William Heise Filmes
- 1895
Annabelle Serpentine Dance
Annabelle Serpentine Dance5.8881895HD
In a long, diaphanous skirt, held out by her hands with arms extended, Broadway dancer Annabelle Moore performs. Her dance emphasizes the movement of...
- 1894
Annie Oakley
Annie Oakley5.9811894HD
Annie Oakley was probably the most famous marksman/woman in the world when this short clip was produced in Edison's Black Maria studio in West...
- 1895
The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots
The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots6.21895HD
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...
- 1893
Blacksmithing Scene
Blacksmithing Scene5.5621893HD
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.
- 1892
A Hand Shake
A Hand Shake3.51892HD
William K.L. Dickson and William Heise shake hands in this early experimental film.
- 1896
The Kiss
The Kiss5.2091896HD
They get ready to kiss, begin to kiss, and kiss in a way that brings down the house every time.
- 1894
Annabelle Butterfly Dance
Annabelle Butterfly Dance5.4061894HD
Annabelle (Whitford) Moore performs one of her popular dances. For this performance, her costume has a pair of wings attached to her back, to suggest...
- 1894
Chinese Laundry Scene
Chinese Laundry Scene5.051894HD
The pursuit of Hop Lee by an irate policeman.
- 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.
- 1894
Glenroy Brothers (Comic Boxing)
Glenroy Brothers (Comic Boxing)4.8131894HD
The Glenroy Brothers perform a portion of their vaudeville act, "The Comic View of Boxing: The Tramp & the Athlete", which depicts a boxer with a...
- 1894
Buffalo Dance
Buffalo Dance4.61894HD
Long before Hollywood started painting white men red and dressing them as 'Injuns' Edison's company was using the genuine article! Featuring for what...
- 1890
Monkeyshines, No. 1
Monkeyshines, No. 14.8681890HD
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...
- 1894
Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze
Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze4.8821894HD
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...
- 1891
Newark Athlete
Newark Athlete4.3991891HD
Experimental film fragment made with the Edison-Dickson-Heise experimental horizontal-feed kinetograph camera and viewer, using 3/4-inch wide film.
- 1894
Carmencita
Carmencita5.2651894HD
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...
- 1897
Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory
Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory5.11897HD
“This film is remarkable in several respects. In the first place, it is full life-size. Secondly, it is the only accurate recent portrait of...
- 1894
Leonard-Cushing Fight
Leonard-Cushing Fight5.1741894HD
In the background, five fans lean on the ropes looking into the ring. The referee is to the left; like the fans, he hardly moves as two fighters...
- 1891
Dickson Greeting
Dickson Greeting4.8441891HD
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...
- 1894
Sioux Ghost Dance
Sioux Ghost Dance4.5161894HD
From Edison films catalog: One of the most peculiar customs of the Sioux Tribe is here shown, the dancers being genuine Sioux Indians, in full war...
- 1894
Hadj Cheriff
Hadj Cheriff4.41894HD
Hadji Cheriff, a performer known for a variety of unusual abilities, demonstrates part of his act in the Thomas Edison studio. He has a large knife...