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Early short film.
Wrestling Match
Directed by Étienne-Jules Marey, a French scientist, this is believed to be the first cat ever filmed in cinematic history. Jules Marey...
Falling Cat
One of the series gives successive pictures of an athlete in an unsuccessful attempt to turn a somersault. Everybody who has seen a boy perform this...
Unsuccessful Somersault
The Glenroy Brothers perform a portion of their vaudeville act, "The Comic View of Boxing: The Tramp & the Athlete", which depicts a boxer with a...
Glenroy Brothers (Comic Boxing)
Luis Martinetti, a contortionist suspended from acrobatic flying rings, contorts himself for about thirty seconds. This is one of the first films...
Luis Martinetti, Contortionist
James J. Corbett and Peter Courtney meet in a boxing exhibition.
Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph
A scene from Charles Hoyt's 'A Milk White Flag': A brass band marches out, led by bandmaster Steele Ayers. When Ayers reaches his position, he turns...
Band Drill
Hadji Cheriff, a performer known for a variety of unusual abilities, demonstrates part of his act in the Thomas Edison studio. He has a large knife...
Hadj Cheriff
An athlete demonstrating various poses.
Athlete with Wand
Boxing Match
Annabelle Dances in William K.L. Dickson's 1894 short film
Annabelle Sun Dance
“A scene representing Southern plantation life before the war. A jig and a breakdown by three colored boys.”
The Pickaninny Dance from the “Passing Show”
Two gamecocks fight in the Edison Company film studio. This feature was remade later in the same year, with additional detail added.
The Cock Fight
A referee and five fans (including a waiter in his apron) look on as two young men box. The dark-haired, slightly taller boxer throws a right and the...
The Hornbacker-Murphy Fight
"Said to be the Champion High Kicker of the World."
Ruth Dennis
Three sisters dance the Mikado in this very early film from the Edison company.
Japanese Dancers
It is a short film made by Emile Reynaud
Un rêve au coin du feu
In the background, five fans lean on the ropes looking into the ring. The referee is to the left; like the fans, he hardly moves as two fighters...
Leonard-Cushing Fight
Edison short.
Mexican Knife Duel
Two gamecocks are fighting inside a wire cage, while two spectators look on in the background. The two men agree to make a bet on the outcome. One of...
Cock Fight, No. 2
Bears that are trained.
Trained Bears
Sequel to Rats Killing from 1894
Rats and Terrier No. 2