Early Films: The Ultimate Guide
From 1874 to 1899
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- DirectorP.J.C. JanssenSeries of photographs of the transit of the planet Venus across the Sun in 1874.https://youtu.be/LowU9vKZzJs
- DirectorEadweard MuybridgeStarsGilbert DommSallie GardnerThe clip shows a jockey, Gilbert Domm, riding a horse, Sallie Gardner. The clip is not filmed; instead, it consists of 24 individual photographs shot in rapid succession, making a moving picture when using a zoopraxiscope.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-aJAgM-MG0
- DirectorEadweard MuybridgeIndividual photographs of the running of a buffalo shot in rapid succession.https://youtu.be/5bqu6YsQocU
- DirectorLouis Aimé Augustin Le PrinceA frame sequence featuring a man walking around a corner.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waajbbvAzYM
- DirectorLouis Aimé Augustin Le PrinceStarsAnnie HartleyAdolphe Le PrinceJoseph WhitleyIn the garden, a man asks his friends to do something silly for him to record on film.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1i40rnpOsA
- DirectorLouis Aimé Augustin Le PrinceStarsAdolphe Le PrinceA very brief film of a man playing the accordion.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKA2QeMRU_c
- DirectorLouis Aimé Augustin Le PrinceA shot of people walking on The Leeds Bridge.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7saH58usq4
- DirectorWilliam Carr CroftsWordsworth DonisthorpeA shot of Trafalgar Square.http://www.precinemahistory.net/images/trafalgarsquare_animation_small.gif
- DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonWilliam HeiseStarsGiuseppe Sacco AlbaneseOne of W.K.L. Dickson's laboratory workers horses around for the camera.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFgxJnvF2Jg
- DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonWilliam HeiseStarsGiuseppe Sacco AlbaneseIn an experiment that follows up on the results of 'Monkeyshines, No. 1', an Edison company worker again moves around in front of the motion picture camera.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7ig3O5zpPg
- DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonAn athlete swings Indian clubs.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daKHH7AdN8U
- DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonWilliam HeiseTwo men wearing boxing gloves prepare to spar in the Edison Company studio.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIxxiHV2rXA&feature=related
- DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonStarsWilliam K.L. DicksonThe very first American film shown to public audiences and the press. It depicts William K.L. Dickson taking off his hat and greeting the audience.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5TrvT97Jpg
- DirectorÉtienne-Jules MareyIn this early film experiment a wave crashes against a jagged rock.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IW1iYtylsk
- DirectorGeorges DemenÿStarsGeorges DemenÿMedium close-up of a man saying "Je vous aime".https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j23buN4eYt4
- StarsWilliam K.L. DicksonWilliam HeiseTwo men shake hands for the Kinetograph.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQLyhe9u6qQ&feature=related
- DirectorÉmile ReynaudOne night, Arlequin come to see his lover Colombine. But then Pierrot knocks at the door and Colombine and Arlequin hide. Pierrot starts singing but Arlequin scares him and the poor man goes away.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib3xjIWiYZY
- DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonExperimental film to test the new kinetoscope which depicts two men practicing fencing.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hseHKVBVRKo
- DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonStarsCharles KayserJohn OttThree men hammer on an anvil and pass a bottle of beer around.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUepMcfbbt8
- DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonStarsWilliam K.L. DicksonThe earliest extant sound film, but the phonograph soundtrack has been lost. It depicts William K.L. Dickson standing in the background next to a huge sound pickup horn connected to a Thomas Edison phonograph recorder.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwIcRSvQ_TY
- DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonStarsFred OttA man (Thomas Edison's assistant) takes a pinch of snuff and sneezes. This is one of the earliest Thomas Edison films and was the first motion picture to be copyrighted in the United States.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wnOpDWSbyw
- DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonStarsCarmencitaPerforming on what looks like a small wooden stage, wearing a dress with a hoop skirt and white high-heeled pumps, Carmencita does a dance with kicks and twirls, a smile always on her face.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-15jwb1ZTMA