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
Famous Venezuelan slack wire walker, Juan A. Caicedo, called the "King of the Wire", performs before Edison cameraman, outdoors, on the grounds of the Edison Laboratory at West Orange, New Jersey
The Glenroy Brothers stage a choreographed comic boxing match in which they manage to miss as they swing at each other, and do cartwheels and the like. Filmed at Edison's Black Maria Studio in West Orange, New Jersey, USA
Pioneer film producer, W.K.L. Dickson, playing a violin into a recording cone in early attempt to record sound simultaneously with the filming of moving images. Dickson, himself plays the violin.To add more action, two of his colleagues dance together, to the music. Filmed at the Edison Black maria Studio in New Jersey.
Historic tableau presentation of the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots. The role of Mary is played by Robert Thomae. The film employs stop action to substitute a dummy for the Queen. Filmed at Edison's Laboratory in New Jersey.
Five Seminary girls in white night dresses engage in a pillow fight. A woman (teacher) enters the room and admonishes them.The girls try to hide. One tries to crawl under a bed, but the woman grabs her by the feet and pulls her out. (Filmed April, 1897, in Edison Studio, New Jersey.)
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