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The Kiss
1896 film directed by William Heise
Kid Auto Races at Venice
1914 film by Henry Lehrman
Blacksmith Scene
1893 film directed by William Kennedy Dickson
The Immigrant
1917 film by Charlie Chaplin
Newark Athlete
1891 short film directed by William Kennedy Dickson
Fred Ott's Sneeze
1894 film by William Kennedy Dickson
Zapruder film
1963 film of the John F. Kennedy assassination
Gertie the Dinosaur
1914 film directed by Winsor McCay
Dickson Greeting
1891 film by William Kennedy Dickson
Monkeyshines
Monkeyshines is a series of experimental short silent films made to test the original cylinder format of the Kinetoscope; those films are believed to be the first to be shot in the United States.
Sherlock Holmes Baffled
1900 film by Arthur Marvin
The Bond
1918 film by Charlie Chaplin
Life of an American Fireman
1903 film
Men Boxing
1891 film by William Kennedy Dickson
Carmencita
1894 film by William Kennedy Dickson
Annabelle Serpentine Dance
1896 film by William K. L. Dickson, William Heise
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1906 animated short film by J. Stuart Blackton
Meshes of the Afternoon
1943 silent short film
Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph
1894 film
Buffalo Dance
1894 short film by William Kennedy Laurie Dickson
Annabelle Butterfly Dance
1894 film by William Kennedy Dickson
An Unseen Enemy
1912 film directed by D. W. Griffith
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1912 film by Winsor McCay
Sherlock Holmes
1916 film by Arthur Berthelet
Sallie Gardner at a Gallop
1878 early animated image made by Eadweard Muybridge
The Sinking of the Lusitania
1918 silent animated short film directed by Winsor McCay
Little Nemo
1911 silent film
Ben Hur
1907 American short film directed by Sidney Olcott
The Barbershop
1893 film by William Kennedy Dickson
Jack and the Beanstalk
1902 film
The Boxing Cats
1894 film by William Kennedy Dickson
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1910 film by Edwin Stanton Porter
Macbeth
1908 film
Antony and Cleopatra
1908 silent short film
A Free Ride
stag film (ca. 1915)
Dream of a Rarebit Fiend
1906 film directed by Edwin S. Porter and Wallace McCutcheon, Sr.
Leonard-Cushing Fight
1894 silent film directed by William Kennedy Dickson
What Happened on Twenty-third Street, New York City
1901 film
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
1910 American silent fantasy film by Otis Turner
The Battle
1911 film by D. W. Griffith
Demolishing and Building Up the Star Theatre
short film by Frederick S. Armitage
The Night Before Christmas
1905 film by Edwin Stanton Porter
Manhatta
thumb|upright=1.15|thumbtime=5|Full film Manhatta (1921) is a short documentary film directed by painter Charles Sheeler and photographer Paul Strand.
The Tavern Keeper's Daughter
1908 film by D. W. Griffith
Something Good – Negro Kiss
1898 film directed by William Nicholas Selig
His Ward's Love
1909 film by D. W. Griffith
Friends
1912 film by D. W. Griffith
Lady Helen's Escapade
1909 film by D. W. Griffith
The Sealed Room
1909 film directed by D. W. Griffith
Suspense
1913 silent short film
The Evidence of the Film
1913 film
Luis Martinetti, Contortionist
1894 silent short film
Faust and Marguerite
1900 film by Edwin Stanton Porter
A Submarine Pirate
1915 silent short film
For Love of Gold
1908 film by D. W. Griffith
The Cricket on the Hearth
1909 film by D. W. Griffith
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animated short film series produced by Walt Disney
Alice's Wonderland
1923 film by Walter Disney
Electrocuting an Elephant
1903 silent film
Patterson-Gimlin film
alleged 1967 film of Bigfoot, shot by Bob Gimlin and Roger Patterson