A street in Coney Island, New York City. People in the streets in the United States. A man rides a bicycle along a street. A banner suspended across the road reads: 'Lunch Room'. People on cycles, horse drawn surrey, and other modes of transport on the street. Many pedestrians stroll along the sidewalk, past large restaurant building.
Thomas Alva Edison works in his laboratory in West Orange, New Jersey. The laboratory includes a machine shop, phonograph and photograph departments, a library and ancillary buildings for metallurgy, chemistry, woodworking and galvanometer testing. Edison works with some chemicals in his laboratory. He is performing an experiment.
Early historic moving images show front view of a Southern Pacific Railroad Co. railroad train moving on the way to Santa Monica, California. The train approaches, runs though and emerges from a tunnel. A man runs across the tracks. Another man avoids the tracks as the train moves. A man waving as the train approaches.
Early historic moving images show crowds gathered to watch the arrival of a Southern Pacific Railroad Co. Sunset Limited train in Southern United States. They wave as the railroad train moves past them. Another train passes in the opposite direction.
Southern Pacific Railroad Co. train comes out of a tunnel in Southern California. An engine and a header, nineteen freight cars, a caboose, and a pusher engine creep slowly round the curve and up the steep grade. Fine smoke rises from the railroad train.
Kasagi-class protected cruiser Chitose of the Imperial Japanese Navy floats into the harbor of Union Iron Works in San Francisco, United States during its launching. The bow of the ship is seen nearly head on with its bow first. Spectators in rowboats watch the launch. Rowboats move and increase in numbers as the Chitose sails past them.