William Heise Filmes

A young boy dances on a table top.

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.

Late 1800s cigarette advertisement produced by Thomas Edison Manufacturing.

“The watchful father disturbs a dream of bliss, and the bucolic lover is taught a lesson. He made a great hit.” (Edison film catalog)

A Victorian couple dancing.

"Stable door opens and ambulance dashes out into the street. Policeman holds back a furniture van till ambulance passes by."

Samoan Islanders from Barnum & Bailey's Circus perform a dance.

A lady watering the garden with a hose, a mischievous boy stops the flow of water until she looks for the cause, when he permits the water to flow,...

"The famous parade ground of Metropolitan fashion. Exquisitely gowned women, club men, actresses, millionaires pass by on their afternoon stroll." -...

The victim is lying on a trolley car fender. Ambulance drives up and the injured man is removed in a stretcher.

The stars-and-stripes and the flag of Cuba Libre flutter in the breeze, one after the other. Very dramatic. Appeals to the popular sentiment....

1897 version of Annabelle Moore performing a serpentine dance.

"Two men, with hands tied, are eating huckleberry pies for a wager, direct from the plates. Their faces and shirts are clean when they start. Extra...

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....

This single camera position film shows an officer and six enlisted men of the army as they demonstrate the assembly drill of a gatling gun. See also:...

The famous army scout in an exhibition of rifle shooting. A fine picture of the principal, and beautiful smoke effects.

“This subject taken just after the recent first fall of snow, shows two enthusiastic horsemen indulging in a "brush" with their respective...

A fellow in a wide-brimmed hat, with a willowy stick for a rod and a baited hook, sits down on a plank hanging over a bridge above a stream. He...