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- One of W.K.L. Dickson's laboratory workers horses around for the camera.
- In an experiment that follows up on the results of 'Monkeyshines, No. 1', an Edison company worker again moves around in front of the motion picture camera.
- An Edison company worker makes large gestures in front of a Kinetoscope to test the new camera system.
- Short film featuring two monkeys fighting.
- An athlete swings Indian clubs.
- The very first American film shown to public audiences and the press. It depicts William K.L. Dickson taking off his hat and greeting the audience.
- Short, experimental film depicting James C. Duncan smoking a pipe.
- Two men wearing boxing gloves prepare to spar in the Edison Company studio.
- A lost film, directed by William K.L. Dickson about two men wrestling.
- Two men shake hands for the Kinetograph.
- Experimental film to test the new kinetoscope which depicts two men practicing fencing.
- Lost film directed by William K.L. Dickson. Presented by Edison Manufacturing Company.
- One of the pictures to be seen in the machine, for example, was that of a blacksmith shop in which two men were working, one shoeing a horse, the other heating iron at the forge. One would be seen to drive the nail into the shoe of the horse's hoof, to change his position and every movement needed in the work was clearly shown as if the object was in real (life). In fact, the whole routine of the two men's labour and their movements for the day was presented to the view of the observer.
- Three men hammer on an anvil and pass a bottle of beer around.
- Customer gets a lightning-fast shave.
- A man (Thomas Edison's assistant) takes a pinch of snuff and sneezes. This is one of the earliest Thomas Edison films and was the first motion picture to be copyrighted in the United States.
- Two gamecocks are fighting inside a wire cage, while two spectators look on in the background. The two men agree to make a bet on the outcome. One of them shows his money to the other, who is commenting on the fight.
- A gymnast assumes a number of positions while holding a wand in both hands.
- Performing on what looks like a small wooden stage, wearing a dress with a hoop skirt and white high-heeled pumps, Carmencita does a dance with kicks and twirls, a smile always on her face.
- One of the series gives successive pictures of an athlete in an unsuccessful attempt to turn a somersault. Everybody who has seen a boy perform this act knows the brief space of time it takes him to throw himself upon his hands, with his feet in the air and how quickly he recovers himself if he fails to go over. Yet it will be seen that the kinetograph photographed the athlete forty-four times between the beginning and the end of the act, aside from the numerous pictures taken when he was bending down to the ground and coming back to an erect position.
- Two gamecocks fight in the Edison Company film studio. This feature was remade later in the same year, with additional detail added.
- Annie Oakley, the 'Little Miss Sure Shot' of the 'Wild West' gives an exhibition of rifle shooting at glass balls and clay pigeons in a film from the Edison Catalog.
- "Two men engaged in wrestling are shown in one of the series of illustrations that accompany the kinetoscope. They were photographed in the 'Black Maria' by the kinetograph and the kinetoscope portrays the whole bout from beginning to end with every move that the wrestlers made. As the struggle carried them about over considerable space they were placed at quite a distance from the camera...By Petit and Kessler."
- A man does a series of trapeze tricks.
- "The marvelous lady contortionist and acrobat."
- A couple performs a Highland Fling.
- Eugen Sandow, who claims to be the strongest man in the world, appears in the Edison Company's film studio.
- "'Dick the Rat' and his rat-terrier. The dog is turned loose among a lot of big, live rats, and kills them in lightning order."
- "Showing the wind-up of a political discussion. Dramatis personae: A Democrat, a Republican, a Bar Maid, and a Policeman."
- In the background, five fans lean on the ropes looking into the ring. The referee is to the left; like the fans, he hardly moves as two fighters swing roundhouse blows at each other. Mike Leonard, in white trunks, is the aggressor; in black, Jack Cushing stands near the edge of the ring, warily pawing the air as Leonard comes at him. A couple of punches land, but the fighters maintain their upright postures.
- "The famous army scout in an exhibition of rifle shooting. A fine picture of the principal, and beautiful smoke effects."
- "A glove contest between trained cats. A very comical and amusing subject, and is sure to create a great laugh." (by Edison Films)
- "King of the slack wire. His daring feats of balancing as he performs his thrilling feats in midair show that he is perfectly at home." (from Edison Films)
- The earliest extant sound film. William K.L. Dickson stands in the background next to a huge sound pickup horn connected to a Thomas Edison phonograph recorder. As he plays a violin, two men dance in the foreground. This film was made to demonstrate a new Thomas Edison machine, the Kinetophone. These machines were Kinetoscope peepshow viewers mated with Thomas Edison wax cylinder phonographs. But the Kinetophone never caught on and this film was never released. The film still exists, but the phonograph soundtrack has been lost.
- Three beautiful girls La Regloncita, La Graciosa and La Preciosa in a charming dance.