Year 1900 - 7

A man shaves, back to the camera, face reflected in a mirror.

George Footit & Rafael Patodos starts fighting.

An early short with a self-explanatory title.

A combination of the picture entitled "The Ballet of the Ghosts," and a surf scene; the resulting effect being that the ghostly figures rise up out of the surf and come to the shore, cast their draperies aside and dance a few steps of the ballet, after which they again take up their draperies, and having covered themselves, retreat into the waves.

Tracking shot across a bay showing a large number of fishing boats.

Directed by Robert W. Paul.

This picture shows the remains of one of the docks, several freight cars being piled one upon the other, while the most interesting part of the picture shows two schooners literally smashed one into the other, forming a most picturesque mass of wreckage.

An antisemitic comedy in which two Jewish clothiers cut prices until one buys the other's stock.

Short film about a magician.

This picture shows several buildings which were wrecked and also shows a rear view of this hotel, which is on the highest point of land in Galveston, and in which several thousand people were saved.

Shot both on and from an elevated electric train.

Drama by Walter R. Booth. Survival status unknown.

Solser en Hesse was a short Dutch silent film featuring the comedians Lion Solser and Piet Hesse. the film was first distributed in the Netherlands by 'Edison's Ideal' in 1900, and second film starring the two men and under the same name was released in 1906 by 'The Royal Bioscope'. Both films are lost.

Madame Ondine performs a serpentine dance surrounded by big cats.

This scene opens by showing a pretty cook mixing bread in the kitchen. Jones comes in unexpectedly from a trip and carries a dress suitcase. He inquires for his wife and is told by the cook that she is absent. Jones is hungry and asks for something to eat. The cook is very obliging and Jones becomes unruly, chuckles the cook under the chin. The cook puts her arms around Jones' neck and leaves finger imprints of flour on his back. This is where the trouble commences. (Edison catalogue)

A magician stuffs eight of his lovely assistants into a barrel.

Elaborate floats and costumes parading the streets of Nice.

A moving tour through lively turn-of-the-century Southampton.