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Early Edison Camera Tests

Experimental test footage from Edison’s earliest motion picture work, capturing camera trials, exposure studies, and mechanical movement. Likely filmed by Edison staff in the early…

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1 min

Monkeyshines, No. 1

Director: William K.L. Dickson

Experimental film made to test the original cylinder format of the Kinetoscope and believed to be the first film shot in the United States. It shows a blurry figure in white standi…

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1 min

Monkeyshines, No. 2

Director: William K.L. Dickson

Experimental film that follows up on the results of "Monkeyshines, No. 1". Once again, an Edison company worker moves around in front of the motion picture camera.

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1 min

Monkeyshines, No. 3

Director: William K.L. Dickson

Experimental film that follows up on the results of "Monkeyshines, No. 1" and "Monkeyshines, No. 2". Once again, an Edison company worker moves around in front of the motion pictur…

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1 min

London's Trafalgar Square

Director: William Carr Crofts

Moving picture of London's Trafalgar Square traffic, filmed with a kinesigraph.

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1 min

Traffic in King's Road, Chelsea

Director: William Friese-Greene

Formerly lost film rediscovered in 1996, directed by William Friese-Greene.

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1 min

Hyde Park Corner

Director: William Friese-Greene

Hyde Park Corner (also known as Leisurely Pedestrians, Open Topped Buses and Hansom Cabs with Trotting Horses) depicts life at Hyde Park Corner in London. It is claimed to be the f…

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1 min

Leisurely Pedestrians, Open Topped Buses and Hansom Cabs with Trotting Horses

Director: William Friese-Greene

Alleged silent black-and-white short film shot at Apsley Gate, Hyde Park, London. It was claimed to be the first motion picture until pre-dating footage shot by Louis Le Prince was…

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1 min

Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge

Director: Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince

A film by Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince, shot in late October 1888, showing pedestrians and carriages crossing Leeds Bridge.

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1 min

Roundhay Garden Scene

Director: Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince

The earliest surviving motion-picture film, and believed to be one of the very first moving images ever created, was shot by Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince using the LPCCP Type-1 Mk…

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1 min

Brighton Street Scene

Director: William Friese-Greene

Lost film from 1888, directed by William Friese-Greene.

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1 min