American Mutoscope & Biograph Movie Trailers
Most Popular American Mutoscope & Biograph Trailers
Total trailers found: 537
Comata, the Sioux Trailer (1909)
09 September 1909
This story of the Black Hills consistently tells of the unrequited love of a Sioux brave for his chief's daughter, and how he premonished the awful results of her ominous marriage with a white cowboy.
Josh's Suicide Trailer (1911)
12 October 1911
Josh doesn't like the way things go at home and decides to quit and get out. Later, his wife gets what purports to be his farewell letter, which is intended to lead her to believe he has committed suicide.
The Politician's Love Story Trailer (1909)
21 February 1909
A haughty politician, on seeing a satirical cartoon in a newspaper, rushes to the paper's offices to shoot the cartoonist.
Help! Help! Trailer (1912)
10 April 1912
A send-up of Griffith's THE LONELY VILLA and other movies of that sort, such as THE GIRLS AND DADDY, THE LONEDALE OPERATOR and many others, as the heroine, thinking that burglars are trying to break into her home phones her husband at the office, who rushes home.
Automobile Race for the Vanderbilt Cup Trailer (1904)
14 May 1904
Automobile Race for the Vanderbilt Cup
A Life in the Balance Trailer (1913)
14 April 1913
A Keystone Kops short about a landlord discovering three "anner-kist" tenants building a bomb.
The Test Trailer (1909)
16 December 1909
Harry, preparing to leave on a business trip, tells Bessie that her photograph will always be with him.
The Man in the Box Trailer (1908)
19 June 1908
A poorly compensated bank clerk is, we may say, to that trying position of "Tantalus" in sight of tons of money but not a dollar of his own.
Panorama from the Tower of the Brooklyn Bridge Trailer (1899)
20 May 1899
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.
American Falls from Luna Island Trailer (1896)
02 October 1896
The first movie audiences took particular delight in scenes of rushing, churning water. These scenes of Niagara Falls were taken in September 1896, while Dickson and Bitzer were filming McKinley and the Empire State Express.
Catch-As-Catch-Can Wrestling Bout Trailer (1903)
01 July 1903
A very exciting contest between two well known Metropolitan wrestlers. It is full of fast work and scientific wrestling.
Westinghouse Air Brake Co. Trailer (1904)
01 May 1904
A large group of men are shown performing various tasks in one room at the Westinghouse Air Brake Co.
The Iconoclast Trailer (1910)
03 October 1910
A printer, drinking excessively and neglectful of his family obligations, is fired from his job when he offends his wealthy employer and his employer’s guests as they tour the printworks.
Her Father's Pride Trailer (1910)
04 August 1910
A Quaker father is bringing up his daughter Ann in a stern, religious manner, often disturbed by her frivolity.
The Coney Island Beach Patrol Trailer (1904)
25 April 1904
Two small boys with policemen's hats and nightsticks are struggling with another small boy. The object of their struggle seems to be to arrest him.
Steam Whistle Trailer (1904)
15 April 1904
A closeup of the steam whistle blowing at the "Westinghouse works" complex of factories in Pennsylvania, probably at the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co.
Iola's Promise Trailer (1912)
14 March 1912
Iola, the little Indian girl, is held captive by a gang of cutthroats but is soon rescued by Jack Harper, a prospector.
Wrestling at the New York Athletic Club Trailer (1905)
11 November 1905
Several chairs rest against a blank wall; three men, then a fourth and soon seven in all, divide into various pairs and wrestle for the camera.
The Smoker Trailer (1910)
31 March 1910
A young bride wonders at her husband's frequent absences. Suspicion mounts. What can the young man find more alluring than she, herself?
Concealing a Burglar Trailer (1908)
30 October 1908
Mack Sennett appears as a policeman and waiter in this film produced by the Biograph Company.
Coil Winding Section E Trailer (1904)
01 November 1904
Rows of women are shown at tables with winding machines. They wind using material from spools behind them, apparently putting the finished products on the table in front of them.
The Fugitive Trailer (1910)
07 November 1910
Two Johns, a Confederate and an Union soldier, leave their families to go to the front. After a skirmish they end up separated from their respective sides, the Union soldier shoots the Confederate, but he has to escape and look for refuge in the house of his enemy.
San Francisco: Aftermath of Earthquake Trailer (1906)
01 May 1906
Footage shot not long after the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco is edited together so that more than one scene and more than one vantage are included.
The Sacrifice Trailer (1909)
14 January 1909
Oh, the woe of simultaneous birthdays, as were Mr. and Mrs. Hardlucks', and both being of a generous nature, were seized with an insatiable desire to make on this anniversary of their nativity suitable gifts, each to the other, Hardluck has a watch, but no fob.
N.Y. Fire Department Returning Trailer (1903)
01 May 1903
Shot at an unidentified location in New York City, the film shows several pieces of horse-drawn fire vehicles in motion: two hook-and-ladders; two steam pumpers; a rescue wagon.
Testing Large Turbines, Westinghouse Co. Works Trailer (1904)
01 May 1904
On the left of the screen, a small group of men lift the top off of what appears to be a turbine with a crane and continue to check the machine, tightening various parts with wrenches.
Sandow Trailer (1896)
30 September 1896
Strong-man Eugene Sandow flexes his muscles and strikes a few poses in front of a black background. This was a short film shot by William K.
Testing a Rotary Trailer (1904)
01 May 1904
A small group of men turn on what appears to be a generator. As the rotary spins, the men make adjustments to the machine and check its operations.
In Old Kentucky Trailer (1909)
20 September 1909
Brothers George and Robert enlist on opposite sides in the Civil War. Robert is captured as a spy for the South, but escapes and hides in his parents' house.
Rose o' Salem Town Trailer (1910)
25 September 1910
A young girl living in Salem attracts the attentions of The Puritan. After he's brushed off by the girl, he becomes furious and desiring revenge, declares to a council of elders that the girl and her mother are witches.
Over the Hills to the Poor House Trailer (1908)
26 June 1908
The widowed elderly mother of three adult children, two sons and a daughter, wishing to relieve herself of the burden of care of her property, decides to divide it up among her children.
The Valet's Wife Trailer (1908)
01 December 1908
Bachelor Reggie writes his uncle that he has a wife and child, but then must produce them when the uncle visits.
Comrades Trailer (1911)
13 March 1911
Two creative bums invade a high society gathering by pretending to be rich.
Simple Charity Trailer (1910)
10 November 1910
A pretty young woman attempts to help a poor, old couple while attracting the attention of a handsome doctor.
A Plain Song Trailer (1910)
28 November 1910
Edith is a salesgirl in a department store who envys her store-mates, as she views them passing by with their sweethearts, lighthearted and happy.
An Awful Moment Trailer (1908)
18 December 1908
After a judge (Harry Solter) does his job and sentences a man, a gypsy woman (Marion Leonard) erupts in vehement protests and has to be taken forcefully out of the courtroom.
Bathing in the Ice at the L Street Bath, Boston Trailer (1905)
23 March 1905
This film was photographed in the winter, much of it during an actual snowstorm, and snow can be seen on the ground in all scenes.
Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court Trailer (1908)
04 September 1908
Mack Sennett appears as a policeman in this film produced by the Biograph Company.
Examination Day at School Trailer (1910)
29 September 1910
A rural schoolmaster, beloved by his pupils, is dismissed from his teaching post when the county’s visiting school inspector is mildly ridiculed in a cartoon which a mischievous pupil has drawn on a blackboard.
Olaf—An Atom Trailer (1913)
19 May 1913
Broken by grief after his mother's death, Olaf becomes a wanderer. He is treated cruelly until he is given a meal by a woman at the homestead where she lives with her husband and baby.
The Sunbeam Trailer (1912)
26 February 1912
Set in a tenement, a lonely confirmed bachelor occupies a room across the hall from a dour spinster. Children run amok in the hallways playing pranks on the two.
Taping Coils Trailer (1904)
01 May 1904
Numerous women stand at several rows of tables where they appear to be wrapping tape around some devices, presumably coils.
Panorama View, Street Car Motor Room Trailer (1904)
22 May 1904
A camera moving forward on an overhead crane gives a traveling view of men working on machinery. Carts carrying parts and pieces of machinery pass by on rails; cranes lift machinery; and men perform their various duties, including hammering objects.
The Planter's Wife Trailer (1908)
20 October 1908
John Holland, a planter in a small way, is devotedly attached to his wife and infant child. The wife wearies of the monotonous grind of farm life and is easy prey of a contemptible villain, in the person of Tom Roland, the ubiquitous "other man".
McKinley at Home, Canton, Ohio Trailer (1896)
01 September 1896
“This view was taken upon Mr. McKinley's lawn at his home in Canton, Ohio. Mr. McKinley appears walking across the lawn in company with his Secretary, who hands him a telegram, which he reads with apparent satisfaction.
Pa Says Trailer (1913)
21 July 1913
First Pa said Theodore was a lizzy-nizzy. He let that go, but when Pa said he was too sporty because he spent a nickel for a ticket for a voting contest for the fairest girl in town, Pa's daughter, of course, then Theodore decided to settle Pa.
Jamestown Exposition Trailer (1907)
01 May 1907
Scenes of Theodore Roosevelt at the Jamestown Exposition in Norfolk, Virginia, in April and June, 1907, participating in Jamestown's tercentennial celebration on April 26, its opening day, and later on Georgia Day, June 10.
Assembling a Generator Trailer (1904)
09 May 1904
A group of men work on various parts of a large generator, assembling the pieces
The Test of Friendship Trailer (1908)
15 December 1908
Mack Sennett appears as a guest and a man in the fight in this film produced by the Biograph Company.
His Mother's Son Trailer (1913)
31 May 1913
The hardship of earning an existence for the family made it impossible for the mother to approve the little pretty things which her daughter liked.
The Broken Locket Trailer (1909)
16 September 1909
George Peabody is a young man who has been giving free rein to his inclinations, the principal one being drink.
One Is Business, the Other Crime Trailer (1912)
24 April 1912
Griffith intercuts between the lives of two couples married on the same day. One couple is rich, the other poor.
A Voice from the Deep Trailer (1912)
21 March 1912
Percy and Harold are rivals and both take the object of their affections for an outing.
The Rose of Kentucky Trailer (1911)
24 August 1911
A farmer takes in a young orphan after her mother's death and sends her off to school. After she's grown, he encourages her to consider his younger brother as a husband.
The Violin Maker of Cremona Trailer (1909)
07 June 1909
A contest is being held in Cremona for the best violin, with Giannina's hand in marriage as the prize.
Panorama from Times Building, New York Trailer (1905)
11 April 1905
The camera is high above Manhattan near the top of the Times Building, pointing down.
American Falls from Goat Island Trailer (1896)
02 October 1896
The first movie audiences took particular delight in scenes of rushing, churning water. These scenes of Niagara Falls were taken in September 1896, while Dickson and Bitzer were filming McKinley and the Empire State Express.
