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- A stationary camera is set at a curve in the train tracks, with the Brooklyn Bridge in the background. From the bridge, a four-car streetcar approaches and turns to he viewer's left. As it passes, a train going toward the bridge passes on the tracks in front. It has four cars as well, with a few passengers aboard. A train engine that is moving backwards follows that train. A man atop a tall ladder works on a light pole.
- "A well-known oriental dancer in a dance du ventre to the music of a Turkish band."
- "A party of gay girls in bathing costume on the aerial slide make a very amusing scene."
- "The Suburban is run at Sheepshead Bay track, Coney Island. Several views of the great race are given. The parade to the post, the start, the finish showing Ben Brush winning, Simms up, with the others strung out, tearing down the stretch in the dust, under whip and spur. Then the weighing out, jockeys saluting, dismounting, and un-saddling."
- "Finish of a popular race for all ages at Gravesend track."
- "Showing the horses and jockeys in the preliminary parade of the Suburban, on their way to the post."
- "A miniature merry-go-round for the little folks, a crowd of whom are whirling around on the different animals and enjoying themselves to the utmost."
- "Taken on Brooklyn Handicap day."
- Showing the horses as they come down the stretch and under the wire. 'Howard Mann' first, 'Lake Shore' second, 'Volley' third.
- "On the Coney Island steeple-chase, the wooden horses dash up and down the inclines with weird effect. The picture shows a crowd of people, including a number of pretty girls riding down the course."
- "The finish and weighing out of a running race with nine starters. Won by the famous Clifford, Sloane up."
- "An amusing picture taken at Coney Island, of the familiar children's diversion."
- "A lively scene at Coney Island on the famous water chutes, where thousands of jolly excursionists enjoy a break-neck ride down the chutes."
- The film consists of a single shot of a hand tearing down a Spanish flag.
- "He sits asleep at a bare table; old witch enters, raps three times, then disappears; cavalier sees table spread for a sumptuous repast. Mephistopheles appears; then the old witch, who suddenly changes to a beautiful young girl. The changes and magical appearances are startling and instantaneous."
- During the height of the summer season our camera secured a series of amusing bathing scenes at Far Rockaway, of which this is the first. It shows a company of girls in stunning bathing suits in a race over the sand.
- "As seen on parade in the Brooklyn Peace Jubilee Parade."
- "An exceedingly pretty marching picture, showing a battalion of naval reserves in white summer uniforms marching through a crowded Brooklyn street."
- "A prominent volunteer cavalry organization in the Brooklyn Peace Parade."
- "A battalion of the United States Marine Corps on parade in the Brooklyn Peace Jubilee."
- "One of the finest cavalry pictures. They present a grand appearance as they approach, sixteen abreast, with drawn sabres. The background shows the Plaza Circle, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, N.Y."
- "Showing the regiment on parade in the Brooklyn Peace Jubilee."
- Twenty-five round fight, with Jeffries the winner.
- "Fourteen old timers driving one of the stakes which support the canvass of a circus tent."
- "This picture is very novel and interesting. It gives the complete trip from the station at the New York City end of the bridge to the station at the Brooklyn end, as seen from the front end of a third rail car running at high speed. The entire trip consumes three minutes of time, during which abundant opportunity is given to observe all the structural wonders of the bridge, and far distant river panorama below."
- "Positively the most wonderful series of pictures ever secured by an animated picture camera. The first scene is taken from the pond of the chutes, and shows a number of boats laden with gay Coney Island pleasure-seekers coming down into the water in rapid succession. The next scene is taken from the top of the incline, showing the boats being loaded, starting away, running down the chutes and dashing into the water. The next and most wonderful picture was secured by placing the camera in the boat, making a panoramic view of the chutes while running down and dashing into the water. Sold complete or in separate lengths."
- "Showing the entire trip from Brooklyn to New York. The immense towers stand out clear and distinct against the sky. The best picture of the Brooklyn Bridge yet secured."
- Showing Howard Mann crossing the tape, with Lake Shore second and Vollev third.
- "Showing the start and finish of the great race of June 17, 1899. 'Imp' first, 'Bannockburn' second, and 'Warrington' third."
- "The elephant is shown walking over the prostate bodies of two ponies. Sells Brothers' and Forepaugh's circus."
- "This is an annual event of great interest to the Sunday school children of the City of Churches. Our picture shows the little tots all dressed in their Sunday best, marching across the lawn."
- "Showing twelve elephants gaily caparisoned, in Sells Brothers' and Forepaugh's circus parade. Crowds of people watching the pageant."
- The only picture extant showing this wonderful performance of a horse diving from a staging 40 feet in height into the water. Scenes secured at the Shoot the Chutes pond at Coney Island, and depicts a truly wonderful feat.
- "This picture has created a sensation wherever it has been shown. It is one of the popular 'hits' of the Biograph. Taken at Paul Boynton's chutes at Coney Island, and shows Prof. G.H. Holloway's trained horses diving into the water from a platform 35 feet high. Their action is purely voluntary, there being no mechanical aids or impulses whatever."
- "An amusing picture of this grotesque animals from Sells Brothers' and Forepaugh's circus. The camera was placed directly in front of the hippopotamus, which was induced to open its cavernous mouth."
- This is acknowledged by exhibitors to be the funniest of all moving magical films. A countryman is seen entering the office of the spiritualist and paying his fee. He is then mesmerized and sees funny things. He drops his handkerchief on the floor and as he reaches for it, it gradually grows larger and larger, dancing up and down, and going through funny antics until before the eye of the spectator it turns into a ghost of enormous proportions. It then vanishes and as the countryman is in the act of sitting in the chair, the ghost suddenly appears and the countryman receives a great fright. He then jumps up and throws off his hat and coat, and they immediately fly back on his body. He repeatedly throws them off and they as often return. This scene finally closes by numerous ghost and hobgoblins appearing and disappearing before the eyes of the frightened countryman, who finally leaves the room in great haste.
- "Down goes the Spanish flag, and up floats the Stars and Stripes. Down falls the symbol of tyranny and oppression that has ruled in the new world for four hundred years, and up goes the Banner of Freedom. In the distance are the turrets and battlements of Morro, the last foothold of Spain in America."
- "This race was arranged by the New York 'World,' and the contestants were an elephant, a camel, an automobile, a horse and a bicycle."
- "Taken from moving cable car leaving Brooklyn train yard, crossing entire span and arriving at New York terminus in City Hall station."
- Filmed from the Brooklyn tower of the bridge, this is a panorama starting at Manhattan's Battery and then panning northward along the East River shoreline.
- "This picture was taken during the rehearsals of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, and is about as lively an exhibition of cowboy horsemanship as one could imagine. The animal endeavors in every possible way to unseat his rider: but without success, and is finally subdued and led trembling up to the camera.
- "This picture shows the entire Brooklyn Bridge from end to end. The car from which the picture was taken started from the Brooklyn end and lands in the depot in New York. This picture was taken on Dewey Day, when thousands of persons were on the bridge. This is the only film on the market that shows the Bridge from one end to the other. One of the interesting features of this marvelous picture is the winding in and out of the car tracks in the New York depot."
- A cartoonist defies reality when he draws objects that become three-dimensional after he lifts them off his sketch pad.
- Although we are led to believe that the ancient alchemists were all powerful, this picture somewhat reverses the order of things. The clown plays some wonderful pranks on the old professor. He appears in numerous startling positions, using his club with great effect and always escaping punishment. At last the alchemist brings his magic power into use, and calling two hooded assistants, orders a large cauldron brought in. The climax, by which the clown finally disposes of the alchemist, is startling in the extreme.