1894 Movies

Three sisters dance the Mikado in this very early film from the Edison company.

James J. Corbett and Peter Courtney meet in a boxing exhibition.

In the background, five fans lean on the ropes looking into the ring. The referee is to the left; like the fans, he hardly moves as two fighters swing...

A scene from Charles Hoyt's 'A Milk White Flag': A brass band marches out, led by bandmaster Steele Ayers. When Ayers reaches his position, he turns a...

The Glenroy Brothers perform a portion of their vaudeville act, "The Comic View of Boxing: The Tramp & the Athlete", which depicts a boxer with a clas...

“A scene representing Southern plantation life before the war. A jig and a breakdown by three colored boys.”

The Glenroy Brothers perform a portion of their vaudeville act, "The Comic View of Boxing: The Tramp & the Athlete".

A charming representation of the Mikado dance by three beautiful Japanese ladies in full costume. Very effective when colored.

A group of children is playing in the garden.

A referee and five fans (including a waiter in his apron) look on as two young men box. The dark-haired, slightly taller boxer throws a right and the...

Two gamecocks are fighting inside a wire cage, while two spectators look on in the background. The two men agree to make a bet on the outcome. One of...

"Said to be the Champion High Kicker of the World."

Annabelle Dances in William K.L. Dickson's 1894 short film

Bears that are trained.

One of the series gives successive pictures of an athlete in an unsuccessful attempt to turn a somersault. Everybody who has seen a boy perform this a...

A film by Georges Demenÿ of a man riding a bicycle on a treed boulevard

Early short film.