Edwin S. Porter Movies

  • 1915
    The Eternal City

    The Eternal City

    The Eternal City

    01915HD

    Leone, a Papal guard, is devastated when his wife drowns herself after mistakenly thinking that he had abandoned her. He turns over his son David to...

    The Eternal City
  • 1904
    Crossing Ice Bridge at Niagara Falls

    Crossing Ice Bridge at Niagara Falls

    Crossing Ice Bridge at Niagara Falls

    01904HD

    The severe cold of the winter of 1903-04 allowed the rapids of Niagara Falls to freeze over, allowing the brave tourists to enter the chasm and cross...

    Crossing Ice Bridge at Niagara Falls
  • 1904
    Buster Brown and the Dude

    Buster Brown and the Dude

    Buster Brown and the Dude

    3.81904HD

    Scene II of the Buster Brown Series. Shows a millinery store in the shopping district, and Mrs. Brown with a lady friend, admiring the hats displayed...

    Buster Brown and the Dude
  • 1908
    A Suburbanite's Ingenious Alarm

    A Suburbanite's Ingenious Alarm

    A Suburbanite's Ingenious Alarm

    5.31908HD

    An office worker takes desperate measures in an attempt to get up on time in the morning.

    A Suburbanite's Ingenious Alarm
  • 1904
    Western Stage Coach Hold Up

    Western Stage Coach Hold Up

    Western Stage Coach Hold Up

    01904HD

    A band of robbers are playing cards in the foreground of the picture. Suddenly one of the gang who has been on the lookout for the stage coach rides...

    Western Stage Coach Hold Up
  • 1904
    Photographing a Female Crook

    Photographing a Female Crook

    Photographing a Female Crook

    4.31904HD

    Directed by Edwin S. Porter and/or Wallace McCutcheon Sr.

    Photographing a Female Crook
  • 1901
    The Reversible Divers

    The Reversible Divers

    The Reversible Divers

    51901HD

    A few people swimming.

    The Reversible Divers
  • 1913
    In the Bishop's Carriage

    In the Bishop's Carriage

    In the Bishop's Carriage

    11913HD

    A lost film. A successful stage actress with a hidden past as a criminal is kept on the path of righteousness by a benefactor.

    In the Bishop's Carriage
  • 1902
    Charleston Chain-Gang

    Charleston Chain-Gang

    Charleston Chain-Gang

    41902HD

    This picture shows the prisoners after completing their day's work of cleaning up the grounds of the Charleston Exposition, taking their positions...

    Charleston Chain-Gang
  • 1903
    Rube and Mandy at Coney Island

    Rube and Mandy at Coney Island

    Rube and Mandy at Coney Island

    4.81903HD

    The first scene shows a country couple entering Steeplechase Park. They proceed to amuse themselves on the steeplechase...

    Rube and Mandy at Coney Island
  • 1906
    The Life of a Cowboy

    The Life of a Cowboy

    The Life of a Cowboy

    3.8751906HD

    A cowboy gets involved in the kidnapping and rescue of a pretty young girl.

    The Life of a Cowboy
  • 1904
    Skirmish Between Russian and Japanese Advance Guards

    Skirmish Between Russian and Japanese Advance Guards

    Skirmish Between Russian and Japanese Advance Guards

    3.51904HD

    Renactment of a skirmish that was likely to have occurred in the Russo-Japanese War. Opens with an establishing scene entitled "A Japanese outpost on...

    Skirmish Between Russian and Japanese Advance Guards
  • 1903
    Subub Surprises the Burglar

    Subub Surprises the Burglar

    Subub Surprises the Burglar

    4.31903HD

    Shows a bedroom and a man asleep in bed. A burglar cautiously raises the window, climbs in, and proceeds to go through the man's clothes...

    Subub Surprises the Burglar
  • 1911
    Lost Illusions

    Lost Illusions

    Lost Illusions

    01911HD

    A marital romance in which a married artist woos the wife of another man.

    Lost Illusions
  • 1905
    The Life of an American Policeman

    The Life of an American Policeman

    The Life of an American Policeman

    41905HD

    A policeman has breakfast with his wife and children, and then prepares for the day's work. While on his beat, he finds and helps a lost child....

    The Life of an American Policeman
  • 1904
    Animated Painting

    Animated Painting

    Animated Painting

    01904HD

    An artist is painting a sunrise at sea. After a few finishing touches he stands back and admires the painting. The sun immediately commences to rise....

    Animated Painting
  • 1907
    Jack the Kisser

    Jack the Kisser

    Jack the Kisser

    01907HD

    An energetic man steals kisses from passing ladies, until bystanders give chase.

    Jack the Kisser
  • 1904
    Buster's Revenge on the Tramp

    Buster's Revenge on the Tramp

    Buster's Revenge on the Tramp

    3.71904HD

    Buster Brown series, scene I. Buster Brown wants a snack, but he can't reach it so he invites a tramp in to get it for him. The boy then tells his...

    Buster's Revenge on the Tramp
  • 1904
    Canoeing on the Charles River, Boston, Mass.

    Canoeing on the Charles River, Boston, Mass.

    Canoeing on the Charles River, Boston, Mass.

    61904HD

    With a tree-lined river bank dominating the top and back of the frame, the Charles River flows toward a stationary camera. A flotilla of canoes...

    Canoeing on the Charles River, Boston, Mass.
  • 1915
    Niobe

    Niobe

    Niobe

    01915HD

    The statue of Niobe comes to life through the dream of a hen-pecked old man.

    Niobe