Buffalo Bill's wild west parade /
The film shows a parade down Fifth Avenue, New York. In the foreground many children, both black and white, can be seen following alongside the parade. The participants in the parade include cowboys, Indians, a... More
What happened on Twenty-third Street, New York City /
"The scene as suggested by the title is made on 23d Street, New York City. In front of one of the large newspaper offices on that thoroughfare is a hot air shaft through which immense volumes of air is forced b... More
Bargain day, 14th Street, New York /
The film shows hundreds of tightly packed people crowding into the front door of the Rothschild Co. 5 and 10 cent store. They are so closely packed it is difficult to tell one from another. The view is from acr... More
Skating on lake, Central Park /
The view is of a frozen lake in Central Park crowded with ice skaters. The film is of such poor quality that it is difficult to tell if the apparent "snow" is real or just scratches on the film. H21313 U.S. Cop... More
Sleighing scene / motion picture
"A view taken on the West Side Drive in Central Park. Shows a continuous stream of handsome rigs and turnouts passing in both directions. Pedestrians watch the gay carnival. 50 feet"--Edison films catalog. 7346... More
![Departure of Peary [and the] "Roosevelt" from New York /](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3RodW1ibmFpbC8xOTA1LzAxLzAxL2RlcGFydHVyZS1vZi1wZWFyeS1hbmQtdGhlLXJvb3NldmVsdC1mcm9tLW5ldy15b3JrLTIwMC5naWY%3D/40/40/webp "Departure of Peary [and the] \"Roosevelt\" from New York /")
Departure of Peary [and the] "Roosevelt" from New York /
The camera pans to show the schooner "Roosevelt" docked at a covered pier on the Hudson River on Manhattan's west side. Then, from a camera position on board, men in straw hats and fashionably dressed ladies ar... More
Elevated railroad, New York / - movie film screenshot
Taken from the front end of a locomotive following an express train at high speed around the high curves of the Ninth Avenue Elevated, from the 104th to 116th Street station. This section, with its reverse curv... More
Fireboat "New Yorker" in action /
A demonstration by the famous fireboat "New Yorker." The picture shows the fireboat with all its nozzles spurting water as it goes back and forth in front of the camera. Put in service on February 1, 1891 as En... More
Excavating for a New York foundation /
The scene is an excavation pit at an unidentified New York City construction site. A crew of six men can be seen shoveling dirt into a four-wheeled wooden cart. Then a full cart is slowly lifted out of the pit ... More
Delivering newspapers / motion picture
The film shows a group of about fifty pre-adolescent boys running and crowding around a one-horse paneled newspaper van that pulls up in the foreground of the picture. On the side of the van is a sign reading "... More
Automobile parade / motion picture
The first annual automobile parade, held on November 4, 1899 by the Automobile Club of America, in downtown Manhattan. At least ten different makes and models are seen, including electric and steam powered mach... More
Panorama of Flatiron Building /
This shows a view looking south from Madison Square, across the intersection of Broadway, Fifth Avenue, and Twenty-third Street, to New York's famous skyscraper, the Fuller (or "Flatiron") Building, with a pano... More
New York City "ghetto" fish market /
"A fine panoramic view of this busy market on a Friday morning. Immense throngs of people are seen passing along the stands and making their selections of fish. A great character study. 165 feet"--Edison films ... More
Move on / motion picture - movie film screenshot
Filmed in New York's Lower East Side, the scene is a street where several pushcart vendors have gathered to sell their goods. In the foreground are fruit and vegetable carts. An elevated railroad track crosses ... More
New York City dumping wharf / - movie film screenshot
The film shows a wharf where a barge is being loaded with trash from two-wheeled, horse-drawn wagons. The trash is dumped off the edge of the pier onto the barge, where men with shovels are spreading the piles ... More
![Emigrants [i.e. immigrants] landing at Ellis Island /](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3RodW1ibmFpbC8xOTAzLzAxLzAxL2VtaWdyYW50cy1pZS1pbW1pZ3JhbnRzLWxhbmRpbmctYXQtZWxsaXMtaXNsYW5kLTIwMC5naWY%3D/40/40/webp "Emigrants [i.e. immigrants] landing at Ellis Island /")
Emigrants [i.e. immigrants] landing at Ellis Island /
"Shows a large open barge loaded with people of every nationality, who have just arrived from Europe, disembarking at Ellis Island, N.Y. A most interesting and typical scene. Length 140 feet"-Edison films catal... More
Sky scrapers of New York City, from the North River /
Filmed from a moving boat, the film depicts the Hudson River (i.e., North River) shoreline and the piers of lower Manhattan beginning around Fulton Street and extending to Castle Garden and Battery Park. It beg... More
White Wings on review / - movie film screenshot
"A fine picture of the celebrated "White Wings" or street- cleaning department of one district of Greater New York, showing over 350 men in line, and over 100 carts that are used to carry the refuse away to the... More
![Arrival of emigrants [i.e. immigrants], Ellis Island /](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3RodW1ibmFpbC8xOTA2LzAxLzAxL2Fycml2YWwtb2YtZW1pZ3JhbnRzLWllLWltbWlncmFudHMtZWxsaXMtaXNsYW5kLTIwMC5naWY%3D/40/40/webp "Arrival of emigrants [i.e. immigrants], Ellis Island /")
Arrival of emigrants [i.e. immigrants], Ellis Island /
Depicts scenes at the Immigration Depot and a nearby dock on Ellis Island. Appears to show, first, a group of immigrants lined up to board a vessel leaving the island, then another group arriving at the island ... More
Sorting refuse at incinerating plant, New York City /
The subject is a group of about thirty men and boys who are sorting combustible refuse, mostly paper, and stuffing it into large sacks. In the background a man in a hat with an emblem on it can be seen unloadi... More
Broadway & Union Square, New York /
A horse-drawn street car with a sign for Broadway pulls away from the camera with a full compliment of passengers. Another approaches the camera position and they pass. The first car stops to pick up and drop o... More
Funeral of Hiram Cronk / - movie film screenshot
The film shows a city thoroughfare lined with crowds of people watching a military parade. The first group to come into view is a marching band [Frame: 0120], then a large formation of soldiers in the uniform o... More
A perilous proceeding / motion picture
The film follows a group of approximately ten men who are suspended on the cable of a large crane atop a building under construction. As the men are lifted over the site and gradually lowered, they wave to the ... More
Parade of horses on Speedway / - movie film screenshot
The film is of a parade of fine horses and fashionable carriages taken along what is now the Harlem River Drive, in the Highbridge section of northern Manhattan. The view is from the Manhattan side of the river... More
Parade of "exempt" firemen / - movie film screenshot
The film shows a large group of people watching the approach of a color guard followed by a number of elderly marching firemen [Frame: 1734] pulling antique fire equipment [2486]. In the background is the white... More
Panorama of Riker's Island, N.Y. /
The film was photographed from a boat going around Riker's Island. Located on the East River north of Hell Gate between the Bronx and Queens, Riker's Island was the site of a massive, controversial New York Cit... More
Panorama from the tower of Brooklyn Bridge /
The view was taken from the tower on the Brooklyn side of the bridge. As the film begins, the camera is looking southwest, towards the southern tip of Manhattan (the Battery). The camera pans very rapidly north... More
At the foot of the Flatiron / - movie film screenshot
This street level view is of the Broadway side of the Flatiron, or Fuller Building, near the narrow north corner. Filmed on a very windy day, pedestrians of various descriptions are seen passing by the camera, ... More
Lower Broadway / motion picture
The film shows a view which appears to be looking north on Broadway at the intersection of Wall Street, in front of Trinity Church. The sidewalk along Broadway is crowded with people, and the traffic in both st... More
Panorama water front and Brooklyn Bridge from East River /
This film depicts the East River shoreline and the piers of lower Manhattan starting at about Pier 5 (the New York Central Pier) opposite Broad Street, and extending to the Mallory Line steamship piers just sou... More
Opening the Williamsburg Bridge
The film was shot on the roadway of the newly constructed Williamsburg Bridge. The first people to come into view are press photographers carrying large wooden "box" cameras [Frame: 0690]. Next, a parade of dig... More
Pilot boats in New York harbor /
A New York harbor pilot boat passes close enough for members of the crew to be seen [Frame: 0471]. Following the sailing vessel is a steamship [Frame: 0780]. "A close view of an eighty footer, schooner-rigged, ... More
New York police parade, June 1st, 1899 /
"An excellent view of "The Finest," on their annual parade and inspection, June 1, 1899. The head of the column is just turning into 14th Street from Broadway, the Morton House forming part of the background. C... More
The skyscrapers of New York / - movie film screenshot
The story involves a construction foreman who fires one of his crew for fighting, which leads the disgruntled employee to steal. He then cause the blame to be put on the foreman, who is finally exonerated when... More
Statue of Liberty / motion picture
A three-quarter front view of the Statue of Liberty. The statue was erected twelve years earlier, in 1886. 52060 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 3Sept1898; 52060. Camera, J. Stuart Blackton, ... More