Lasting for roughly 50 seconds, it shows the goodbyes of many passersby - first Europeans, then Palestinian Arabs, then Palestinian Jews - as a train...

Four young people throwing buckets of water at each other.

Two crooks throw a lady off a roof, and a hapless policeman tries to capture them.

Swimmers jump into the water from the docks, as a small boat passes by.

Three military men, seen inside a fortification, are firing on an unseen enemy force. The call for reinforcements but ladders appear signalling the...

An officer calls his sailors to the deck. They assemble around the canon while the officer scans the horizon. They all turn in the direction of the...

A marriage procession following the bride and her father enter a church.

Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets.

A Japanese family having tea.

As the only survivor of a battle, a cavalryman heroically defends his flag.

The earliest surviving Japanese film showing the martial art of kendo.

A butcher's crew make sausages from dogs and cats and old boots...

In a field, three women are using pitchforks in order to feed a small fire with weeds.

A vaudeville routine: two denizens of the Bowery dance while under the influence. She's wearing a light dress with a full skirt. He wears a white...

"The main feature is the toboggan slide. Some sit down while others lie down, either head or feet first."

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.

This legendary fight was filmed on March 17, 1897, using 63mm film that produced an aspect ratio of about 1.75:1. Using three adjacent cameras, Enoch...

Another Edison film of a ship departing.

This picture is very notable from the fact that at the end of the scene, after the run-by of various engines and hose wagons, an engine was forced...

“A clever characteristic dance called the 'Yellow Kid.' Very unique. Stage is in the Sutro Baths, San Francisco, Cal., and the audience is composed...

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

A man peeping through a keyhole at an attractive young woman gets his comeuppance. This film, presumed lost, is often mistaken for Ferdinand Zecca's...

In this 17-second short, a young woman is sitting on a swing and two other women alternate pushing her.

"The picture shows the Devil working at a fire. Two cavaliers appear, and the Devil takes the form of a seer, old, bent and wrinkled. Then he...

"Shows a large flock of sheep being driven from the cars to the slaughter house."

A regiment of soldiers demonstrate their skills.

Comic hijinks with a malodorous tramp

In the Chicago stockyards, the gates of a pen of long-horn cattle are open and the cattle are being herded out by several cowhands.

Men on field. Boxing. Both wear numbers on back. Large round-hose swings. Several men apparently refereeing. One with striped pants. Possible at west...

Beirut: place cannons.

Ten horse-drawn pieces of equipment of the Buffalo Fire Department pass by a stationary camera that looks down a broad avenue as they come toward...

This Edison short takes us to San Jose, CA where we visit the Hotel Vendome (just as the title suggests).

The busiest corner in Chicago. Cable cars and street traffic of all descriptions. Hundreds of shoppers. Fine perspective view looking north toward...