20 March 1898 1 mins
This twenty-five second film is from Edison's "Southern Pacific Company" series. What we see is a Japanese ship as it is floating into a harbor in Southern California.
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United States 20 March 1898
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22 June 1898
Despite the title, the most one can glean from this very short short is a bunch of guys having fun in a harbor.
20 March 1898
The film opens showing the native daughters mounted on horses.
20 May 1898
A preadolescent boy, dressed like a street urchin, performs acrobatic stunts for the camera.
19 May 1898
The Reading's [Pennsylvania] pitcher has just let a Newark [New Jersey] batsman walk to first. Our camera is stationed about twenty feet from the bag, and the satisfied grin of the runner is great as he touches first and gets up on his toes for second.
01 January 1898
St. Anthony is tempted by visions of women, including one that is transformed from the image of Jesus Christ Himself!
01 January 1898
Divers go to work on a wrecked ship (the battleship Maine that was blown up in Havana harbour during the Spanish-American War), surrounded by curiously disproportionate fish.
01 August 1898
A soldier and a serving-girl are courting on a bench. A fat old lady sits on the bench, interrupting them.
01 December 1898
There is a burglar on the rooftop of a Manhattan office building, and he is trying to break in. Two women spot him, and one of them begins beating him with a broom as they wait for help to arrive.
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