Edwin S. Porter Movies

Shows a suburbanite asleep in bed. He discovers he has overslept himself, and jumps out of bed.

Two members of a vigilante group known as 'The White Caps' post a warning sign on a man's home. When the man comes home, he tears down the sign, and...

A dissipated looking man is seated at a table with a decanter of whiskey and a glass beside him. A large revolver is on the opposite side of the...

The scene takes place in a fashionable cafe. A well dressed couple enter, and after a careful perusal of the menu, conclude on an order of boiled...

A staged crash between two outmoded locomotives given to the Edison Co. by the Pennsylvania Railroad for the express purpose of destroying them.

A historical re-enactment of a naval battle in Chemulpo Bay off the coast of Korea during the Russo-Japanese war. Shows a Japanese ship damaging one...

The Washington Star of April 1st, 1900, gave the following account of the ceremony: "Over 40,000 women and children passed through the White House...

A broken-hearted husband thinks about the past as he sits by the fireplace.

This picture shows an old gentleman seated at his shaving table. The razor is evidently giving him a great deal of trouble...

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...

An over-the-hill American tourist has a terrible time on his European "rest cure" vacation.

A handful of short tales of love, framed by leaf masks.

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

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....

It seems as if there was no subject so mundane or seedy that it was considered unworthy of filming by Edison and his contemporaries at the turn of...

Directed by Edwin S. Porter.

One of the principal features at the Pan-American Exposition is the Alaskan or Esquimaux Village. In this most interesting exhibit...

When a group of diners boards a carriage, one man is left behind and chases after them on foot.