The First Sleigh Ride1896

A MORNING ALARM depicts firemen departing Engine House and Hook and Ladder House No.1 in Newark, New Jersey.

Niagara Falls was one of the first places to be visited by Edison's team but the films were not entirely satisfactory. With more experience and better technology, they returned to film the falls (resulting in this short).

Essentially a remake of an earlier Lumière film, FEEDING THE DOVES was so popular that it was itself remade by the Biograph Company and the International Film Company.

The Edison group filmed this and other scenes featuring the New York State Militia at their training camp in Peekskill, New York.

Thomas Edison displays his talents as a performer, showman and wizard of self-promotion.

The Thomas Edison crew shot a group of films in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. This film of a fire run proved distinctive because of its snowy background.