Edwin S. Porter Movies

A view of Riker's Island and its landfill, filmed from a passing boat on 9 May 1903. While heavy steam powered construction equipment construct a sea...

This picture shows the prisoners after completing their day's work of cleaning up the grounds of the Charleston Exposition, taking their positions...

A magnificent picture of this boat making a run and starting the water from a least a dozen nozzles at once...

A true-crime short of a bank robbery and chase and capture.

With a tree-lined river bank dominating the top and back of the frame, the Charles River flows toward a stationary camera. A flotilla of canoes...

The title of this early US film is something of a con really. Another rube couple had appeared in an entertaining movie set at Coney Island the...

The subject of this documentary is an orphan asylum for infants. The beginning portion includes the dining facilities for the children. A woman...

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...

Zaza is a music hall star in Paris. She meets Bernard Dufrene and a flirtation develops into an intense love on her part. She is in despair when she...

Vesta Victoria Sings 'Poor John'.

Men on the streetcar offer their seats to pretty women, but not to an ugly woman.

Dreamland was a theme park at Coney Island, Brooklyn that opened in 1904. One of its major attractions was the stunt spectacular "Fighting the...

1906 film by Edwin S. Porter, based on a popular song of the same title.

It seems Edison made a ton of these panorama films back in '03. They probably rented a boat for a couple of days, packed sandwiches and beer and...

Panorama of Blackwell's Island

We here introduce for the first time, a sublime religious subject, illustrating one of the best known hymns extant. A beautiful girl is seen clinging...

An energetic man steals kisses from passing ladies, until bystanders give chase.

An artist is painting a sunrise at sea. After a few finishing touches he stands back and admires the painting. The sun immediately commences to rise....

Film shot with the help of the New York City (Metropolitan) Police.

From behind a curtain three men appear on screen. The first wears a combination of tuxedo and kilt. The second wears a Scottish kilt and holds a...