Watched Documentaries

Early chronophotography of the 1874 Venus transit, captured by Jules Janssen in Japan using his "photographic revolver" for scientific research.

In the garden, a man asks his friends to do something silly for him to record on film.

A shot of people walking on The Leeds Bridge.

A shot of Trafalgar Square.

Two men wearing boxing gloves prepare to spar in the Edison Company studio.

An athlete swings Indian clubs.

Annabelle (Whitford) Moore performs one of her popular dances. For this performance, her costume has a pair of wings attached to her back, to suggest a butterfly. As she dances, she uses her long, flowing skirts to create visual patterns.

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.

A fine exhibition of horsemanship by Lee Martin, a genuine cowboy. This particular broncho is an unusually wicked one. (from Edison Films)

Three Sioux Indians perform a 'buffalo dance', while two others use drums to supply a rhythm. The three dancers move around in a circle as they perform the various actions that are part of the dance.

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.

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.

Short depicting the box-fight between Mike Leonard and Jack Cushing fight.

Eugen Sandow, who claims to be the strongest man in the world, appears in the Edison Company's film studio.

Customer gets a lightning-fast shave.

Two gamecocks fight in the Edison Company film studio. This feature was remade later in the same year, with additional detail added.

A scene representing Southern plantation life before the war. A jig and a breakdown by three colored boys.

The fifth sequence of the "Wintergartenprogramm (1895)" by the Skladanowsky Brothers. In it, eight circus performers known as the Grunato Family perform their famous balancing act.

Annabelle (Whitford) Moore performs one of her popular dance routines. She uses her dance steps and her long, flowing skirts to create a variety of visual patterns.

Several little boys run along a pier, then jump into the ocean.

Three men in a rowboat are leaving the harbor.

Remarkable Lumière short that shows a beautiful aquarium with fish inside and can be considered as the first aquarium video ever who become quite popular about a 100 years later.

An old-fashioned car ('voiture' in french) departs on a journey. Several people wave their good-byes to the occupants of the vehicle.

The first sequence of the "Wintergartenprogramm (1895)" by the Skladanowsky Brothers. In it, two children, Ploetz and Larella, perform an Italian peasant dance.

A baby held by his father dips his little hands into a water jug and he can' t catch the goldfish .