May Irwin and John Rice (AKA Beatrice Byke and Billy Bilke) reenact a scene from the New York stage comedy, The widow Jones, in which they starred. They get ready to kiss and finally do. Filmed at Edison's Black Maria studio in New Jersey.
Heavyweight champions Ingemar Johansson and Floyd Patterson train in the United States for their June rematch. Ingemar Johansson jogs in the Catskill Mountains at Grossinger's Catskill Resort in Liberty, New York. People watch as he trains with a sparring partner. Meanwhile, in Newtown Connecticut, Floyd Patterson trains under former heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis, who watches as Patterson practices with one of his sparring partners.
Early motion picture of Herald Square, in New York City, at intersection of Broadway, Sixth Avenue, and 34th Street. A couple of uniformed policemen direct traffic. Many pedestrians on the sidewalks. Several electric trolley cars drive about and a horse-drawn trolley is also seen. Filmed by Edison Company May 11, 1896, in New York City.
Several members of an organization parade on horseback on a street in New York City. They wear sashes displaying a small emblem, and are followed by a large uniformed brass band. Spectators line the sidewalks to watch. (Probably created by Edison Company cinematographers when they photographed many New York City scenes with a portable camera, in 1896)
A country fisherman,wearing wide brimmed straw hat, is sitting on the end of a plank, holding a fishing pole. A practical joker sneaks up behind him and removes a heavy stone holding down the other end of the plank, causing the fisherman to fall into the stream. A man arrives in a horse drawn wagon. He joins the practical joker in laughing at the fisherman's dilemma. Eventually, the practical joker jumps into the stream as well.
A large contingent of New York City mounted police riding in formation, in Central Park, charge and stop only a few yards from the camera, where they linger and can be seen closeup. A horse carriage driving in the Park has to pull to the right edge of the path, to avoid them, as they ride past, 8 abreast. (Edison Company, 1896)
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