Thomas A. Edison Movies

The film expresses the history of oppression, discrimination, violence and hate in America. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best...

Documentary footage of the author and his two daughters at home.

The Edison Quartet perform songs as blacksmiths. This was one of 200 projects produced using the Edison Kinetophone system. The Kinetophone was a...

This is a film taken of the execution of Topsy, an elephant employed to help build Luna Park on Coney Island.

Late 1800s cigarette advertisement produced by Thomas Edison Manufacturing.

A short film in which the members of the Motion Pictures Patents Company (which had been founded only a year earlier) congratulate Thomas Edison...

President McKinley taking the Oath.

A six-part documentary recording the 74-year-old Edison's collaborations with his staff, conversations with industrial leaders, and supervision of...

An excellent view of 'The Finest,' on their annual parade and inspection, June 1, 1899. The head of the column is just turning into 14th street from...

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...

Shows ice plows in operation, drawn by horses and guided by men on skates. The plows are first operated in one direction and then crosswise, cutting...

Brooklyn Jubilee Peace Parade

Shows a tramp enter and try to ride a wheel, from which he makes some very ludicrous falls and gives up in despair, after which an artist enters and...

"'Neidert,' of national fame, does stunts on his wheel that are simply wonderful. Makes his bicycle rear up

The evening presentation of distinguished guests from earlier that afternoon.

A group of Jewish men in Jerusalem perform a dance.

Excerpts of a 1903 football game between the University of Chicago and the University of Michigan. Includes views of the uniformed players, the...

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...