The following movies were taken from
early Edison Kinetoscope films. These movies were filmed in the Black Maria,
the world's first building constructed especially as a motion picture studio.
If you wish to see more early Edison films the Library of Congress has a section
on their web page devoted to these films.
The address is: rs6.loc.gov/ammem/edhtml/edhome.html
The following movies can only be viewed in RealVideo. Download RealVideo here.
Blacksmith Scene- The scene
shows three men in a Blacksmith's shop hammering a piece of metal and passing
around a bottle of beer. 
Serpentine Dance- Annabelle
dances in one of Edison's most famous films.
Edison at Work in his Chemistry
Lab- The chemistry lab
was constructed in the Black Maria as Edison shows us all how its done.
The Kiss- a
scandalous film for its time. From the play " The Widow Jones" with
May Erwin and John Rice.
Sandow-
The Strong Man. Various flexing and clenching of muscles.