Edison Studios Movies

  • 1903
    The Great Train Robbery

    The Great Train Robbery

    The Great Train Robbery

    7.0021903HD

    After the train station clerk is assaulted and left bound and gagged, then the departing train and its passengers robbed, a posse goes in hot pursuit...

    The Great Train Robbery
  • 1912
    The Land Beyond the Sunset

    The Land Beyond the Sunset

    The Land Beyond the Sunset

    6.3511912HD

    A poor young boy goes on a field trip and dreams of escaping to a land beyond the sunset.

    The Land Beyond the Sunset
  • 1910
    Frankenstein

    Frankenstein

    Frankenstein

    6.0381910HD

    Frankenstein, a young medical student, trying to create the perfect human being, instead creates a misshapen monster. Made ill by what he has done,...

    Frankenstein
  • 1900
    Faust and Marguerite

    Faust and Marguerite

    Faust and Marguerite

    3.8131900HD

    Marguerite is seated in front of the fireplace, Faust standing by her side. Mephistopheles enters and offers his sword to Faust, commanding him to...

    Faust and Marguerite
  • 1897
    Seminary Girls

    Seminary Girls

    Seminary Girls

    4.8851897HD

    From Maguire & Baucus catalogue: A most amusing and life-like scene, in which a number of young ladies clad in their night robes, are seen...

    Seminary Girls
  • 1894
    The Cock Fight

    The Cock Fight

    The Cock Fight

    3.7811894HD

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

    The Cock Fight
  • 1905
    How Jones Lost His Roll

    How Jones Lost His Roll

    How Jones Lost His Roll

    51905HD

    Jones is on his way home, carrying a roll of money, when he meets a neighbor who is a notorious miser. The neighbor unexpectedly invites Jones to...

    How Jones Lost His Roll
  • 1902
    Interrupted Bathers

    Interrupted Bathers

    Interrupted Bathers

    3.7861902HD

    Three girls are taking a bath in a quiet, shady spot along a beautiful stream. Another young lady in bathing attire reclines on the bank. The latter...

    Interrupted Bathers
  • 1914
    The Active Life of Dolly of the Dailies #5: The Chinese Fan

    The Active Life of Dolly of the Dailies #5: The Chinese Fan

    The Active Life of Dolly of the Dailies #5: The Chinese Fan

    51914HD

    An early Thomas Edison short. A young woman is kidnapped while attending a play in Chinatown. A reporter attends another play in Chinatown, is...

    The Active Life of Dolly of the Dailies #5: The Chinese Fan
  • 1902
    Fun in a Bakery Shop

    Fun in a Bakery Shop

    Fun in a Bakery Shop

    5.21902HD

    A baker's assistant throws a handful of dough at a rat. The dough sticks to the side of a barrel and the assistant proceeds to sculpt the dough into...

    Fun in a Bakery Shop
  • 1898
    Shooting Captured Insurgents

    Shooting Captured Insurgents

    Shooting Captured Insurgents

    4.31898HD

    “A file of Spanish soldiers line up the Cubans against a blank wall and fire a volley. The flash of rifles and drifting smoke make a very...

    Shooting Captured Insurgents
  • 1901
    What Happened on Twenty-Third Street, New York City

    What Happened on Twenty-Third Street, New York City

    What Happened on Twenty-Third Street, New York City

    5.31901HD

    A street level view from the sidewalk, looking along the length of 23rd Street. Following actuality footage of pedestrians and street traffic, the...

    What Happened on Twenty-Third Street, New York City
  • 1912
    The Relief of Lucknow

    The Relief of Lucknow

    The Relief of Lucknow

    51912HD

    The story of the siege and eventual relief of British soldiers garrisoned at Lucknow during the 1857 Indian Rebellion. Only a fragment of the...

    The Relief of Lucknow
  • 1897
    Giant Coal Dumper

    Giant Coal Dumper

    Giant Coal Dumper

    5.71897HD

    “Shows how a full carload of coal is loaded onto a vessel every thirty seconds at the great Erie Railroad Docks, Cleveland, Ohio. Great clouds...

    Giant Coal Dumper
  • 1910
    His Mother's Thanksgiving

    His Mother's Thanksgiving

    His Mother's Thanksgiving

    4.51910HD

    This holiday-themed melodrama released by Edison Studios in 1910 concerns Robert, a young man who leaves his mother’s home in New England to...

    His Mother's Thanksgiving
  • 1910
    A Christmas Carol

    A Christmas Carol

    A Christmas Carol

    6.41910HD

    Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his...

    A Christmas Carol
  • 1894
    Fire Rescue Scene

    Fire Rescue Scene

    Fire Rescue Scene

    5.1361894HD

    "Firemen in working uniform, rubber coats, helmets, and boots. Thrilling rescue from burning building. Smoke effects are fine." - from the Edison...

    Fire Rescue Scene
  • 1896
    The Kiss

    The Kiss

    The Kiss

    5.221896HD

    They get ready to kiss, begin to kiss, and kiss in a way that brings down the house every time.

    The Kiss
  • 1904
    Maniac Chase

    Maniac Chase

    Maniac Chase

    6.11904HD

    A “madman” escapes prison and the torments of his warders.

    Maniac Chase
  • 1900
    The Enchanted Drawing

    The Enchanted Drawing

    The Enchanted Drawing

    6.361900HD

    A cartoonist defies reality when he draws objects that become three-dimensional after he lifts them off his sketch pad.

    The Enchanted Drawing