- Description:
- 1/2 in., VHS, NTSC.   viewing copy.   1 videocassette of 1.
b/w.  
fullscreen.   sound.  
- Notes:
- Contains: THE VALET'S WIFE (D.W. Griffith, Biograph Co., 1908); THE WATERMELON PATCH (Edwin S. Porter, Edison Co., 1905, ca. 9 min.); A SCRAP IN BLACK AND WHITE (Porter, Edison Co., 1903, ca. 10 min.); FIGHTING THE FLAMES, DREAMLAND: AN ATTRACTION AT CONEY ISLAND (Porter, Edison Co., 1904, ca. 5 min.); HIPPODROME RACES, DREAMLAND, CONEY ISLAND (Porter, Edison Co., 1905, ca. 3 min.); MANIAC CHASE (Porter, Edison, 1904, ca. 8 min.); THE STRENUOUS LIFE, OR ANTI - RACE SUICIDE (Porter, Edison Co., 1904, ca. 4 min.); WAITING AT THE CHURCH (Porter, Edison Co., 1906, ca. 5 min.); WEARY WILLIE KIDNAPS A CHILD (Porter, Edison Co., 1904, ca. 3m); LITTLE TRAIN ROBBERY (Porter, Edison Co., 1905, ca. 6 min.); TRAIN WRECKER (Porter, Edison Co., 1905, ca. 10m); THE WHITE CAPS (Porter, Edison Co., 1905, ca. 10m); BEN HUR (Sidney Olcott and Frank Oakes Rose, Kalem Co., 1907, ca. 12m); THE BOY DETECTIVE (Wallace McCutcheon, American Mutoscope & Biograph, 1908); HER FIRST ADVENTURE (McCutcheon, AM & B, 1908, with D.W. Griffith); CAUGHT BY WIRELESS (McCutcheon, AM & B, 1908, with D.W. Griffith); AT THE FRENCH BALL (McCutcheon, AM & B, 1908, with D.W. Griffith); FIRESIDE REMINISCES (Porter, Edison Co., 1908, ca. 8m).
Titles
+ At The French Ball
- Director:
- McCutcheon, Wallace
- Production Co:
- American Mutoscope and Biograph Co.
- Running Time:
- Short.   0 minutes
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1908
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Ben Hur
- Director:
- Olcott, Sidney; Rose, Frank Oakes
- Production Co:
- Kalem Co
- Running Time:
- Short.   12 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1907
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Boy Detective, The
- Alternate Title:
- The Abductors Foiled
- Director:
- McCutcheon, Wallace
- Production Co:
- American Mutoscope and Biograph Co.
- Running Time:
- Short.   0 minutes
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1908
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Caught By Wireless
- Director:
- McCutcheon, Wallace
- Production Co:
- American Mutoscope and Biograph Co.
- Running Time:
- Short.   0 minutes
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1908
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Fighting The Flames, Dreamland, An Attraction At Coney Island
- Director:
- Porter, Edwin S.
- Production Co:
- Edison Co.
- Running Time:
- Short.   5 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1904
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
+ Fireside Reminisces
- Director:
- Porter, Edwin S.
- Production Co:
- Edison Co.
- Running Time:
- Short.   8 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1908
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Her First Adventure
- Alternate Title:
- Kidnapped With the Aid of a Street Piano
- Director:
- McCutcheon, Wallace
- Production Co:
- American Mutoscope and Biograph Co.
- Running Time:
- Short.   0 minutes
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1908
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Hippodrome Races, Dreamland, Coney Island
- Alternate Title:
- Hippodrome Races, Dreamland, Coney Island
- Director:
- Porter, Edwin S.
- Production Co:
- Edison Co.
- Running Time:
- Short.   3 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1905
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Little Train Robbery
- Director:
- Porter, Edwin S.
- Production Co:
- Edison Co.
- Running Time:
- Short.   6 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1905
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Strenuous Life, Or Anti-Race Suicide, The
- Director:
- Porter, Edwin S.
- Production Co:
- Edison Co.
- Running Time:
- Short.   4 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1904
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Train Wrecker
- Director:
- Porter, Edwin S.
- Production Co:
- Edison Co.
- Running Time:
- Short.   10 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1905
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Valet's Wife, The
- Director:
- Griffith, D. W.
- Production Co:
- American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   0 minutes
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1908
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, African - American Interest, Silent Cinema
- Link to:
- FII catalog | AFI catalog
+ Waiting At The Church
- Director:
- Porter, Edwin S.
- Production Co:
- Edison Co.
- Running Time:
- Short.   5 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1906
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Weary Willie Kidnaps A Child
- Director:
- Porter, Edwin S.
- Production Co:
- Edison Co.
- Running Time:
- Short.   3 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1904
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ White Caps, The
- Director:
- Porter, Edwin S.; McCutcheon, Wallace
- Production Co:
- Edison Co.
- Running Time:
- Short.   10 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1905
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Watermelon Patch, The
- Director:
- Porter, Edwin S.
- Production Co:
- Edison Co.
- Running Time:
- Short.   9 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1905
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, African - American Interest, Silent Cinema
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Maniac Chase, The
- Director:
- Porter, Edwin S.
- Production Co:
- Edison Co.
- Running Time:
- Short.   8 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1904
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Scrap In Black And White, A
- Director:
- Porter, Edwin S.
- Production Co:
- Edison Co.
- Running Time:
- Short.   10 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1903
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema