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The Chimney Sweep and the Miller (1900)
A chimney sweep and a miller become involved in a street fight. The sweep has a bag of soot on his back, and the miller a bag of flour.
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Sherlock Holmes Baffled (1900)
Sherlock Holmes enters his drawing room to find it being burgled, but on confronting the villain is surprised when the latter disappears.
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A Wake in ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ (1900)
This scene is laid in the parlor of a New York tenement. Two watchers at the wake are smoking and drinking, while the widow is weeping over the coffin. The attention of the three is attracted for an instant, and the supposed corpse rises up, drinks all the beer in the pitcher which is standing on a table nearby, and lies down in the coffin again. The mourners return, and seeing that the beer is gone, engage in a controversy over it. During the scrap the corpse jumps out of the coffin and takes part in the melee.
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The Ghost Train (1901)
Special effects film with a train double exposed on the negative, creating a ghostly image.
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Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Parade (1901)
Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show parades down New York’s Fifth Avenue. Filmed on 1 April 1901.
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A Perilous Proceeding (1901)
At a building being constructed at Broadway and 13th Street in Manhattan, a boom or crane from which a platform is suspended on a cable first pulls the platform up, then swings it out from the top floor where it’s been resting, and then gradually lowers it seven-plus stories to the ground below. On it at least 11 men stand or hold on to the cable. All wear dark coveralls and hats. They wave toward the camera. At the ground and on the lower floors, other workers are busy. This picture was taken by means of a special apparatus which enabled the camera to follow the men as they were lowered to the ground.
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The Boys Think They Have One on Foxy Grandpa, But He Fools Them (1902)
The boys dance to Grandpa’s banjo playing, then indicate that he can’t equal their skill. Grandpa gets up and performs an intricate step while still playing the banjo.
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Levi & Cohen, the Irish Comedians (1903)
Showing two typical concert hall knock-about teams in a very poor performance. It ends up in their being egged by the audience.
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Princess Rajah Dance (1904)
A woman stands in front of a building, a chair to her left, dressed in black, full skirt, quarter sleeves, and a scooped bodice. Her hair is piled high. She bows slightly, and, with finger cymbals, begins to dance the cooch.
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Panorama View, Street Car Motor Room (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. (Library of Congress)
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A Trip to Salt Lake City (1905)
Made in 1905 when short films were still being done in just one shot (for the Kinetoscope peep-show machines) and lasted about 2 minutes, this depicts a Mormon man trying to get his wives and children settled down for the night on a Pullman car in a train. The children wear him out wanting piggy-back rides, he and the wives put the children in their beds, but of course they need a drink. The poor mans takes a lip lashing from his wives and hurries out, returning shortly with a large milk can with several straws attached.
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