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- Two men wearing boxing gloves prepare to spar in the Edison Company studio.
- "A glove contest between trained cats. A very comical and amusing subject, and is sure to create a great laugh." (by Edison Films)
- Two Mexican men duel with knives.
- Champion Lasso Thrower Vicente Oropeza (aka. Vincente Ore Passo/Bisento Orapeso/Vincenti Orapazza) shows his skills.
- The first brunette is outdoors, sweeping the street or a patio in front of a white wall, well lighted by the sunshine coming from the top left of the fixed camera; we may assume she is the Servant. A second brunette enters from the right, crosses to the left looking sideways at the Servant, and retraces her steps back - stepping over the dust and dead leaves collected by the work of the Servant; by the hat with a floral arrangement that tops her elaborate hairdo, the second woman is possibly the Lady. Both women are tall and well bodied, and are wearing white embroidered shirts and long dark round skirts that come to their ankles covered in black socks and dark leather shoes. The first Brunette menaces the second with the sweeping end of her broom but the second woman waves it aside with a large gesture of her left arm. The Servant throws away her tool, and they come to blows, slapping arms and forcing against each other by grabbing each other's shoulders and arms. Immediately, the fancy hat flies to the left of the camera, where it will remain for the rest of the action. The women quickly attempt to grab and pull hair. The Servant succeeds, and surprisingly wrenches off the wig the Lady was wearing, leaving her head partially bald. They keep churning against each other, until a Man enters from the right; he has a mustache and is wearing a gray round hat, black shoes, gray trousers and dark coat, approaches them, and forces the women apart with his arms. His clothes seem of bourgeois quality, so he may be the Lady's husband. His success in separating the battling women is at the cost of losing his own hat. The Servant goes after the Man, as the other brunette seems to understand her humiliating situation - and covers the top of her bald head with both hands clasped above. However, seeing how the Servant and the Man are now fighting, she seems amused, and laughs. The Lady comes forward and helps the Servant to shove the Man away. Without respite, the two women re-start battling again, and one grasps the sharp contrast between the «bald» Lady and the Servant's waved, waist long, massive mane of disheveled hair. The battle goes on, with the women waving their arms at each other (and laughing out of character). The Man gives up his good scout action, bends to pick up his hat, dusts it off, and replaces it on his head. As the Man leaves through the right, the two women let their arms fall by their sides, and stop the battle.
- A scene taken from the war play "Winchester," about to be placed upon the stage, in which the heroine is carrying a pardon to her lover, who is condemned to be shot. As she comes into view, mounted on a fleet horse, a soldier suddenly appears at the bend in the road and starts in pursuit of the girl. He overtakes her after they have galloped about half a mile, and as he endeavors to lift her from her horse she thrusts a revolver in his face and fires, when he falls heavily to the ground from his running horse, and the heroine, accompanied by the rider-less horse of the spy, passes out of the foreground of the picture. Both life-size. Very realistic, and sure to become very popular.
- "A reproduction in motion of the famous picture of this name. A duel with rapiers between two women who are rivals in love. The contestants with their seconds are seen going to the meeting place, where they partially disrobe for the fray. The duel ensues, and one of the combatants falls mortally wounded, much to the consternation and regret of her antagonist."
- "This picture is very notable from the fact that at the end of the scene, after the run-by of various engines and hose wagons, an engine was forced out of its course into the Biograph camera, smashing it to bits. The negative was saved out of the wreck and presents a remarkable photographic illusion, inasmuch as one who looks at it gets the effect at the end of the picture, of a fire engine at full tilt dashing directly toward him."
- The titles tell us this film is based on an incident in the Boxer Rebellion. A man tries to defend a woman and a large house against Chinese attackers. They attack with swords, guns, and paddles. He's over-matched. What will become of the mission, its defenders, and its occupants?
- The scene is a theatre stage with a painted panorama of French garden, with a central alley between lawns, with a couple of marble steps and balcony in front, and a line of trees in the background. Two young women step in front of this scenario, one in black, and the other in white knee-length skirts and sleeveless shirts. Both are curly blondes, keeping their hair in place by means of ribbons. They have 8-ounce boxing gloves (228 grams) well tied to their wrists. They box each other in fast, intuitive action, with not much protection. Most punches end on the opponent's leather clad fists, but several reach their bare arms, and they exchange at least 20 punches to head and chest, at close quarter and with considerable power, showing that both sisters had reasonable training in boxing, and were not afraid of taking punches themselves. The girl in black seems to dominate most of the 1m30s round, though near the end the girl in white does a courageous comeback # not enough to win, if points were awarded. The fight, or the film copy from which the tape was extracted, ends suddenly, after a solid head punch by the black skirted girl # but it's not enough to down her similarly strong opponent.
- Firefighters ring for help, and here comes the ladder cart; they hitch a horse to it. A second horse-drawn truck joins the first, and they head down the street to a house fire. Inside a man sleeps, he awakes amidst flames and throws himself back on the bed. In comes a firefighter, hosing down the blaze. He carries out the victim, down a ladder to safety. Other firefighters enter the house to save belongings, and out comes one with a baby. The saved man rejoices, but it's not over yet. Another resident appears upstairs. He jumps.
- A hungry vagabond snatches a wrapped leg of lamb and jumps into a large wooden barrel to hide. Will he get away scot-free?
- A group of astronomers go on an expedition to the Moon.
- Two rival blacksmiths fight over a woman, using sledgehammers.
- A fireman rushes into a carriage to rescue a woman from a house fire. He breaks the windowpanes and carries the woman to safety; after dangerous and uncertain moments he also saves the woman's son.
- A number of boys and girls are trespassing, and on being discovered, they fly in all directions. This picture shows them coming full speed down a steep hill and jumping over an embankment. Some fall and scramble to their feet in a mad effort to escape. Last of all comes the farmer, who finally catches one of the boys and gives him a good drubbing. The action in this film is fine.
- Showing the daring explorer in a balloon endeavoring to find the North Pole. The Aurora Borealis is seen in all its beauty. Polar bears are seen walking to and fro on the ice and the frigid zone is truthfully and majestically depicted. Very fine.
- The "Patrol" is seen chasing a row-boat containing river pirates. The pirates are pulling at the oars with all their strength, but a few shots from the Police Boat weaken their nerves and they give up. When the "Patrol" comes up near them, it lowers a dory and a number of policemen make the capture. As the pirates are landed on the Police Boat a fierce fight takes place between them and the police, but the latter overcome the offenders and land them safely on the boat.
- Three hunters surprise two poachers in the act. The hunters take umbrage and give chase over fences and through fields. The hunters fire away, but the poachers have guns as well, and a fight ensues with casualties for the hunters. Two cops appear and so do dogs as the chase continues. Will the poachers escape, or will they, like the game they were after, be trapped?
- Here we see in the midst of a primeval forest, a little clearing and the rude log-house erected by the sturdy frontiersman. A little girl leaves the cabin, and tripping daintily along the forest path in her bare feet, goes to a neighboring spring for water. What she sees lurking in the shadowy thickets causes her to fly back to the cabin for her life. She has no sooner passed the threshold, slamming the door behind her, when a half dozen painted Indians burst into view in close pursuit. Immediately the long rifle-barrel of the pioneer protrudes from a loophole in the cabin wall. It speaks, and a savage leaps into the air and falls clutching the sod. The other Indians slink back, only to reappear an instant later crawling through the grass like snakes and pushing bundles of dry limbs and grass before them. The settler's rifle speaks again and again, but the savages succeed in pushing the combustible material against the house, and in an instant it is fiercely blazing.
- The trappers following shortly after discovering the clue and press on in pursuit, encouraged by the knowledge that the girl is probably still living.
- The Indians come to their evening camp by the side of a forest stream. After a drink of clear water, they tie the little girl to a tree and prepare for their night's rest. The trappers are close upon them however, and with a wild yell the white men hurl themselves upon the Indians. A terrific hand-to-hand combat ensues, and the Indians are slain remorselessly. The little girl is quickly released from her bonds and, as the picture ends, she is in the arms of one of the brave trappers who have rescued her.
- The scene is a bedroom with classic flower patterned wallpaper, half a dozen small frames and a single bed to the left and a fireplace with a porcelain clock to the right. To the far right of the scene there is a chair and (not seen in the video transcript, probably) a table. The floor is covered by a large Persian rug and, in the middle of the room, conspicuously suspended from the ceiling, is a large punching ball and a couple of wire pulleys. A brunette is sleeping on the bed, wakes and stands up, dressed in a past the knee skirt and a sleeveless shirt. The girl should be a Physical Culture maniac, as without caring for her long hair, she starts the morning exercises. First, the Girl makes a biceps pose, then punches the ball in a fast, powerful frenzy, until the ball is caught up (off camera, either pulled by its string or accidentally caught on the pulleys' wires). Then, she picks up two clubs (the sort used in circus by hand dexterity artists) and plays with them in arm extension movements, whirling the clubs about. After putting the clubs down, she pulls at the springy wires, only to stop that and do a couple of flexing poses, arms and legs, and bending at the waist, first facing the camera, than with her back to it. The morning exercises end with a couple of push-ups on the right arm, facing the camera, followed by a couple of leg extensions.
- Track men on a hand trolley escape from an express train.
- A group of bandits stage a brazen train hold-up, only to find a determined posse hot on their heels.
- This picture is truly what its name implies. A large apartment house interior on the ground floor is seen in the opening, when the porter is seen to receive the mail for the tenants from the postman. He ascends the stairs, meanwhile dusting the walls and balustrade, and in vain endeavors to read some of the letters through the envelopes, but while he cannot discern the exact contents of the letters, he peeps in the keyhole of every room and discovers many interesting things that appear to occupy his mind and afford him much merriment. He finally reaches the top floor, but on looking through the keyhole of the room on that floor, he discovers the tenant thereof enveloped in flames in his mad endeavor to extinguish a fire. The porter rushes down stairs to give the alarm, but meanwhile the man on fire bursts from the room and falls in a faint. By this time the firemen have arrived and they proceed to carry the hose through the house directly to the fire on the top floor. One fireman hero seizes the burning man while several others rescue women and children from the different rooms now filled with smoke and about to burst into flame. The firemen haul their apparatus right into the large hallway, where they finally extinguish the fire. Very exciting.
- A historical re-enactment of a naval battle in Chemulpo Bay off the coast of Korea during the Russo-Japanese war. Shows a Japanese ship damaging one Russian vessel and sinking another.
- Using every known means of transportation, several savants from the Geographic Society undertake a journey through the Alps to the Sun which finishes under the sea.
- A staged crash between two outmoded locomotives given to the Edison Co. by the Pennsylvania Railroad for the express purpose of destroying them.
- This beautiful subject, so dear to the life of every American man, woman and child, will create enthusiasm unbounded and an encore will positively result from the exhibition thereof. The picture is made in 10 scenes, showing the Fireman's dream, the view of sleeping quarters of the brave fire laddies, the interior of the engine house, the apparatus leaving the house, the fire run and the arrival at the fire and the rescue of woman and innocent children, etc., etc. No more touching scene could be enacted than this, and none is more ready to do homage to the Firemen than the American who justly places the value of life above riches. Unlike any other position in the City Government's service, the firemen are considered in a class wholly by themselves. Great latitude is allowed them, and where one is seen, especially in a crowded building, no matter where, one feels that he is protected and that the danger has been reduced to a minimum. Note the fireman dozing in his armchair in the fire house, and one sees the dream depicted on the wall over his head. He dreams that his wife and child are probably in danger, and in fancy he sees his wife placing the child in its crib for the night. Disturbed by the dream, he awakens and paces the floor nervously until an alarm is sounded and the scene changes to the sleeping quarters of the men. They jump out of their cots, hastily don some of their clothing and slide down the pole erected in the centre of the room and which leads to the main floor below. Meanwhile the horses bound out of their stalls, place themselves in front of the apparatus and are secured thereto by the men who have reached the ground. The doors are opened and out they dash at breakneck speed, threatening danger to whoever may place himself in their way. Then note the fire run, the greatest ever yet produced. One after another they dash by with almost lightning rapidity, until the very earth trembles with vibration from the iron hoofs of the grand horses, who appear to know that they are on an errand of mercy. They arrive at the fire, and immediately is seen the hook and ladder being placed in position, the firemen mounting the ladder, carrying the hose with which they finally extinguish the blaze, but not before they rescue several inmates of the burning dwelling, including a number of children. No more realistic picture could be imagined or offered to the public, who, without exception, praise the heroic efforts of the fire fighters, and applaud again and again. No picture show is complete without one of these marvelous life motion headliners.
- In this parody of 1903's _Great Train Robbery, The (1903)_, also made by Edwin S. Porter, young bandits rob the passengers of a kiddie train and are chased by police officers.
- A romance between a railroad engineer and the switchman's daughter is nearly ruined by train wreckers who knock out the girl and leave her on the tracks to be run over. The engineer perches on the engine's cow catcher and rescues the girl.
- Moonshiners and revenuers confront each other in a shootout. The head mountaineer is killed, but his wife retaliates by shooting the deputy.
- Two members of a gang write a threatening letter to a butcher, demanding that he give them money, or else they will harm his family and his shop. The butcher is afraid and upset, but he is unable to meet their demands. The gang then kidnaps his daughter, leading to a series of tense and dangerous confrontations.
- Originally 70 minutes in running time, only 17 minutes of the world's first full-length narrative feature film survived in stills and other fragments and tell the story of Ned Kelly, an infamous 19th-century Australian outlaw.
- It is time of war. The canons are tendering incessantly from the man-of-wars besieging the town, and the forts on shore are answering back. The admiral is having a war council with some of the officers in the great cabin. The point is to get hold of some important papers, which are in the foe's possession on shore. Two young officers at once volunteer to undertake this perilous expedition. They disguise themselves as fishermen and go on shore in a rowboat. They get luckily through the outposts and reach safely the cottage where the general has taken up his quarters. While the officers are discussing, both the spies are listening, upstairs. An ordinance is bringing a report, which causes all the officers to leave the cottage. At once the two desperadoes set to work, sawing a hole into the ceiling, through which one of them jumps down into the room and gets hold of the important paper. He has just handed this to his friend, as the officers return. He has not time enough to get away, but hides himself beneath the sofa. The theft is discovered at once, the spy is found, and for a moment it looks bad enough for the daring man. But then shooting is heard from the spy upstairs, a moment's confusion arises, and he succeeds in escaping. Outside the house a fighting detains him, so that he cannot get away, but he has a firm hand and is also this time successful. Now it goes through the streets at a rattling pace, but not fast enough for our hero. A motorcar is rushing by, he jumps into it, and is in this way carried some long distance. He gets on board and delivers the document, but he cannot wait for the admiral to thank him; he must be off again to save his friend, who has been imprisoned. Outside the prison walls he jumps into a common sewer, goes through all the stinking passages, all the time knocking at the stones, until a soft knocking is answering him back. When he has assured himself that his friend is inside he at once sets to work to rock out a big stone. After having worked awhile he has made a hole big enough for the officer to creep through. For a moment the two desperadoes are embracing one another, and then they set out for the admiral's ship. The two heroes are now again standing in the great cabin, this time to get their reward. In front of the jubilant crew the admiral is decorating the young officers with the medal for bravery.
- Scene 1: Father and Son Leaving for Business: The president and his son go to the office. Scene 2: Betraying His Father's Confidence: While the father is busy, the boy steals to gamble. Scene 3: Lost Again: With the ill gotten money he goes to a race track. He bets and loses again. Scene 4: Planning the Robbery: Fearing exposure and not knowing how to replace the stolen money, he decides to hold up the pay-train. Scene 5: Delivering the Money to the Paymaster: When the money is delivered to the Paymaster the son follows him with companions to whom he entrusted his scheme. Scene 6: Disguised as Workmen: The four Gentlemen Robbers disguise themselves as workmen. They walk the trail until they come to the place which they have selected for the pay-train robbery. Scene 7: Preparing the Tram Robbery: The robbers cut the rails, lay a wood plank across the rails, and thus bring the train to wreckage. Scene 8: Wiring the Disaster: Train-Master is seen wiring the disaster to the station. Scene 9: Rover Flags the Superintendent's Train: The telegraph line being cut the flagman sends his dog to flag the train. Scene 10: Captured: Luckily nobody has been hurt. The robbers are captured, and brought before the president of the railroad. The old man is nearly overcome with grief when he finds one of the robbers to be his son.
- A laundry man parks his horse-drawn cart to make a delivery. While he is inside, his horse sees a bag of oats and starts to eat them. By the time the man comes back outside, the horse has eaten a whole bag of oats, and has so much energy that he begins to race out of control.
- A family is terrified when an eagle carries off its young child.
- A complete performance of THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO filmed as a stage play with curtains between the five acts: Act I. "The Sailor's Return," Act II. "Twenty Years Later," Act III. "Dantes Starts on His Mission of Vengeance," Act IV. "Dantes as the Count of Monte Cristo," Act V. "Dantes Accuses His Enemies," and "finis" at the end. This is the oldest known film of THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO. Also, it depicts the oldest known film of the San Diego coast.
- Warders chase escaped convicts and shoot them in a gun battle.
- During the American Revolution, an American girl, played by Betty Harte, hides her soldier sweetheart, played by Hobart Bosworth, when British Redcoats occupy her plantation. Through a ruse with a gullible sentry, she rides to warn General Washington (Tom Santschi) of an impending attack by the British troops.
- On a warm and sunny summer's day, a mother and father take their young daughter Dollie on a riverside outing. A gypsy basket peddler happens along, and is angered when the mother refuses to buy his wares. He attacks mother and daughter but is driven off by the father. Later the gypsy sneaks back and kidnaps the girl. A rescue party is organized but the gypsy conceals the child in a 30 gallon barrel which he precariously places on the tail of the wagon. He and his gypsy-wife make their getaway by fording the river with the wagon. The barrel, with Dollie still inside, breaks free, tumbling into into the river; it starts floating toward the peril of a nearby waterfall . . .
- In the lonely wilds of Southern California there stands a rural tavern, kept by an old trapper, who had been widowed years ago; his wife leaving him a most precious legacy in the being of a pretty daughter. She was indeed the fairest flower that e'er blossomed in the land of the golden sun. At this tavern there stopped the honest, hardy miners and trappers of the neighboring country on their way to and from their claims in the mountains. A sort of a rest-up place for a chat and a smoke with the old keeper, and a mug of ale, served by the fair hands of his daughter. Among those who frequented this rustic hostelry was one of those proletarian half-breed Mexicans, whose acidulate countenance was most odious to all, particularly the girl. On the other hand, her blue eyes, golden hair and sunny complexion inflamed him so as to make bold to kiss her. He is indignantly repulsed, receiving a blow on the face from the girl which sends him from the place, scowling and towering with rage. It is nightfall and the guests all having departed, the keeper leaves for a short jaunt up the road, warning the girl to be sure to lock up during his absence, which she does: then going to her room to prepare for her well-earned rest. She has just removed her waist when there is a knock at the door, and, thinking it is her father returning, she throws a mantilla over her shoulders and opens the door to the Mexican, who had seen her father depart. The cruel, black nature of the brute now asserts itself, and barring the door, he seizes the helpless girl, who screams and struggles until her father, bursting in, engages the half-breed in a fierce conflict, while the girl rushes out into the night. The Mexican having with a blow stunned the father, follows after her. Next we see the poor frail creature dashing wildly and almost aimlessly through the thick forest, coming at last, as morning breaks, to the cabin of her nearest neighbor. Staggering into the place in a state of exhaustion, she relates her experience to the miner's wife, who goes to bring her husband's aid. Hearing the Mexican's approach, the girl hides behind a curtain. In rushes the infuriated beast in search of his prey. While rummaging the place, he is attracted by the childish prattle of the miner's baby, who sits in its cradle playing with her dollie. His heart is softened by the pure, innocent chatter of the child, and he drops on his knees before the crib and prays to God to help him to resist his brutal inclinations. The girl, who Is deeply touched at this scene, comes from her hiding as he rises and is taken by the hand by her persecutor, who implores forgiveness, which is granted, and departs as she takes the baby in arms and kisses it in gratitude, for was it not her deliverer? "And a little child shall lead them."
- Alongside of a beautiful mountain stream in the foothills of Colorado there camped a Sioux Indian, who besides being a magnificent type of the aboriginal American, is a most noble creature, as kind-hearted as a woman and as brave as a lion. He eked his existence by fishing, hunting and mining, having a small claim which he clandestinely worked, hiding his gains in the trunk of an old tree. It is needless to say that he was beloved by those few who knew him, among whom was a little boy, who was his almost constant companion. One day he took the little fellow to his deposit vault, the tree trunk, and showed him the yellow nuggets he had dug from the earth, presenting him with a couple of them. In the camp there were a couple of low-down human coyotes, who would rather steal than work. They had long been anxious to find the hiding place of the Indian's wealth, so capture the boy, and by beating and torture compel him to disclose its whereabouts. In the meantime there has come to the place a couple of surveyors who enlist the services of the Indian to guide them to the hilltop. Here they arrive, set up their telescope and start calculations. An idea strikes them to allow the Indian to look through the 'scope. He is amazed at the view, so close does it bring the surrounding country to him. While his eye is at the glass one of the surveyors slowly turns it on the revolving head until the Indian starts back with an expression of horror, then looks again, and with a cry of anguish dashes madly away down the mountain side, for the view was enough to freeze the blood in his veins. Arriving at the old tree trunk, his view through the telescope is verified, for there is the result he improvised bank rifled, and the old grandfather of the little boy, who had followed the miscreants murdered. Picking the old man up he carries his lifeless form back to the camp, reaching there just after the murderers, with the boy, had decamped in a canoe. Laying the body on the sands and covering it tenderly with his shawl he stands over it and solemnly vows to be avenged. What a magnificent picture he strikes as he stands there, his tawny skin silhouetted against the sky, with muscles turgid and jaws set in grim determination. It is but for a moment he stands thus, yet the pose speaks volumes. Turning quickly, he leaps into a canoe at the bank and paddles swiftly after the fugitives. On, on goes the chase, the Indian gaining steadily on them, until at last abandoning hope, they leave their canoe and try to wade to shore as the Indian comes up. Leaping from his boat he makes for the pair, seizing one as the other swims to the opposite shore. Clutching him by the throat the Indian forces his head beneath the surface of the water and holds it there until life is extinct, after which he dashes in pursuit of the other. This proves to be a most exciting swimming race for a life. They reach the other shore almost simultaneously, and a ferocious conflict takes place on the sands terminating in the Indian forcing his adversary to slay himself with his own dagger. Having now fulfilled his vow he leaps into the water and swims back to the canoe in which sits the terrified boy, and as night falls he paddles slowly back to camp.
- The Outwitting of an Andalusian Brigand by a Pretty Senora. The hills of Southern Spain were infested by a gang of lawless freebooters who terrorized the country and made travel in the mountains a hazardous pastime. They waylaid, robbed and often murdered the unwary tourist who chanced their way. In the opening of this Biograph picture a party of these Andalusian bushrangers, in command of their chieftain, are seen hiding behind a huge rock in waiting for prey. They haven't long to wait, for after having held up and relieved several pedestrians, a stylish landau approaches in which are seated an old gentleman, a duenna, and a pretty young Senora. The inevitable happens; all are relieved of their valuables, and while the gentleman and duenna are sent on their way, the girl is held a prisoner. She realizes her helplessness, and at the same time assumes that her beauty has made an impression on the chief, hence resorts to woman's wiles to captivate the bandit. In this she succeeds, but must use strategy to regain her jewels, which are still in his possession. Her subtle artifice is promising, when they are surprised by the police, who take them in hand, but the sergeant finding them possessed of so much wealth, is content to take that and let them go. From here they go to the mountain inn, where later the sergeant again puts in an appearance, so Senora bribes the waiting maid to allow her to act in that capacity, and as the sergeant does not recognize her, she having been veiled when they met in the road, he is lured to a private room, where he is overpowered, bound and gagged by the bandit, who regains the jewels, and with Senora flees to another hostelry. Here Senora piles her conquest with cajolery and wine until he falls into a drunken sleep. Now is her chance. She secures her jewelry and after leaving a derisive letter for the enamored bandit, departs to rejoin her friends, chuckling in anticipation of the chagrin of the pillager upon his awakening.