Scene from fight between professional boxers Mike Leonard and Jack Cushing, staged at the Edison Studio in West Orange, New Jersey, U.S.A.. Several spectators in background.
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.)
A man exercises with wand in the U.S. Filmed in Thomas Edison's Black Maria studio, West Orange, New Jersey, USA.
Spanish dancer Carmencita performs dancing routines while being filmed by Edison Company cameraman. Reportedly she was the first woman to be featured in an Edison Company film. This sequence was filmed at Edison's Black Maria studio in West Orange, New Jersey, USA
Two cats fight in a boxing ring. Cats wearing boxing gloves as they fight. Early moving images filmed in Edison's Black Maria studio, West Orange, New Jersey, USA
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..