Most Viewed From Edison Studios

A very lifelike picture of the famous New York politician and Tammany Hall boss. This picture was taken on Sunday morning [sic] as he was leaving the...

Shielded by a thick bit of timber at a turn of the road stands a company of mounted men, awaiting the order to advance...

Reenactment of action in the Spanish-American War.

Filmed on January 1, 1899, this Edison short shows a victory march by General Lee and the Seventh Army Corps. When watching these early films it's...

The Filipinos execute a flank movement and re-occupy the trenches, cutting off the advance guard of Americans. The rebel flag waves over the ditch...

A military procession.

Taken from the front platform of a special train run backward over this celebrated S curve. Not only are the passing trains and crowded platforms of...

Another entry in Edison's "Southern Pacific Company Series", which pretty much had cameramen hanging around the train line just shooting anything...

A most excellent picture of the grim old fortress which stands at the entrance of Havana Harbor...

American troops prepare for the invasion of Cuba.

On Saturday morning, August 20, 1898, six grim battleships of Admiral Sampson's Squadron sailed into New York Harbor and up the Hudson to receive a...

Seagulls flock around a moving ferryboat in San Francisco Bay in this 2-shot short film.

We see a dozen or so Cubans walking a plank onto a ship.

A group of escaped reconcentrados, saved from the fate of starvation imposed by the Butcher, Weyler.

A preadolescent boy, dressed like a street urchin, performs acrobatic stunts for the camera.

From F.Z. Maguire catalogue: The background of this picture is the Lick Observatory, Mount Hamilton, Cal. This observatory, the gift of James Lick,...

A Japanese juggler performs some marvelous juggling feats with a boy. Lying on his back on the floor, he spins the boy with his feet and makes him...

Shows a large open barge loaded with people of every nationality, disembarking at Ellis Island, N. Y. A most interesting and typical scene.

Shows a bedroom in a hotel. On the wall of the room is a conspicuous sign "Don't blow out the gas." A hayseed enters the room, accompanied by a...

One of the most fascinating exhibits on the Midway at the Pan-American Exposition is the Japanese Village. This space occupies about one and one-half...