EDISON KINETOSCOPE 3 DVD set 358 FILMS AMERICAN HISTORY

A Compilation of Edison Kinetoscope Films

Volume 1-3 - 1891-1922

A collection of 358 Edison Kinetoscope films on a 3 DVD set

Reasonably Good Video Quality (considering original films are 80 to 110 years old !!)

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- Includes Color Insert/Label Artwork In Standard Black Case

- Region Free (NTSC, Region 0)

- Professional Interactive Menus for Easy Episode Selection

- Precise Chapter Points and Full Screen Playback

- Consecutive Content Playback With No Return To Menu

 

What's on this dvd set?

Motion pictures were first seen by the general public in 1894, when Thomas Edison introduced the Kinetoscope, a device for individually looking at film through a viewer.  Over the next three years, Edison manufactured almost 1,000 Kinetoscopes and produced some 250 films to show in them.  A million people worldwide first saw motion pictures through these devices.  

This three dvd set contains a huge collection of 358 Edison Kinetoscope film clips and films over 80 to 110 years old!  Some of the very early clips were produced at the Edison Labs and at Edison's Black Maria Studio.  The film clips cover a range of categories like drama, comedy, magic acts, dancing, current events of the time, boxing, animal acts, parades, historical sites, places of interest, tourist attractions, notables and presidential footage along with a whole host of other interesting films.  These early film clips offer a tremendous wealth of historical film footage.  Each film is titled and ranges from seconds to several minutes in length, with the combined viewing time for all the films at 748 minutes.  All films are in black and white as originally produced and have no sound.  

Some of the people, places and things you will see during that era are the Statue of Liberty, Skyscrapers of New York,  Ellis Island, Fisherman's Wharf, Herald Square, the American Falls (Niagara), Minehaha Falls, Passaic Falls, Lower Falls, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone Park, Madison and State Streets, the Eiffel Tower, The Champs Elysees, Market Street in San Francisco in 1905,  Market Street in San Francisco after the Great Earthquake of 1906, some of America's and Canada's finest like the New York Police Department,  the Buffalo Police on Parade, the Buffalo Fire Department in Action, the Montreal Fire Department on Sled Running Fire Trucks, Roosevelt's Rough Riders, Admiral Dewey landing at Gibraltar, Galveston flood footage, President McKinley's Inauguration and Funeral Cortege and clips of the Pan American Exposition!.

And, you don't want to miss the clips on boxing, like Men Boxing, The Leonard-Cushing Fight, Cats Boxing,  the Gordon Sisters Boxing (no pulled punches here!!) and Laura Comstock's Punching Bag Dog (Sorry, no boxing kangaroos). Or how about Carmencita dancing, Indians dancing, Japanese dancing and the Bowery Waltz.  Just scan the list of films below to see the complete picture!!!

Here is the Complete List of Films on this 3 dvd set

Volume 1

1891 (3 films)

1.          1891-05-20 - Dickson Greeting

2.          1891-05-20 - Men Boxing

3.          1891-05-20 - Newark Athlete

1894 (18 films)

1.          1894-01-09 - Edison Kinetoscopic Record Of A Sneeze

2.          1894-02-16 - Athlete With Wand

3.          1894-03-06 - Sandow

4.          1894-03-10 - Carmencita

5.          1894-06-14 - Leonard-Cushing Fight

6.          1894-07-20 - Prof. Welton's Boxing Cats

7.          1894-07-25 - Caicedo With Pole

8.          1894-09-24 - Buffalo Dance

9.          1894-09-24 - Sioux Ghost Dance

10.        1894-10-06 - Glenroy Brothers

11.        1894-10-06 - Hadj Cheriff

12.        1894-10-08 - Band Drill

13.        1894-10-11 - Luis Martinetti

14.        1894-10-16 - Bucking Bronco

15.        1894-11-01 - Annie Oakley

16.        1894-11-17 - Corbett And Courtney Before The Kinetograph

17.        1894-11-26 - Robetta And Doretto

18.        1894-11-xx - Imperial Japanese Dance

1895 (3 films)

1.          1895-04-02 - Dickson Experimental Sound Film

2.          1895-05-09 - Princess Ali

3.          1895-08-28 - Execution Of Mary Queen Of Scots

1896 (14 films)

1.          1896-03-24 - Amy Muller

2.          1896-04-xx - May Irwin Kiss

3.          1896-05-11 - Herald Square

4.          1896-06-23 - Shooting The Chutes

5.          1896-07-xx - Passaic Falls

6.          1896-09-xx - Interrupted Lovers

7.          1896-09-xx - Lone Fisherman

8.          1896-10-23 - Feeding The Doves

9.          1896-10-31 - Burning Stable

10.        1896-10-31 - Morning Bath

11.        1896-11-02 - Mounted Police Charge

12.        1896-11-27 - Morning Alarm

13.        1896-12-12 - American Falls From Above American Side

14.        1896-12-12 - Black Diamond Express

1897 (46 films)

1.          1897-01-08 - First Sleigh-Ride

2.          1897-01-08 - Police Patrol Wagon

3.          1897-02-24 - Wash Day In Mexico

4.          1897-04-21 - Seminary Girls

5.          1897-05-24 - Pillow Fight

6.          1897-06-10 - Buffalo Police On Parade

7.          1897-07-31 - Buffalo Fire Department In Action

8.          1897-07-31 - Armour's Electric Trolley

9.          1897-07-31 - Buffalo Stockyards

10.        1897-07-31 - Cattle Driven To Slaughter

11.        1897-07-31 - Corner Madison and State Streets, Chicago

12.        1897-07-31 - Falls Of Minnehaha

13.        1897-07-31 - Free-For-All Race At Charter Oak Park

14.        1897-07-31 - Philadelphia Express, Jersey Central Railway

15.        1897-07-31 - Racing At Sheepshead Bay

16.        1897-07-31 - Waterfall In The Catskills

17.        1897-07-31 - Sheep Run, Chicago Stockyards

18.        1897-08-05 - Admiral Cigarette Commercial

19.        1897-08-22 - Sutro Baths

20.        1897-08-31 - Giant Coal Dumper

21.        1897-09-20 - Fisherman's Luck

22.        1897-09-24 - Bowery Waltz

23.        1897-10-25 - Arrest In Chinatown, San Francisco

24.        1897-10-25 - Capsize Of Lifeboat

25.        1897-10-25 - Cupid And Psyche

26.        1897-10-25 - First Avenue Seattle Washington

27.        1897-10-25 - Fisherman's Wharf

28.        1897-10-25 - Horses Loading For Klondike

29.        1897-10-25 - Hotel Del Monte

30.        1897-10-25 - Hotel Vendome San Jose California

31.        1897-10-25 - Launch Of Life Boat

32.        1897-10-25 - Leander Sisters

33.        1897-10-25 - Lick Observatory, Mt. Hamilton, California

34.        1897-10-25 - Loading Baggage For Klondike

35.        1897-10-25 - Lurline Baths

36.        1897-10-25 - Return Of Lifeboat

37.        1897-10-25 - SS Coptic At Dock

38.        1897-10-25 - SS Coptic In The Harbor

39.        1897-10-25 - SS Coptic Sailing Away

40.        1897-10-25 - SS Queen Leaving Dock

41.        1897-10-25 - SS Queen Loading

42.        1897-10-25 - SS Williamette Leaving For Klondike

43.        1897-10-25 - Stanford University, California

44.        1897-10-25 - Surf At Monterey

45.        1897-10-25 - Sutro Baths

46.        1897-12-06 - Fast Mail, Northern Pacific RR  

1898 (52 films)

1.          1898-01-22 - Launch Of Japanese Man-Of-War Chitosa

2.          1898-02-24 - Going Through The Tunnel

3.          1898-02-24 - Hockey Match On The Ice

4.          1898-02-24 - South Spring Street, Los Angeles, California

5.          1898-02-24 - Sunset Limited, Southern Pacific RR

6.          1898-02-24 - Wash day In Mexico

7.          1898-03-10 - After Launching

8.          1898-03-10 - Feeding Sea Gulls

9.          1898-03-10 - Freight Train

10.        1898-03-10 - Launching No 2

11.        1898-03-10 - Mount Tamalpais RR No 1 and 2

12.        1898-03-10 - Native Daughters

13.        1898-03-10 - Parade of Chinese

14.        1898-03-10 - Procession of Floats

15.        1898-03-10 - Union Iron Works

16.        1898-03-15 - Mount Taw RR No 3

17.        1898-04-21 - Street Arab

18.        1898-04-21 - Burial Of The Maine Victims

19.        1898-04-21 - Morro Castle, Havana Harbor

20.        1898-04-21 - NY Journal Dispatch Yacht Buccaneer

21.        1898-04-21 - Secretary Long And Captain Sigsbee

22.        1898-04-21 - US Battleship Indiana

23.        1898-04-21 - War Correspondents

24.        1898-04-21 - Wreck Of The Battleship Maine

25.        1898-05-20  - 10th U.S. Infantry, 2nd Battalion, Leaving Cars

26.        1898-05-20  -  9th Infantry Boys' Morning Wash

27.        1898-05-20 - Colored Troops Disembarking

28.        1898-05-20 - Cuban Refugees Waiting For Rations

29.        1898-05-20 - Military Camp At Tampa, Taken From Train

30.        1898-05-20 - Transport Whitney Leaving Dock

31.        1898-05-20 - US Cavalry Supplies Unloading At Tampa, Florida

32.        1898-06-08 - Roosevelt 's Rough Riders Embarking For Santiago

33.        1898-06-22 - Blanket-Tossing A New Recruit

34.        1898-06-22 - Cuban Volunteers Embarking

35.        1898-06-22 - Soldiers Washing Dishes

36.        1898-06-22 - Trained Cavalry Horses

37.        1898-06-22 - Troop Ships For The Philippines

38.        1898-06-22 - Troops Embarking At San Francisco

39.        1898-08-02 - US Troops Landing At Daiquir�, Cuba

40.        1898-08-05 - Cuban Ambush

41.        1898-08-05 - Major General Shafter

42.        1898-08-05 - Pack Mules With Ammunition On Santiago Trail, Cuba

43.        1898-08-05 - Packing Ammunition On Mules, Cuba

44.        1898-09-03 - Close View Of The Brooklyn Naval Parade

45.        1898-09-03 - Fleet Steaming Up North River

46.        1898-09-03 - Observation Train Following Parade

47.        1898-09-03 - Reviewing The Texas At Grant's Tomb

48.        1898-09-03 - Statue Of Liberty

49.        1898-09-03 - Troops Making Military Road In Front Of Santiago

50.        1898-10-12 - Parade Of Marines US Cruiser Brooklyn

51.        1898-12-16 - Sleighing Scene

52.        1898-12-16 - What Demoralized The Barber Shop

1899 (39 films)

1.          1899-01-04 - Coaches Arriving At Mammoth Hot Springs

2.          1899-01-04 - Lower Falls, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone Park

3.          1899-01-04 - Tourists Going Round Yellowstone Park

4.          1899-01-20 - General Lee's Procession, Havana

5.          1899-01-20 - Troops At Evacuation Of Havana

6.          1899-01-27 - Astor  Battery On Parade

7.          1899-02-04 - Raising Old Glory Over Morro Castle

8.          1899-02-xx - Little Mischief

9.          1899-03-20   - Bicycle Trick Riding

10.        1899-03-20   - Arabian Gun Twirler

11.        1899-03-20   - Three Acrobats

12.        1899-04-22  - 104th Street Curve, NY Elevated Railway

13.        1899-04-22 - Pilot Boats In New York Harbor

14.        1899-04-22 - USS Cruiser Raleigh

15.        1899-04-28 - Morning Colors On U.S. Cruiser Raleigh

16.        1899-05-10 - Cripple Creek Bar-room Scene

17.        1899-06-01 - New York Police Parade

18.        1899-06-05 - Advance Of Kansas Volunteers At Caloocan

19.        1899-06-05 - Filipinos Retreat From Trenches

20.        1899-06-05 - US Infantry Supported By Rough Riders At El Caney

21.        1899-06-05 - US Troops and Red Cross In The Trenches Before Caloocan

22.        1899-06-10 - Capture Of Trenches At Candaba

23.        1899-06-10 - Skirmish Of Rough Riders

24.        1899-06-17 - Mesmerist and Country Couple

25.        1899-09-22 - New Brooklyn To New York Via Brooklyn Bridge

26.        1899-09-27 - Admiral Dewey Landing At Gibraltar

27.        1899-09-xx - Little Mischief

28.        1899-10-02 - Admiral Dewey Receiving The Washington And NY   Committees

29.        1899-10-02 - Admiral Dewey Taking Leave On The US Cruiser Olympia

30.        1899-10-05 - Admiral Dewey Leading Parade 01

31.        1899-10-07 - Admiral Dewey Leading Parade 02

32.        1899-10-24 - Columbia Winning The Cup

33.        1899-11-07  -  2nd Special Service Battalion, Canadian Infantry Parade

34.        1899-11-07 - US Cruiser Olympia Leading Naval Parade

35.        1899-11-27 - Astor Tramp

36.        1899-11-27 - Fun In Camp

37.        1899-11-27 - Tenderloin At Night

38.        1899-11-27 - Trick Bears

39.        1899-11-28 - Love and War  

1900 (66 films)

1.          1900-02-06 - Automobile Parade

2.          1900-01-09 - Why Jones Discharged His Clerks

3.          1900-01-17 - Why Mrs. Jones Got A Divorce

4.          1900-02-09 - Dick Croker Leaving Tammany Hall

5.          1900-02-28 - An Animated Luncheon

6.          1900-02-28 - Ching Ling Foo Outdone

7.          1900-02-28 - Dull Razor

8.          1900-02-28 - Faust and Marguerite

9.          1900-02-28  -  Magician

10.        1900-03-09 - The Kiss

11.        1900-03-21 - Artist's Dream

12.        1900-03-21 - Mystic Swing

13.        1900-03-21 - Uncle Josh In A Spooky Hotel

14.        1900-03-21 - Uncle Josh's Nightmare

15.        1900-04-04 - Overland Express Arriving At Helena, Montana

16.        1900-04-04 - White Horse Rapids

17.        1900-04-xx   Scenes Of the Boers War

18.        1900-05-12 - Discharging A Whitehead Torpedo

19.        1900-05-12 - Exploding A Whitehead Torpedo

20.        1900-05-12 - Panoramic View Of Newport

21.        1900-05-12 - Torpedo Boat Morris Running

22.        1900-05-26 - New Black Diamond Express

23.        1900-05-26 - Panorama Of Gorge Railway

24.        1900-07-12 - Burning Of The Standard Oil Tanks, Bayonne NJ

25.        1900-08-09 - Champs De Mars

26.        1900-08-09 - Champs Elysees

27.        1900-08-09 - Eiffel Tower From Trocadero Palace

28.        1900-08-09 - Esplanade Des Invalides

29.        1900-08-09 - Palace Of Electricity

30.        1900-08-09 - Panorama From The Moving Boardwalk

31.        1900-08-09 - Panorama Of Eiffel Tower

32.        1900-08-09 - Panorama Of Place De L'Opera

33.        1900-08-09 - Panorama Of The Moving Boardwalk

34.        1900-08-09 - Panorama Of The Paris Exposition, From The Seine

35.        1900-08-09 - Scene From The Elevator Ascending Eiffel Tower

36.        1900-08-09 - Storm At Sea

37.        1900-08-16 - Bombardment Of Taku Forts, By The Allied Fleets

38.        1900-08-29 - Breaking Of The Crowd At Military Review At Longchamps

39.        1900-08-29 - Panoramic View Of The Champs Elysees

40.        1900-08-29 - Panoramic View Of The Place De La Concord

41.        1900-08-29 - Scene In The Swiss Village At Paris Exposition

42.        1900-08-29 - Swiss Village

43.        1900-09-08 - Searching Ruins On Broadway, Galveston

44.        1900-09-24 - Bird's-Eye View Of Dock Front, Galveston

45.        1900-09-24 - Launching A Stranded Schooner From The Docks

46.        1900-09-24 - Panorama Of Galveston Power House

47.        1900-09-24 - Panorama Of Orphans' Home Galveston

48.        1900-09-24 - Panorama Of Wreckage Of Water Front

49.        1900-09-24 - Panoramic View Of Tremont Hotel, Galveston

50.        1900-11-16 - Blackton, J. Stuart - Enchanted Drawing

51.        1900-11-16 - Clown And The Alchemist

52.        1900-11-16 - Congress Of Nations

53.        1900-11-16 - Enchanted Drawing

54.        1900-11-16 - Hooligan Assists The Magician

55.        1900-11-16 - Maude's Naughty Little Brother

56.        1900-11-22 - Gun Drill By Naval Cadets At Newport Training School

57.        1900-11-22 - Gymnasium Exercises And Drill At Newport School

58.        1900-11-22 - Naval Apprentices At Sail Drill On Historic Ship Constellation

59.        1900-11-22 - Naval Sham Battle At Newport

60.        1900-12-21 - Grandma And The Bad Boys

1901 (11 films)

1.          1901-01-12 - Love In A Hammock

2.          1901-02-23 - Terrible Teddy, The Grizzly King

3.          1901-03-01 - Old Maid Having Her Picture Taken

4.          1901-03-08 - President McKinley And Escort Going To The Capitol

5.          1901-03-08 - President McKinley Taking The Oath

6.          1901-03-19 - Montreal Fire Department On Runners

7.          1901-05-06  - Gordon Sisters Boxing

8.          1901-05-06  - Laura Comstock's Bag Punching Dog

9.          1901-05-23 - Tramp's Unexpected Skate

10.        1901-05-20 - Opening, Pan-American Exposition

11.        1901-06-08 - Trip Around The Pan-American Exposition

VOLUME 2

1901 (35 films)

1.          1901-07-31 - Japanese Village

2.          1901-07-31 - Esquimaux Village

3.          1901-08-09 - Esquimaux Game Of Snap-The-Whip

4.          1901-08-09 - Esquimaux Leap-Frog

5.          1901-08-14 - Aunt Sallie's Wonderful Bustle

6.          1901-08-14 - Circular Panorama Of Electric Tower

7.          1901-08-14 - Panoramic View Of Electric Tower From A Balloon

8.          1901-08-15 - Sampson-Schley Controversy

9.          1901-08-21 - What Happened On Twenty-third Street, New York City

10.        1901-09-11 - Mob Outside The Temple Of Music At The Pan-American Expo

11.        1901-09-11 - President McKinley Reviewing The Troops At Pan-American Expo

12.        1901-09-11 - President McKinley's Speech At Pan-American Exposition