American Mutoscope & Biograph Movie Trailers
Most Popular American Mutoscope & Biograph Trailers
Total trailers found: 418
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
The Lady and the Mouse Trailer (1913)
26 April 1913
The question is, would the young tramp really have fallen in love with the groceryman's daughter if he had not caught her in the heart struggle? Be that as it may, she could not find it in her to drown the unwelcome visitor to the pantry, so she let it go and the silent little drama witnessed by the tramp greatly impressed him.
A Flash of Light Trailer (1910)
17 July 1910
An experiment goes wrong and blinds a newly married chemist. The chemist's wife does not want to take on the burden of caring for the blind chemist, and her younger sister take her place.
The Massacre Trailer (1912)
19 December 1912
The story of the massacre of an Indian village, and the ensuing retaliation.
The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch Trailer (1912)
25 March 1912
The Goddess, the prettiest and best-natured girl that ever graced that little mining town, meets the tenderfoot prospector and leaves him another worshiper of her.
Under Two Flags Trailer (1915)
21 July 1915
Tells the story of an English aristocrat, apparently in disgrace, who disappears and joins a French battalion in Algeria, loosely based on the Foreign Legion.
The Informer Trailer (1912)
21 November 1912
The young lover leaving home at the opening of the war to join the Confederate Army, tells his brother to take care of his fatherless sweetheart during the perilous times which are to follow.
Westinghouse Works Trailer (1904)
01 May 1904
Billy Bitzer filmed 21 short actualities inside the Pittsburgh Westinghouse Works in April and May of 1904.
Panorama Exterior Westinghouse Works Trailer (1904)
14 May 1904
The view from a moving train shows some of the Westinghouse interests and the surrounding areas.
The Converts Trailer (1910)
08 February 1910
A dance hall girl is converted to a religious life by a phony evangelist. But can he, himself, be saved?
When a Man Loves Trailer (1911)
05 January 1911
Mr. Bach, a wealthy man, visits the scenes of his boyhood days in his auto and meets farmer Brown, his boyhood friend.
An Arcadian Maid Trailer (1910)
01 August 1910
A young maiden is seduced by a charming traveling peddler who persuades her to steal from her host family in order to repay his gambling debts.
A Cake Walk on the Beach at Coney Island Trailer (1904)
14 August 1904
People doing the Cake Walk dance on the Beach at Coney Island.
An Indian Summer Trailer (1912)
08 July 1912
A lonely old widower arrives in town and seeks out a pleasant boarding place. The house he selects may be pleasant and homelike, but most of all it is owned by a widow, and managed by her daughter.
The Sands of Dee Trailer (1912)
21 February 1912
A young girl who lives by the sea with her parents, is the object of one fellows affection. One day she meets a wily artist painting on the beach, he seduces the young girl and gives her a ring, with the promise of marriage.
Winning Back His Love Trailer (1910)
25 December 1910
A Husband thinks the grass is greener on the other side of the fence. His wife shows him its not.
The Salvation Army Lass Trailer (1909)
11 March 1909
A girl from the New York slums falls in with crooks. After her love is arrested following a barfight turned deadly, her life seems directionless-- that is, until she's saved from the streets by a band of Salvationists.
