crane. Two men put prods down repeatedly into the container, while others lay covers on top of it.
34	Cattle driven to slaughter CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1897. SUMMARY From Maguire & Baucus catalogue: A herd of long-horn cattle being driven through the Chicago stock yard gates to the slaughter house, where 280 of the animals are killed every hour of the day.
35	Cattle leaving the corral CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1898. SUMMARY The single camera shows a fenced area, a large gate, two men on the fencepost above the gate, and a large herd of cattle behind the gate. The gate is opened and the cattle stream through the opening, herded by four men on horseback. As the film ends, all of the herd of cattle have passed through the gate and by the camera position. Only the empty corral is visible.
36	Central high school, gymnastic drill CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1904. SUMMARY The cameraman placed his equipment at the edge of a school yard where supervised gymnastics were being conducted by high school students. Male students can be seen doing the long and short "horse" exercises to the left of the camera position. In the center, a group of young girls are engaged in using the parellel bars and to the right of the camera, some older boys in white clothing are executing several difficult exercises on the high parallel bars. Across the extent of the visibility of the camera is a blackboard with the words "Kansas City, Mo."
37	Charleston chain-gang CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1902. SUMMARY Apparently, the film was photographed from a compound bordered by high walls and buildings. At a distance of fifty yards in the direction that the camera is pointed a column of men can be seen walking backwards and holding a chain under their arms. All the men are dressed the same. Two men carrying shotguns gesture to indicate the chain gang should move. They walk toward camera position, continuing until the last man in the column passes the camera.
38	Chicago-Michigan football game (in 2 parts) CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1903. SUMMARY Excerpts of a 1903 football game between the University of Chicago and the University of Michigan. Includes views of the uniformed players, the spectators in the stadium and surrounding stands, and the game itself.
39	Children in the surf, Coney Island CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1904. SUMMARY Seven small children can be seen from the low angle camera position; the camera is pointed out to sea. The children are holding hands and wading in the surf. Beyond them can be seen three adults. At the end of the film, there is only one child in a white bathing costume holding a sailboat. Beyond the child toward the ocean is a large sailing craft.
40	Circular panorama of Electric Tower CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1901. SUMMARY The film, photographed from a single camera position, shows the total exposition and its buildings. The film contains a 360-degree pan. From a contemporary Edison film company catalog: CIRCULAR PANORAMA OF THE ELECTRIC TOWER. Ungulata. [code for telegraphic orders] A most interesting picture at the Pan-American Exposition structure was taken from the north side of the Electric Tower. It presented the most perfect and diversified views of the Transportation Building, Mexican Plaza, the Stadium and the north side of the Electric Tower.
41	Circular panorama of housing the ice CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1902. SUMMARY The camera photographed an area of industrial activity. Against a hill approximately one hundred feet in height, ten escalatorlike conveyors have been constructed. The film indicates that the system was designed to lift ice that had been cut from a lake to the top of a hill where it was either stored or shipped. The camera pans from the mechanized area to the right 150 degrees to show the total operation.
42	Claremont Theatre, N.Y. CREATED/PUBLISHED [United States : Thomas A. Edison, 1915] SUMMARY Shows the entrance to the Claremont Theatre in New York City at 135th St. and Broadway where Edison is showing Gertrude McCoy and Bigelow Cooper in On the stroke of twelve. Large numbers of men, women and children leave the theater, some as many as two or three times. Delivery boys, a wagon, automobiles and a boy on rollerskates pass by.
43	Clerks casing mail for bags, U.S.P.O. CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1903. SUMMARY The subject is an operation of mail handling called "casing." The camera was placed so that two men can be seen demonstrating the method. The demonstrators, with stacks of letters in their hands, place them in one of many apertures built into a cabinet or "case."
44	Clerks tying bags, U.S.P.O. CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1903. SUMMARY Two employees of the Post Office Department are removing stacks of letters from the aperatures in the "case" or cabinet and tying them into bundles. They then throw the tied envelopes into the appropriate sacks.
45	Clerks tying up for bags, U.S.P.O. CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1903. SUMMARY The film shows two postal employees as they tie into bundles stacks of letters they have just removed from a destination "case."
46	Cleveland fire department CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1903. SUMMARY The subject is the activities of a fire department that can be seen coming out of the fire engine house located across the street from the camera position. The action must have been a drill or rehearsal as the street is lined with people awaiting the arrival of the three pumpers, the two hook-and-ladder wagons, and the four personnel wagons that made up the contingent of fire equipment.
47	Coach at rural post office, U.S.P.O. CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1903. SUMMARY This section of the postal film is concerned with a stagecoach pulled by four horses arriving and delivering a pouch of mail to a rural post office for rerouting. Also visible is the post office delivery wagon.
48	Coaches arriving at Mammoth Hot Springs CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., c1899. SUMMARY From Edison films catalog: The scene is the broad piazza of the Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel, and shows the arrival of tourists. Up dashes a spanking team of six, seemingly as fresh and spirited as when they started. Friends who are waiting on the piazza rush to greet the new arrivals and help them alight.
49	Coil winding machines, Westinghouse works CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1904. SUMMARY Numerous women stand in rows at winding machines, taking material from large spools behind them. A male supervisor walks down the aisle, checking the work of the women.
50	Coil winding section E, Westinghouse works CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1904. SUMMARY Rows of women are shown at tables with winding machines. They wind using material from spools behind them, apparently putting the finished products on the table in front of them. Various supervisory staff, male and female, walk through the aisles, checking the work of the women.
51	Collecting mail, U.S.P.O. CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1903. SUMMARY The subject is the movement of mail by the U.S. postal service. As the film begins, two types of mail boxes on a pole on the corner of a street can be seen. In the background, away from the camera position, are people going by on foot, as well as horse-drawn and electric streetcar transportation. At the end of the film, a man wearing the uniform of a mailman is seen approaching the mail boxes. He unlocks the boxes and removes the mail from both the small and large boxes.
52	"Columbia" winning the cup CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1899. SUMMARY From Edison films catalog: The decisive moment in the great International Yacht Races is shown in this picture. Against a background of well defined clouds, the Light Boat is seen marking the finishing line in this great aquatic struggle. As the Columbia crosses the line, followed closely by the Shamrock, we see the steam from the whistle of the Light Ship announcing the well earned victory of the American yacht.
53	Corbett and Courtney before the Kinetograph CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Kinetoscope Exhibiting Co., 1894. SUMMARY Scenes from the Corbett and Courtney fight.
54	Cutting and canaling ice CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1902. SUMMARY The camera shows what appears to be a frozen-over lake on which men are driving teams of horses pulling a device similar to a plow. The second camera position shows that the horses are being driven in a straight line across the ice, with the device chiseling a groove, called canaling, into the ice. This action precedes removal of the ice for storage so it can be used during the summer.
55	Cutting sugar cane CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1902. SUMMARY The poor condition of the film, its short length, and the distance of the subject matter from the camera position do not permit much description other than saying some workers are in a field. In the foreground, it can be seen that workers have been harvesting a crop of the cane family.
56	Delivering mail from sub-station CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1903. SUMMARY The subjects seen by the camera are a portion of a large building with columns in front that indicates it is a government building and three small shuttle streetcars across the street from the camera position. As the film progresses, the shuttle cars leave. Twice during the film a larger streetcar passes in front of the camera position.
57	Delivering newspapers CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1903. SUMMARY The film shows a group of about fifty preadolescent boys running and crowding around a one-horse paneled newspaper van that pulls up in the foreground of the picture. On the side of the van is a sign reading "New York World." As they gather around the rear of the vehicle, a fight breaks out between two of the boys. The film ends as the crowd forms around the two fighters. Probably filmed at Union Square.
58	Drill by the Providence police CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1903. SUMMARY In the center of a town square, a company of uniformed policemen equipped with nightsticks is standing at attention. The policemen execute several close-order drill maneuvers similar to those of any army infantry company. They end as they began, company front.
59	Driving cattle to pasture CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1904. SUMMARY The camera was placed to get the best view of the many cattle being driven toward grazing land. Edision Foundation records (envelope 135): "photographed by A. C. Abadie, May 9, 1904, Bliss, Oklahoma Territory. Showing a large number of cattle being rounded up in a pasture."
60	Easter Sunday, Atlantic City boardwalk CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1904. SUMMARY Crowds of people in their Easter finery parade on the boardwalk near Green's Hotel, and near a pier in Atlantic City. Some people ride in stroller chairs, one man pushes a baby carriage, and the ladies hold their hats to keep them from being blown off in the wind.
61	End of school day at coeducational school CREATED/PUBLISHED [United States? : Thomas A. Edison, Inc.?, 1914?] SUMMARY A factual film in which exuberant boys and girls, apparently high school students, walk through the arches of a school building and down the steps. Most of the boys wear caps and most of the girls wear fancy hats and ankle-length or mid-calf length full skirts; many of the students carry books. Two men attired in robes appear. Possibly a scene of graduation day or the last day of school.
62	Esquimaux game of snap-the-whip CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1901. SUMMARY The film, photographed from a single camera position, shows a large tent of animal skins in front of which are two spectators watching two participants perform a game of skill using whips.
63	Esquimaux leap-frog CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1901. SUMMARY The film, photographed from a single camera position, shows buildings resembling igloos on ice floes, in front of which persons clothed as Eskimos play a game of leapfrog.
64	Esquimaux village CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1901. SUMMARY The first of three camera positions shows a low building resembling an igloo beside a small pool, and an ice floe. Dark-complexioned people dressed as Eskimos run up and down alongside the pool, and a dog pulls a sled. Next, some sled dogs are led in front of the camera. The last camera position shows the same dogs running into a tent made from animal skins.
65	Exchange of mail at rural P.O., U.S.P.O. CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1903. SUMMARY The opening scene shows a yard in front of what seems to be a two-story house. A small boy is standing in front of the house near a post box fastened to one of the columns supporting the roof of the building. A horse-drawn rural delivery wagon drives up and a man gets out, delivers mail, gets back in, and drives the wagon out of the scene.
66	Free-for-all race at Charter Oak Park CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1897. SUMMARY From Maguire & Baucus catalogue: Shows a part of the enormous crowd and the start and finish of the free-for-all pacing race, in which the fastest harness horse in the world, John R. Gentry (2:00-1/2), the coming Star Pointer and Frank Agan competed for a purse of 6,000. The heat we photographed was won by Star Pointer in the fast time of 2:04-3/4.
67	Giant coal dumper CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1897. SUMMARY From Edison films catalog: Shows how a full carload of coal is loaded into a vessel every thirty seconds at the great Erie Railroad docks, Cleveland, Ohio. Great clouds of coal dust rise as each car is unloaded.
68	Girls taking time checks, Westinghouse works CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1904. SUMMARY Almost 200 women file by a device on the wall from which they take their time checks. A man runs half-way across the screen at the end of the film.
69	Girls winding armatures CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1904. SUMMARY Numerous women sit in rows at machines where they appear to be winding some type of wire and tooling it onto machines. Two young men push spools of this wire down the aisle. Supervisors, male and female, walk down the aisle and observe the women's work, stopping for a while at one woman's station.
70	A glimpse of the San Diego exposition (in 2 parts) CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Keystone, 1915. SUMMARY The film begins from a single-camera position high above the Exposition grounds. The camera begins to pan from left to right, following the horizon. The picture includes all of the spires and buildings of the fair. Then the camera is moved to the Exposition midway and footage is taken of the California exhibit, the Panamanian exhibit, and many others. The emphasis is on the permanent exhibits which, at the time of this writing, still exist.
71	Herding horses across a river CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1904. SUMMARY Approximately forty horses can be seen in the distance across a river. They are being driven into the water by men on horseback. The horses approach the camera position as they ford the river. The film ends as the horses are seen passing the camera and being herded by five men on horseback.
72	High school field exercises, Missouri Commission CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1904. SUMMARY The cameraman placed his equipment on the side of an athletic field adjacent to a high school. During the course of the film, teen-age boys exhibit their skill at high jumping, pole vaulting, shot putting, discus throwing, and broad jumping. These events take place in the immediate area of the camera range. All the events are supervised by an adult who is visible on the field at all times.
73	Hockey match on the ice CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1898. SUMMARY From Edison films catalog: The skaters dart to and fro, swinging their hockeys and trying to hit the disc toward the goal.
74	Horse parade at the Pan-American Exposition CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1901. SUMMARY There is a paved street in the foreground and on the curbing on the opposite side spectators have gathered to watch a parade. In the background are several large exposition buildings. A band in uniform passes the camera, and following that are many show horses of various types led by their handlers.
75	Hyde Park School, room 2 CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1904. SUMMARY Four rows of preadolescent children, both boys and girls, are standing in front of a blackboard on which the words "Kansas City, Missouri" can be seen. Each boy and girl has a pair of Indian clubs and for the extent of the film the group demonstrates in unison different exercises, using the clubs.
76	Indian day school CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1898. SUMMARY The film was photographed from a single-camera position and shows the doorway of a building with a sign in front indicating it is the Isleta Indian School. Children less than ten years of age come out of the door of the school and pass in front of the camera.
77	International contest for the heavyweight championship--Squires vs. Burns, Ocean View, Cal., July 4th, 1907 CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Miles Brothers, 1907. SUMMARY This is an actual film of the heavyweight championship prize fight. The fight was labeled the shortest and fiercest prize fight on record up to that time.
78	Japanese village CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1901. SUMMARY At the beginning of the film, at a distance of about one-hundred feet, is a two-story building with a balcony, some tropical plants, and a telephone pole. A young Japanese man appears directly in front of the camera. He is accompanied by two small Japanese boys attired in tight knee britches and rather loose sleeved blouses. The three of them exhibit their gymnastic powers by performing back handsprings, back flips, unusual handstands, etc. There are two spectators in Occidental clothing. Nothing shown in the film indicates Japanese surroundings.
79	Kanakas diving for money, no. 2 CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1898. SUMMARY Several native boys swimming in what appears to be a harbor area can be seen in the foreground. In the background several seagoing ships are loading and unloading cargo. During the course of the film, a man in an outrigger canoe paddles by the camera.
80	Kindergarten ball game CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1904. SUMMARY A row of approximately twenty-five children under the age of six can be seen facing the camera. They stand in front of a long blackboard with the words "Kansas City, Mo." written on it. As the film continues, the children bounce the balls they have in their hands, then form a circle and march around the bouncing balls.
81	Labor Day parade CREATED/PUBLISHED [United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1904?] SUMMARY Shows a parade through bunting-draped streets, probably in the town of Leominster, Mass. First, a decorated grandstand bearing the banner "Leominster heartily greets its guests" is seen, and then the camera pans to the street where the parade is to be photographed. The sidewalks are crowded with people, including many little girls in white or light-colored dresses. People run back and forth across the street, and then the parade starts. Automobiles decorated with flowers, flags, and ribbons pass in review. Next come horse-drawn fire engines, followed by horse-drawn carts, carriages, and floats of assorted shapes and sizes.
82	Lancaster, Pa., high school CREATED/PUBLISHED [United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 190-?] SUMMARY Shows boys and girls going out the door and down the steps of a high school building in Lancaster, Pa. The boys come out first, led by a man, probably a teacher, holding a young boy's hand. The boys wear suits, and a few carry books or instrument cases. The girls, wearing long dresses and broad-brimmed hats, follow the boys. The last person to leave the building is a man, probably another teacher, in a top coat and hat. Filmed from a single camera position.
83	Lathrop School, calisthenics CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1904. SUMMARY A group of preadolescent boys and girls is standing in a row facing the camera position. In back of them is a wall on which is written "Kansas City, Mo." As the film progresses, the students go through a series calisthenics, performing them in unison, and continue this throughout the film.
84	Leonard-Cushing fight CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Kinetoscope Exhibiting Co., [1894] S UMMARY From Edison films catalog: An actual six-round contest between Mike Leonard, commonly called the "Beau Brummel" of pugilism, and Jack Cushing. Full of hard fighting, clever hits, punches, leads, dodges, body blows and some slugging.
85	Loading mail car, U.S.P.O. CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1903. SUMMARY This film, part of series on the various activities of the Post Office, starts with a scene of a large railroad mail car on a siding. A horse-drawn, four-wheeled vehicle with a sign "U.S. Mail" on the side proceeds away from the camera toward the mail car. The vehicle stops, the driver gets out, and, as the film ends, he is seen unloading the cart and putting mail bags in the train.
86	Loading sugar cane CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1902. SUMMARY The short length of this films leaves much to be desired to give proper description. However, it is possible to see a large receiving car in a cane brake where several people are visible chopping cane and carrying it to the receiver. There is one person wearing white trousers, a blue coat, and a straw hat who comes from behind the camera position and starts up the incline. The film was photographed in Hawaii.
87	Loading the ice on cars, conveying it across the mountains, and loading it into boats CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1902. SUMMARY The film covers four operations involved in shipping ice: sawing the ice from frozen-over lakes, transferring it by means of speciality constructed freight cars to a dock some distance away, unloading it, and then transloading it onto a waiting ship.
88	Logging in Maine (in 5 parts) CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1906. SUMMARY The subject is the movement of cut timber from the forest to the mill. The few scenes that make up the film are loggers performing the various operations necessary to prevent logs from jamming together. The men keep them headed with the flow of the water toward the lake on which the mill is located. The activities of approximately a dozen men were photographed.
89	Lurline Baths CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1897. SUMMARY From Edison films catalog: At San Francisco. The main feature is the toboggan slide which the bathers use, some sitting, others lying down, head first or feet first.
90	Midway of Charleston exposition CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1902. SUMMARY The film, photographed from a single-camera position, shows people walking on the midway at the Charleston Exposition. Very few objects are discernible because of the distance.
91	Mining operations, Pennsylvania coal fields CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1904. SUMMARY The film opens on an area covered with snow where the following operations are visible: track laying, and dirt moving by explosion, grader, steam shovel, and steam engine.
92	New York City "ghetto" fish market CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc. 1903. SUMMARY The view, photographed from an elevated camera position, looks down on a very crowded New York City street market. Rows of pushcarts and street vendors' vehicles can be seen. The precise location is difficult to ascertain, but it is certainly on the Lower East Side, probably on or near Hester Street, which at the turn of the century was the center of commerce for New York's Jewish ghetto. Located south of Houston Street and east of the Bowery, the ghetto population was predominantly Russian, but included immigrants from Austria, Germany, Rumania and Turkey. According to a description in a 1901 newspaper, an estimated 1,500 pushcart peddlers were licensed to sell wares (primarily fish) in the vicinity of Hester Street. At one point the film seems to follow three official looking men (one in a uniform) as they walk among the crowd. They may be New York City health inspectors, who apparently monitored the fish vendors closely.
93	Noon hour, Hope Webbing Co. CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1903. SUMMARY The single-camera position shows the employees of a manufacturing company as they pass by during the noon hour.
94	Old mail coach at Ford, U.S.P.O. CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1903. SUMMARY The film begins by showing a river approximately fifty yards wide. The opposite bank from the camera position is wooded. Shortly after the beginning of the film, four horses, drawing a standard passenger-and-mail coach, head for the camera position. The horse-drawn vehicle proceeds into the water, crosses the river, and passes the camera.
95	Opening ceremonies, St. Louis exposition CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1904. SUMMARY The principal buildings surrounding the square at the St. Louis Exposition are shown in a nearly 360-degree pan. The last portion of the film was photographed over the heads of spectators cheering the dedication speaker.
96	Opening, Pan-American Exposition CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1901. SUMMARY A group of dignitaries from various countries was photographed from a single camera position participating in a parade marking the opening of the Pan-American Exposition.
97	Pan-American Exposition by night CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1901. SUMMARY The film begins with a slow pan over the tower building of the exposition, which was lighted by electric lights. The pan goes from a daylight shot of the grounds to what appears to be a special effects situation involving back lighting of the scene.
98	Panorama of Machine Co. aisle, Westinghouse works CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1904. SUMMARY A camera on an overhead crane travels down a large, long aisle where men are shown working on large machinery on either side. Carts carrying equipment are shown traveling on rails down the aisles. There are also men walking in the aisles.
99	Panorama of esplanade by night CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1901. SUMMARY The first objects visible in this film, which was taken at night, are the glowing light globes that outline the buildings closest to the camera position. The camera slowly pans, encompassing the complete area of the exhibit buildings, and the outlines of all the buildings are clearly discernible. Edwin S. Porter maintained that this was the first motion picture taken at night by incandescent light in America.
100	Panorama view street car motor room CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1904. SUMMARY A camera moving forward on an overhead crane gives a traveling view of men working on machinery. Carts carrying parts and pieces of machinery pass by on rails; cranes lift machinery; and men perform their various duties, including hammering objects.
101	Panoramic view aisle B, Westinghouse works CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1904. SUMMARY Filmed using a camera on an overhead crane, a traveling view of a large, long aisle is shown. Men are busy performing various tasks on machinery, probably generators. Other men are walking down the aisle in all directions, and carts carrying items come and go. The film ends when the camera reaches the end of the aisle where windows and a large opening are. Rail tracks coming in through the opening are visible.
102	Panoramic view of Charleston exposition CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1902. SUMMARY The camera was placed in almost the center of the compound area by the exhibit buildings, and the cameraman began to photograph and pan his camera simultaneously. The film consists of pictures of the walkways, pools of water, bridges over the pools, exhibit buildings, bandstands, statuary, and decorations of all nature that, put together, made up the Exposition in Charleston in 1902.
103	Panoramic view of Electric Tower from a balloon CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1901. SUMMARY The title indicates that this film was taken from a balloon. However, there is no aerial photography. Instead it is an up and down or elevation of the camera on the then-famous Electric Tower built for the Exposition at Buffalo, New York.
104	Parade of floats, St. Louis exposition CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1904. SUMMARY One of the parades of floating craft held in the waterways of the St. Louis Exposition is shown in this film. The cameraman placed equipment on shore at a distance to include each of the competing craft. Photographed were twelve small craft, some motot-powered and some rowed, but all decorated with foliage and bunting and containing foreign representatives and dignitaries.
105	Parke Davis' employees CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1903. SUMMARY Photographed from a single-camera position, this film encompasses a scene of a large number of people either walking or riding bicycles as they leave what appears to be a factory. The title indicates they are employees of a drug firm.
106	Pawtucket fire department CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1903. SUMMARY A good film, photographed from a single-camera position, of the Fire Department of the city of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and its equipment. For the time, the apparatus was ultramodern.
107	Post man delivering mail, U.S.P.O. United States : American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1903. SUMMARY This film shows the delivery of the U.S. mail, in a rural area. A two-horse vehicle, with a sign reading "U.S. Mail," appears on the scene. The postal employee gets out of the vehicle and places mail in a standard metal mail box. A woman comes out of her house and removes the mail from the mail box, then buys stamps from the mail carrier as the picture ends.
108	Princeton and Yale football game CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1903. SUMMARY The camera was moved to many positions throughout the stadium, which contained an estimated 50,000 spectators. The opening scene was a complete pan around the locale, showing the crowd assembled to watch the game. The remaining scenes were photographed from various positions throughout the football field, showing the game in progress. There is line play shown as well as broken-field running.
109	Procession of floats CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1898. SUMMARY From Edison films catalog: Taken at San Francisco, Cal., at the Golden Jubilee. In the foreground are seen crowds of people, all being very close to the camera. The first float is drawn by four white horses and is at least twenty feet long. It carries a full load of little school girls, who sit along its full length facing the sides of the street. This is followed by a corps of firemen, and they in turn by a unique float drawn by six mules. Particular attention is drawn to the actions of a small boy who stands very close to the camera and who partially obstructs the view. He was requested by the photographer to leave his position, and the startled look and hasty disappearance lends a humorous incident. Sharp and clear.
110	Racing at Sheepshead Bay CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1897. SUMMARY From Edison films catalog: The finish and weighing out of a running race with nine starters. Won by famous Clifford, Sloane up.
111	The roller skate craze CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Selig, 1907. SUMMARY During this short film, the cameraman photographed many different people in varied walks of life all of whom are wearing roller skates. Each scene, since the camera changed from individual to individual, is too short to allow any further description.
112	Routing mail, U.S.P.O. CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1903. SUMMARY A man dressed in the attire of a U.S. mail carrier is standing in front of a backdrop painted to represent a projected dimensional schematic of the interior of a post office. The mail carrier is holding a stack of envelopes in his left hand, while with his right hand, he is placing the letters in the pigeonholes of a case especially constructed for the alphabetical sorting of letters. The case, approximately three feet by four feet, is mounted on four legs.
113	Rube and Mandy at Coney Island (in 3 parts) CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1903. SUMMARY From Edison films catalog: The first scene shows this country couple entering Steeplechase Park. They proceed to amuse themselves on the steeplechase, rope bridge, riding the bulls and the "Down and Out." The scene then changes to a panorama of Luna Park, and we find Rube and Mandy doing stunts on the rattan slide, riding on the miniature railway, shooting the chutes, riding the boats in the old mill, and visiting Professor Wormwood's Monkey theatre. They next appear on the Bowery, where we find them with the fortune tellers, striking the punching machine, and winding up with the frankfurter man. The climax shows a bust view of Rube and Mandy eating frankfurters. Interesting not only for its humorous features, but also for its excellent views of Coney Island and Luna Park.
114	A rube couple at a county fair (in 2 parts) CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1904. SUMMARY From Edison films catalog: Scene I--Driving into the Grounds. Scene II--Machinery department. Scene III--Getting weighed. Scene IV--On the Pike. Scene V--Looking at the big pumpkins. Scene VI--Cattle parade. Scene VII--Trotting race, with female jockeys. Scene VIII-- Hurdle jumping, female riders. Scene IX--High school horse. Scene X--Slide for life.
115	Rural wagon delivering mail, U.S.P.O. CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1903. SUMMARY The subject is the delivery of the U.S. mail in a rural area. The camera was positioned in full sight of a standard rural free delivery post box located in front of a well-kept house and garden. A small boy and girl walk past the camera position in front of the mail box. At that moment, a standard rural horse-drawn postal delivery wagon comes into sight. The postman places the mail in the box, and the wagon continues on its way.
116	Rural wagon giving mail to branch, U.S.P.O. CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1903. SUMMARY The first scene shows a rural free delivery mail man standing waiting for the area mail to be delivered to him. As the film continues, a horse-drawn wagon marked "Rural Postal Delivery" passes the camera position. The mail is then handed to the waiting postman who boards a two-wheel wagon and drives away.
117	Sham battle at the Pan-American Exposition (in 2 parts) CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1901. SUMMARY Large arches and columns are seen surrounding a flat field. In the foreground of the field, some American Indians on horseback ride toward the camera. The Indians are wearing feathers, war paint, and are carrying frontier rifles across the bare backs of their horses. In the middle of this flat area, men dressed as U.S. Army troops in battle regalia are lined up in the position of skirmishers. They fire at the Indians, who gallop by. The troops move over this flat area while the Indians on horseback circle them.
118	Sheep run, Chicago stockyards CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1897. SUMMARY From Maguire & Baucus catalogue: A large flock of sheep being driven over the runs from the cars to the slaughter beds. The sheep, pressed by the driver and frightened by the surroundings and confusion, move very fast.
119	Shooting the chutes CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., [1896] SUMMARY From Maguire & Baucus catalogue: A lively scene on the famous water chutes at Coney Island.
120	Shooting the chutes, Luna Park, Coney Island CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1903. SUMMARY The camera was positioned to view the shoot-the-chutes concession from the best location. A special added attraction for the entertainment of the spectators is a man in a swimming suit who rides down the shoot-the-chutes on one ski.
121	Skating on lake, Central Park CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1902. SUMMARY The view is of a frozen lake in Central Park crowded with ice skaters. The film is of such poor quality that it is difficult to tell if the apparent "snow" is real or just scratches on the film.
122	Sleighing scene CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1898. SUMMARY A view of a snow-covered road in Central Park. A variety of horse-drawn sleighs ride by the camera from both directions. Only two pedestrians appear.
123	Sorting refuse at incinerating plant, New York City CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1903. SUMMARY The subject is a group of about thirty men and boys who are sorting combustible refuse, mostly paper, and stuffing it into large sacks. In the background a man in a hat with an emblem on it can be seen unloading trash from a large wagon. Location may be the New York City Sanitation Department's East 17th Street facility, or possibly the incinerator at West 47th Street on the Hudson River.
124	Spanish dancers at the Pan-American Exposition CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1901. SUMMARY The film was photographed from the area back of the midway of the Pan-American Exposition. The immediate background indicates the camera was in front of the living quarters of the gypsy dancing troupe. Several female gypsies in costume appear and dance.
125	Special delivery messenger, U.S.P.O. CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1903. SUMMARY As the scene opens, the front of a house, the shrubbery, a staircase, and the sidewalk are visible. From camera left, using a flying dismount, comes a bicycle rider in the uniform of a special delivery messenger. After parking his bicyle, he goes up the stairs to the front door of the house. A woman emerges, he hands her a letter, returns to his bicycle, then rides off out of the scene.
126	St. Patrick's Day parade, Lowell, Mass. CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., [ca. 1905].