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1903
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The Great Train Robbery
The Great Train Robbery7.01 1903 HD
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...
Genre: Crime
Cast: Gilbert M. Anderson
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1893
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Blacksmithing Scene
Blacksmithing Scene5.56 1893 HD
Three men hammer on an anvil and pass a bottle of beer around. Notable for being the first film in which a scene is being acted out.
Genre: Drama
Cast: Charles Kayser
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1903
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Life of an American Fireman
Life of an American Fireman6.09 1903 HD
Porter's sequential continuity editing links several shots to form a narrative of firemen responding to a house fire. They leave the station with...
Genre: Action
Cast: Vivian Vaughan
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1910
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Frankenstein
Frankenstein6.04 1910 HD
Frankenstein, a young medical student, trying to create the perfect human being, instead creates a misshapen monster. Made ill by what he has done,...
Genre: Horror
Cast: Augustus Phillips
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1896
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The Kiss
The Kiss5.21 1896 HD
They get ready to kiss, begin to kiss, and kiss in a way that brings down the house every time.
Genre: Drama
Cast: May Irwin
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1890
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Monkeyshines, No. 1
Monkeyshines, No. 14.90 1890 HD
Experimental film made to test the original cylinder format of the Kinetoscope and believed to be the first film shot in the United States. It shows...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: John Ott
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1895
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The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots
The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots6.17 1895 HD
A short film depicting the execution of Mary, Queen of the Scots. Mary is brought to the execution block and made to kneel down with her neck over...
Genre: History
Cast: Mrs. Robert L. Thomas
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1894
Movies
Carmencita
Carmencita5.27 1894 HD
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...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Carmencita
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1895
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Annabelle Serpentine Dance
Annabelle Serpentine Dance5.89 1895 HD
In a long, diaphanous skirt, held out by her hands with arms extended, Broadway dancer Annabelle Moore performs. Her dance emphasizes the movement of...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Annabelle Moore
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1895
Movies
Princess Ali
Princess Ali3.60 1895 HD
Princess Ali, of Barnum and Bailey's circus, performs an Egyptian dance in the Edison Company's studio. As she dances, some musicians perform in the...
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Cast: Princess Ali
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1894
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Dickson Experimental Sound Film
Dickson Experimental Sound Film6.27 1894 HD
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.
Genre: Music
Cast: William K.L. Dickson
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1906
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Dream of a Rarebit Fiend
Dream of a Rarebit Fiend6.37 1906 HD
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...
Genre: Fantasy
Cast: John P. Brawn
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1894
Movies
Buffalo Dance
Buffalo Dance4.63 1894 HD
Long before Hollywood started painting white men red and dressing them as 'Injuns' Edison's company was using the genuine article! Featuring for what...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Hair Coat
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1910
Movies
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol6.20 1910 HD
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his...
Genre: Fantasy
Cast: Marc McDermott
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1900
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The Enchanted Drawing
The Enchanted Drawing6.46 1900 HD
A cartoonist defies reality when he draws objects that become three-dimensional after he lifts them off his sketch pad.
Genre: Animation
Cast: J. Stuart Blackton
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1914
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The Adventure of the Wrong Santa Claus
The Adventure of the Wrong Santa Claus5.90 1914 HD
When a burglar dressed as Santa Claus steals a family's Christmas presents, amateur detective Octavius sets out to recover the loot.
Genre: Drama
Cast: Barry O'Moore
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1891
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Dickson Greeting
Dickson Greeting4.84 1891 HD
William K.L. Dickson brings his hat from his one hand to the other and moves his head slightly, as a small nod toward the audience. This was the...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: William K.L. Dickson
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1894
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Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze
Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze4.88 1894 HD
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...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Fred Ott
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1912
Movies
The Crime of Carelessness
The Crime of Carelessness5.20 1912 HD
Edison short about a happy couple about to be married, but the guy's carelessness at their workplace leads to tragedy.
Genre: Drama
Cast: Bigelow Cooper
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1901
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What Happened on Twenty-Third Street, New York City
What Happened on Twenty-Third Street, New York City5.36 1901 HD
A street level view from the sidewalk, looking along the length of 23rd Street. Following actuality footage of pedestrians and street traffic, the...
Genre: Comedy
Cast: A.C. Abadie