First ships at new dock in Manila, Philippines after Allied liberation during World War II. Ships at dock area. Trucks seen in foreground. A crane hoists the supplies and load on to truck. Fuel drums and ration dumps near dock. Filipino laborers at work piling rations. Piles of rations. Filipino men load trucks.
Celebrated Strong Man, Friedrich Muller (Stage name: Eugen Sandow), one of the first famous bodybuilders, displays his body building physique: flexing his biceps, abdominal muscles and triceps and other muscles, for the Edison Company cameraman in Edison's Black Maria studio at West Orange, New Jersey.
Scene from fight between James J. Corbett, former champion of the world (AKA "Gentleman Jim" Corbett) and Peter Courtney, staged and recorded at the Edison Studio in West Orange, New Jersey, U.S.A..
Native American Indian dancers from the Buffalo Bill Wild West show, perform the Sioux Ghost Dance, as recorded by Edison Company at the Black Maria Studio in West Orange, New Jersey. (Reportedly this is the first instance of Native American Indians appearing in a motion picture.)
"Arab Knife Juggler" Hadji Cheriff, enters a boxing ring, carrying a large knife, that he tosses aside. He then begins to perform a series of acrobatic stunts. Recorded at the Edison Black Maria studio, West Orange, New Jersey, United States.
A performance on the flying rings, by Gymnast and contortionist, Luis Martinetti of the Martinetti Brothers. Filmed on October 11, 1894, in Edison's Black Maria studio, West Orange, New Jersey, United States.
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