William Heise

William Heise

William Heise was an American film cinematographer and director, active in the 1890s. Along with William K.L. Dickson, Heise was one of the most prolific filmmakers of the nascent days of cinema. Together, both men worked on many of the early shorts produced by the Edison Manufacturing Company and were credited for more than 175 short silent films, capturing numerous scenes of everyday life as well as different aspects of performance and sport.

  • Title: William Heise
  • Popularity: 1.577
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1847-10-01
  • Place of Birth: Germany
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William Heise Movies

  • 1892
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    A Hand Shake

    A Hand Shake

    3.5 1892 HD

    William K.L. Dickson and William Heise shake hands in this early experimental film.

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  • 1897
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    The Dolorita Passion Dance

    The Dolorita Passion Dance

    1 1897 HD

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  • 1890
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    Monkeyshines, No. 1

    Monkeyshines, No. 1

    4.909 1890 HD

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  • 1894
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    Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze

    Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze

    4.886 1894 HD

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  • 1892
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    Fencing

    Fencing

    3.4 1892 HD

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  • 1892
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    A Hand Shake

    A Hand Shake

    3.5 1892 HD

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  • 1893
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    Horse Shoeing

    Horse Shoeing

    2.7 1893 HD

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  • 1893
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    Blacksmithing Scene

    Blacksmithing Scene

    5.54 1893 HD

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  • 1894
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    Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze

    Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze

    4.886 1894 HD

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  • 1890
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    Monkeyshines, No. 1

    Monkeyshines, No. 1

    4.909 1890 HD

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  • 1890
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    Monkeyshines, No. 2

    Monkeyshines, No. 2

    4.429 1890 HD

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  • 1891
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    Men Boxing

    Men Boxing

    4.1 1891 HD

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  • 1891
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    Newark Athlete

    Newark Athlete

    4.4 1891 HD

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  • 1892
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    Fencing

    Fencing

    3.4 1892 HD

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  • 1892
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    A Hand Shake

    A Hand Shake

    3.5 1892 HD

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  • 1893
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    Blacksmithing Scene

    Blacksmithing Scene

    5.54 1893 HD

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  • 1894
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    The Barber Shop

    The Barber Shop

    4.9 1894 HD

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  • 1894
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    Athlete with Wand

    Athlete with Wand

    3.792 1894 HD

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  • 1894
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    Souvenir Strip of the Edison Kinetoscope

    Souvenir Strip of the Edison Kinetoscope

    4.9 1894 HD

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  • 1894
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    Carmencita

    Carmencita

    5.246 1894 HD

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  • 1894
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    Caicedo (with Pole)

    Caicedo (with Pole)

    6 1894 HD

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  • 1894
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    Annabelle Butterfly Dance

    Annabelle Butterfly Dance

    5.4 1894 HD

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  • 1894
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    Cock Fight, No. 2

    Cock Fight, No. 2

    3.5 1894 HD

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  • 1897
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    Buffalo Stockyards

    Buffalo Stockyards

    3.6 1897 HD

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  • 1897
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    Buffalo Fire Department in Action

    Buffalo Fire Department in Action

    4.6 1897 HD

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  • 1897
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    Falls of Minnehaha

    Falls of Minnehaha

    4.2 1897 HD

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  • 1897
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    Corner Madison and State Streets, Chicago

    Corner Madison and State Streets, Chicago

    4.4 1897 HD

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  • 1897
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    Free-for-All race at Charter Oak Park

    Free-for-All race at Charter Oak Park

    3.4 1897 HD

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  • 1896
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    The Kiss

    The Kiss

    5.2 1896 HD

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  • 1894
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    Glenroy Brothers (Comic Boxing)

    Glenroy Brothers (Comic Boxing)

    4.865 1894 HD

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  • 1894
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    The Barber Shop

    The Barber Shop

    4.9 1894 HD

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  • 1897
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    Bowery Waltz

    Bowery Waltz

    3.5 1897 HD

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  • 1894
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    Sioux Ghost Dance

    Sioux Ghost Dance

    4.516 1894 HD

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  • 1894
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    Annie Oakley

    Annie Oakley

    6 1894 HD

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  • 1895
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    Annabelle Serpentine Dance

    Annabelle Serpentine Dance

    5.875 1895 HD

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  • 1897
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    Pillow Fight

    Pillow Fight

    4.7 1897 HD

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  • 1894
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    Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph

    Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph

    5 1894 HD

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  • 1894
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    The Boxing Cats

    The Boxing Cats

    5.898 1894 HD

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  • 1894
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    Imperial Japanese Dance

    Imperial Japanese Dance

    4.3 1894 HD

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  • 1894
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    Chinese Laundry Scene

    Chinese Laundry Scene

    5 1894 HD

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  • 1894
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    Bucking Broncho

    Bucking Broncho

    4.321 1894 HD

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  • 1894
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    Band Drill

    Band Drill

    3.4 1894 HD

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  • 1894
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    Hadj Cheriff

    Hadj Cheriff

    4.4 1894 HD

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  • 1895
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    Princess Ali

    Princess Ali

    3.6 1895 HD

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  • 1897
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    Charity Ball

    Charity Ball

    3 1897 HD

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  • 1894
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    Fire Rescue Scene

    Fire Rescue Scene

    5.136 1894 HD

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  • 1896
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    Amy Muller

    Amy Muller

    4.4 1896 HD

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  • 1897
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    Fisherman's Luck

    Fisherman's Luck

    3.2 1897 HD

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  • 1894
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    Dickson Experimental Sound Film

    Dickson Experimental Sound Film

    6.268 1894 HD

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  • 1894
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    Dickson Experimental Sound Film

    Dickson Experimental Sound Film

    6.268 1894 HD

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  • 1898
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    A Street Arab

    A Street Arab

    4.4 1898 HD

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  • 1898
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    What Demoralized the Barber Shop

    What Demoralized the Barber Shop

    3.7 1898 HD

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  • 1898
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    Hockey Match on the Ice

    Hockey Match on the Ice

    4 1898 HD

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  • 1897
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    Black Diamond Express, No. 1

    Black Diamond Express, No. 1

    4.25 1897 HD

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  • 1897
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    Fifth Avenue, New York

    Fifth Avenue, New York

    4.636 1897 HD

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  • 1896
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    Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance

    Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance

    4.895 1896 HD

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  • 1897
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    Dancing Darkey Boy

    Dancing Darkey Boy

    3.6 1897 HD

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  • 1898
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    The Ball Game

    The Ball Game

    3.389 1898 HD

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  • 1897
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    Pie Eating Contest

    Pie Eating Contest

    3.8 1897 HD

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  • 1898
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    An Unwelcome Visitor

    An Unwelcome Visitor

    2 1898 HD

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  • 1897
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    Ambulance Call

    Ambulance Call

    1 1897 HD

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  • 1896
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    A Morning Alarm

    A Morning Alarm

    7 1896 HD

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  • 1898
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    Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, No. 2

    Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, No. 2

    2 1898 HD

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  • 1894
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    Leonard-Cushing Fight

    Leonard-Cushing Fight

    5.174 1894 HD

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  • 1894
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    Buffalo Dance

    Buffalo Dance

    4.634 1894 HD

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  • 1894
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    The Pickaninny Dance from the “Passing Show”

    The Pickaninny Dance from the “Passing Show”

    4 1894 HD

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  • 1895
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    New Blacksmith Shop

    New Blacksmith Shop

    3.7 1895 HD

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  • 1895
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    Paddle Dance

    Paddle Dance

    1 1895 HD

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  • 1895
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    Silver Dance

    Silver Dance

    1 1895 HD

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  • 1895
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    Dance of Rejoicing

    Dance of Rejoicing

    1 1895 HD

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  • 1894
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    The Hornbacker-Murphy Fight

    The Hornbacker-Murphy Fight

    4.543 1894 HD

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  • 1896
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    Shooting the Chutes

    Shooting the Chutes

    3.9 1896 HD

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  • 1894
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    Cock Fight, No. 2

    Cock Fight, No. 2

    3.5 1894 HD

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  • 1890
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    Monkeyshines, No. 2

    Monkeyshines, No. 2

    4.429 1890 HD

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  • 1890
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    Monkeyshines, No. 3

    Monkeyshines, No. 3

    3.1 1890 HD

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  • 1891
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    Dickson Greeting

    Dickson Greeting

    4.847 1891 HD

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  • 1891
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    Men Boxing

    Men Boxing

    4.1 1891 HD

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  • 1897
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    Crissie Sheridan

    Crissie Sheridan

    4.8 1897 HD

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  • 1891
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    Monkey and Another, Boxing

    Monkey and Another, Boxing

    3.3 1891 HD

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  • 1891
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    Duncan or Devonald with Muslin Cloud

    Duncan or Devonald with Muslin Cloud

    2.7 1891 HD

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  • 1891
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    Duncan Smoking

    Duncan Smoking

    2.8 1891 HD

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  • 1891
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    Duncan and Another, Blacksmith Shop

    Duncan and Another, Blacksmith Shop

    2 1891 HD

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  • 1894
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    Glenroy Bros., No. 2

    Glenroy Bros., No. 2

    4.8 1894 HD

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  • 1898
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    Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, No. 1

    Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, No. 1

    2 1898 HD

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  • 1897
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    Ambulance at the Accident

    Ambulance at the Accident

    3.7 1897 HD

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  • 1897
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    Mount and Dismount, Gatling Gun

    Mount and Dismount, Gatling Gun

    3.3 1897 HD

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  • 1898
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    Sea Waves

    Sea Waves

    3.3 1898 HD

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  • 1898
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    Old Glory and the Cuban Flag

    Old Glory and the Cuban Flag

    4 1898 HD

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  • 1894
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    Boxing Match

    Boxing Match

    2 1894 HD

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  • 1894
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    Japanese Dancers

    Japanese Dancers

    4 1894 HD

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  • 1897
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    Admiral Cigarette

    Admiral Cigarette

    7.5 1897 HD

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  • 1897
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    Admiral Cigarette

    Admiral Cigarette

    7.5 1897 HD

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  • 1895
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    Death Scene

    Death Scene

    1 1895 HD

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  • 1895
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    Hypnotic Scene

    Hypnotic Scene

    1 1895 HD

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  • 1895
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    Trilby Dance

    Trilby Dance

    1 1895 HD

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  • 1894
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    Carmencita

    Carmencita

    5.246 1894 HD

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  • 1897
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    Single harness horses

    Single harness horses

    1 1897 HD

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  • 1897
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    Single harness horses

    Single harness horses

    1 1897 HD

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  • 1895
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    Billy Edwards and the Unknown

    Billy Edwards and the Unknown

    3.6 1895 HD

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  • 1894
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    The Boxing Cats

    The Boxing Cats

    5.898 1894 HD

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  • 1894
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    Glenroy Bros., No. 2

    Glenroy Bros., No. 2

    4.8 1894 HD

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  • 1897
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    Crissie Sheridan

    Crissie Sheridan

    4.8 1897 HD

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  • 1898
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    Shooting Captured Insurgents

    Shooting Captured Insurgents

    4.3 1898 HD

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  • 1898
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    Turkish Dance, Ella Lola

    Turkish Dance, Ella Lola

    5.3 1898 HD

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  • 1896
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    Black Diamond Express

    Black Diamond Express

    4.75 1896 HD

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  • 1896
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    Feeding the Doves

    Feeding the Doves

    5.091 1896 HD

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  • 1896
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    The Bad Boy and the Gardener

    The Bad Boy and the Gardener

    4 1896 HD

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  • 1894
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    Buffalo Bill

    Buffalo Bill

    1.7 1894 HD

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  • 1894
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    Buffalo Dance

    Buffalo Dance

    4.634 1894 HD

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  • 1891
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    Dickson Greeting

    Dickson Greeting

    4.847 1891 HD

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  • 1896
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    Interrupted Lovers

    Interrupted Lovers

    3.9 1896 HD

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  • 1896
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    Lone Fisherman

    Lone Fisherman

    4 1896 HD

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  • 1897
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    Serpentine Dance - Annabelle

    Serpentine Dance - Annabelle

    4.4 1897 HD

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  • 1897
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    The First Sleigh-Ride

    The First Sleigh-Ride

    3.636 1897 HD

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  • 1897
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    Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory

    Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory

    5.1 1897 HD

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  • 2007
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    Butterfly Dances

    Butterfly Dances

    1 2007 HD

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  • 1898
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    Snowballing the Coasters

    Snowballing the Coasters

    2 1898 HD

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  • 1895
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    The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots

    The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots

    6.183 1895 HD

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  • 1891
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    Newark Athlete

    Newark Athlete

    4.4 1891 HD

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  • 1894
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    Athlete with Wand

    Athlete with Wand

    3.792 1894 HD

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  • 1894
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    Souvenir Strip of the Edison Kinetoscope

    Souvenir Strip of the Edison Kinetoscope

    4.9 1894 HD

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  • 1894
    imgMovies

    Caicedo (with Pole)

    Caicedo (with Pole)

    6 1894 HD

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  • 1894
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    Annabelle Butterfly Dance

    Annabelle Butterfly Dance

    5.4 1894 HD

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  • 1894
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    Luis Martinetti, Contortionist

    Luis Martinetti, Contortionist

    5.1 1894 HD

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  • 1895
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    Billy Edwards and the Unknown

    Billy Edwards and the Unknown

    3.6 1895 HD

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  • 1898
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    A Bucking Broncho

    A Bucking Broncho

    3 1898 HD

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