American Mutoscope & Biograph Movie Trailers
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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.
The Bartered Crown Trailer (1914)
10 January 1914
It was a hard struggle Mina, the little lace-maker, had with the world, supplying the needs of herself and her crippled little sister.
Boys Diving, Honolulu Trailer (1901)
01 August 1901
In the background is a row of three-masted sailing ships, at anchor, their sales furled. In the foreground, a simple pier that's more like a yardarm juts out above the water; about 15 boys of six or seven years of age are on the jutting wood, and they jump off into the water below.
The Female of the Species Trailer (1912)
15 April 1912
A man and three women leave an abandoned mining town and travel across the desert. After the man's death, his wife plans revenge against her companion, whom the wife suspects had an affair with her deceased husband.
Near To Earth Trailer (1913)
20 March 1913
This is the story of Gato, an Italian immigrant, who lives with his wife, Marie, and his younger brother, Giuseppe, on a small truck farm in the west.
At the Road's End Trailer (1915)
11 September 1915
The young contractor scrapes acquaintance with the girl by petting her dog, and, having met her mother, insinuates himself into the old lady's good graces.
To Save Her Soul Trailer (1909)
27 December 1909
Agnes, a singer in a country church, is practicing one day when a vaudeville manager hears her and offers her a job.
The Reformers Trailer (1913)
06 July 1913
Behold in this film the Uplifter, a peculiarity of the human species, quite convinced that all that is, is wrong.
A Mohawk's Way Trailer (1910)
12 September 1910
In Colonial America a doctor refuses to "waste time on an Indian" whose daughter is ill. The doctor’s wife secretly travels to the Indian village to administer medicine.
Fish Trailer (1916)
20 November 1916
In an unprecedented move for its day in 1915, Biograph Company executives hired actor Bert Williams to star, produce, direct, and write his own films, having full control, the first time a Black-American ever had such control given by a mainstream movie company.
The Forbidden City, Pekin Trailer (1903)
19 August 1903
Panoramic view of the Forbidden City (Imperial Palace), Peking, China.
Paget's Horse. Imperial Yeomanry Reviewed by HRH Prince of Wales Trailer (1900)
01 February 1900
The Prince of Wales reviews Paget's Horse, with black dog following.
New York Subway Trailer (1905)
05 June 1905
The camera platform was on the front of a New York subway train following another train on the same track.
A Fair Rebel Trailer (1914)
21 May 1914
Steve Monteith and Ezra Mason, upper class men, and Bill Bronson, a plebe, are chums and roommates at West Point before the Civil War.
A Natural Born Gambler Trailer (1916)
24 July 1916
A lovable scoundrel is busted for gambling and thrown into jail, where he dreams of playing poker - but even in his dreams, he loses.
One on Reno Trailer (1911)
03 November 1911
When a bored wife seeks a Reno divorce, she regains the attentions of her inattentive husband.
A Nymph of the Waves Trailer (1900)
21 December 1900
A woman in ballet slippers wearing a large white hat and a long white dress - with ruffles, puffy sleeves and petticoats - dances across water with roiling waves behind her.
Swords and Hearts Trailer (1911)
27 August 1911
A poor girl is secretly in love with a wealthy young planter.
Dance, Franchonetti Sisters Trailer (1897)
31 March 1897
Three young women with dark, curly hair stand on a stage with a black background and patterned carpet or tile underfoot.
A Trip to Berkeley, Cal Trailer (1906)
22 June 1906
In the beginning of the film, a streetcar passes in front of the camera position. The camera starts to move, indicating that it was on a streetcar since it is in the same position as the car in the first scene.
Scenes in San Francisco (No. 2) Trailer (1906)
06 September 1906
Views and pans among the ruins of San Francisco after the earthquake and fire.
Latina, Contortionist Trailer (1905)
22 May 1905
A woman wearing a light-colored leotard, gathered at the waist, and tights stands against a black background.
Human Apes from the Orient Trailer (1906)
03 November 1906
The subject is two grotesque-looking human beings who are sitting on the deck of a ship. The two weird individuals sit cross-legged and do the bidding of a man in oriental costume.
Rock Drill at Work in Subway Trailer (1903)
09 June 1903
A very interesting and unusual view showing the progress of the deep excavation at 42nd St. and Broadway.
A Dance on the Pike Trailer (1904)
03 May 1904
A woman dressed as a Spanish dancer enters from the wings, camera right, and starts to dance. Her dancing consists of a series of high kicks, followed by a routine of handsprings, splits, and some contortionist positions.
In My Lady's Boudoir Trailer (1903)
31 July 1903
Kathryn Osterman was a legitimate actress who worked occasionally in the movies during the first decade and a half of the 20th century.
Sarnia Tunnel, Grand Trunk Railway Trailer (1903)
01 January 1903
Here, on Grand Trunk's main line between Canada and the US, one of Biograph's early production crews rode the pilot of a locomotive from Sarnia, Ontario to Port Huron, MI.
Pope Leo XIII in His Carriage Trailer (1898)
25 September 1898
Filmmaker WKL Dickson, one-time right hand man to Thomas Edison, the 'Wizard of Menlo Park', here captures an even greater eminence, Pope Leo XIII.
Savable Wins Trailer (1902)
31 August 1902
Showing the start of the Futurity; the sweep down the stretch of the pack of high bred colts under the whip; John A.
For the Son of the House Trailer (1913)
20 September 1913
In the home of ease and refinement a new life opens to the girl. She no longer is obliged to resist the sordid way of poverty and sin.
Around the Flip-Flap Railroad Trailer (1900)
21 September 1900
A splendid picture of the remarkable centrifuge railroad at Coney Island in which the car makes a complete circle in its course around the track, commonly known as "Loop the Loop.
Mardi Gras Carnival Trailer (1898)
16 February 1898
The film is part of Eye Filmmuseum’s Mutoscope and Biograph Collection. This collection consists of about 200 films preserved on their original 68 mm format.
Father's Chicken Dinner Trailer (1913)
17 August 1913
Clarence Barr comes home to discover that Sylvia Ashton and Charles West are getting ready to butcher a chicken for his dinner… but he thinks they're talking about him and not a bird!
A Little Piece of String Trailer (1901)
01 July 1901
Produced by the American Mutoscope & Biograph company in 1901. The short film features a lady leaving a store very pleased with her new skirt, but there is a loose thread that a man discovers and begins to pull on curiously while the lady chats animatedly with another gentleman.
The Power of the Camera Trailer (1913)
17 March 1913
Two convicts escape from the city jail and manage to elude their pursuers for quite a while, by contriving a fake motion picture machine and posing as picture producers.
The Last Deal Trailer (1910)
27 January 1910
Owen Moore is addicted to gambling and about to lose his family and job because of it. James Kirkwood, his brother-in-law, shows up and cures him of his gambling fever.
Brook Trout Fishing Trailer (1900)
01 June 1900
Muskoka Lake District, Canada. Beautiful picture, showing a man casting a fly, getting a strike, and landing the trout.
Starting a Skyscraper Trailer (1902)
14 January 1902
Taken in the immense excavation for the foundation of the new Macy building at the corner of Broadway and 34th Street, New York.
Early Superimpositions Trailer (1900)
01 January 1900
“The filmmaker took several different scenes shot earlier between 1896 and 1899 and double-printed two sets of images together to create a new artistic creation.
Her Mother's Oath Trailer (1913)
28 June 1913
The orthodox mother's indomitable will dwarfed the child's individuality, defeating the very purpose it would attain.
Three Sisters Trailer (1911)
02 February 1911
Mary is the youngest of three sisters and of an impressionable nature. She and her sister Florence are living at home with their widowed mother, while Adele travels on the road with a theatrical company.
The Lily of the Tenements Trailer (1911)
27 February 1911
A struggling young seamstress supports her elderly parents by working at home. The landlord offers free rent for sex, but she declines.
U.S.I. Dept., "Old Faithful," Yosemite Valley Trailer (1901)
01 January 1901
The great geyser at Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. c. 1901.
Paris Exposition Trailer (1900)
14 April 1900
A panoramic bird's-eye view of Paris and the Exposition. Taken from a captive balloon, the camera being pointed downward so that the exact effect is obtained that one would have in looking over the side car of a balloon.
The Whirlpool Rapids, Niagara Falls Trailer (1900)
01 January 1900
Showing the Whilrpool Rapids as they are seen from the front of a car on the Great Gorge Road.
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.
The Inner Circle Trailer (1912)
12 August 1912
A lonely widower living in the Italian quarter of the city, whose only solace since the death of his wife is his little child, reluctantly becomes a member of a secret society existent among his countrymen.
The Restoration Trailer (1909)
08 November 1909
A husband suspects his wife of an affair. The wife's cousin borrows a shawl to meet her lover in the garden.
The Hungarian Nabob Trailer (1915)
01 December 1915
After Count John Karpathy, belovedly known as the Nabob, falls ill while entertaining the peasants of his estate, his dissolute nephew and sole heir, Count Bela, comes home from Paris to acquire his inheritance.
A Woman Scorned Trailer (1911)
30 November 1911
Thieves follow a doctor as he takes home a large sum of money. Later, when they break into his house, the doctor's wife and daughter are trapped.
The Two Paths Trailer (1911)
02 January 1911
Two sisters, Nellie and Florence, support themselves and their mother by sewing. A man accompanying a wealthy client tempts first Nellie and then Florence to leave with him.
Liberty Belles Trailer (1914)
13 May 1914
Liberty Belles, silent comedy film from 1914 starring Dorothy Gish, Jack Pickford, and Gertrude Bambrick.
Westinghouse Air Brake Co. (Casting Scene) Trailer (1904)
01 May 1904
What appear to be molds pass some men by on conveyor belts. The men take them off the belt and dump the contents onto the ground.
Ameta Trailer (1903)
24 April 1903
A filmed record of a fan dancer performing a dance using two white sheets suspended from poles which she frantically twirls around herself to create a succession of patterns.
The Dandy Fifth Trailer (1899)
30 October 1899
Taken during the land parade in honor of Admiral Dewey, just before the turn into 72nd street, with Grant's Tomb and decorated residences in the background.
Ladies' Saddle Horses Trailer (1899)
08 May 1899
Well-known horse-women and their mounts riding before the judge's stand at the Open Air Horse Show, Manhattan Field, N.