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Philadelphia Express, Jersey Central Railway (1897)
Philadelphia Express, Jersey Central Railway IMDb TMDBStationary camera on a railroad yard.
James H. White — Director (89)
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Corner Madison and State Streets, Chicago (1897)
Corner Madison and State Streets, Chicago IMDb TMDBThe busiest corner in Chicago. Cable cars and street traffic of all descriptions. Hundreds of shoppers. Fine perspective view looking north toward the Masonic Temple.
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Buffalo Police on Parade (1897)
Buffalo Police on Parade IMDb TMDBA street scene showing parade of the entire Buffalo Police Department, 16 men abreast, with military band.
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Free-for-All race at Charter Oak Park (1897)
Free-for-All race at Charter Oak Park IMDb TMDBGreat 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. Gentry.
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Racing at Sheepshead Bay (1897)
Racing at Sheepshead Bay IMDb TMDBThe finish and weighing out of a running race with nine starters. Won by the famous Clifford, Sloane up.
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Buffalo Fire Department in Action (1897)
Buffalo Fire Department in Action IMDb TMDBTen 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 it...
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Horses loading for Klondike, no. 9 (1897)
Horses loading for Klondike, no. 9 IMDb TMDBThe wharf is crowded with live stock, and the huge derrick slowly drops the large box or sling into the bunch. Into this cradle a horse is led, and is slowly hoisted and swung over to the deck of the steamer. This picture is taken ten minutes before sailing time.
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Fisherman's Wharf (1897)
Fisherman's Wharf IMDb TMDBShows the wharf at San Francisco, Cal., with a large fleet of fishing boats at anchor.
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Giant Coal Dumper (1897)
Giant Coal Dumper IMDb TMDB“Shows how a full carload of coal is loaded onto a vessel every thirty seconds at the great Erie Railroad Docks, Cleveland, Ohio. Great clouds of coal dust rise as each car is unloaded.”
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Armour's Electric Trolley (1897)
Armour's Electric Trolley IMDb TMDBAt the Armour & Co. Chicago yard. Two railroad tracks dominate the center and right half of the frame as we look down about 40 meters where an overpass crosses...
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Arrest in Chinatown, San Francisco, Cal. (1897)
Arrest in Chinatown, San Francisco, Cal. IMDb TMDBThe title tells us where we are; the vignette is in two parts, spliced together. On a busy sidewalk, a police officer holds the left arm and a suited man holds the other of a Chinese wearing a loose white shirt and hat - marching the man up the slight incline past the camera.
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Pillow Fight (1897)
Pillow Fight IMDb TMDB“A comic subject, clear, bright and characteristic. Shows four girls in their night dresses, engaged in an animated pillow fight. During the action the pillows become torn, and the feathers fly over their heads and about the room in great numbers, producing with the white dresses and the black background a novel effect. Sharp, full of action, and popular in character.” (Edison Catalog)
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Police Patrol Wagon (1897)
Police Patrol Wagon IMDb TMDB"It dashes up just in time to gather in the crowd of rowdies that are fighting. The policemen hustle the toughs off to the station house."
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The First Sleigh-Ride (1897)
The First Sleigh-Ride IMDb TMDB“This subject taken just after the recent first fall of snow, shows two enthusiastic horsemen indulging in a "brush" with their respective horses and cutters.” (Maguire & Baucus)
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Ella Lola, a la Trilby (1898)
Ella Lola, a la Trilby IMDb TMDB
James H. White
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Ella Lola
A young, dark-haired woman performs a dance inspired by George du Maurier's character Trilby, in an early modern dance style reminiscent of Isadora Duncan. She dances barefoot without stockings and is dressed in a long, flowing gown bound across the bosom in Grecian style, with inside fringe and a draped cape hooked to her wrist. She also wears what appears to be a garland headpiece. Holding her gown with one hand throughout, the dancer performs a series of kicks and turns with leg kicks front and back, rocking, and round de jambe.
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Cripple Creek Bar-Room Scene (1899)
Cripple Creek Bar-Room Scene IMDb TMDBRowdy patrons visit an Old West saloon.
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Charge of Boer Cavalry (1900)
Charge of Boer Cavalry IMDb TMDBIn the distance is seen a number of grey objects rapidly approaching, which, upon drawing closer, are recognized as a company of Boer cavalry. As they draw nearer, you can see that they are straining every nerve and urging their horses to the utmost speed. Waving their sabres aloft on they come, so that the audience involuntarily makes an effort to move from their seats in order to avoid being trampled under the horses.
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Swiss Village, No. 2 (1900)
Swiss Village, No. 2 IMDb TMDBThe scene opens by showing the village girls driving home a herd of cows, and shows the native peasantry of Switzerland returning from their daily occupation watching the herds. After driving the cattle to their shelter, the boys and girls congregate in front of the old barn and go through a native dance, to the amusement of the spectators. These pictures are marvelously clear and distinct, showing every feature of the participants.
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Champs Elysees (1900)
Champs Elysees IMDb TMDBNear the main entrance. Hundreds of carriages and characteristic Parisian busses are passing.
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Breaking of the Crowd at Military Review at Longchamps (1900)
Breaking of the Crowd at Military Review at Longchamps IMDb TMDBThis picture shows thousands of people leaving their seats in the grand stand and going across the parade grounds toward Paris. A very sharp and clear picture.