William Heise Movies

Several men in a basement barbershop become excited by women walking past the window. The ankles and knees of the passersby are visible to the men...

Ten horse-drawn pieces of equipment of the Buffalo Fire Department pass by a stationary camera that looks down a broad avenue as they come toward...

The dancer Fatima, well-known for her dancing shows at the World's Exhibition in 1893, performs for the camera. She opens her act by twirling around...

The famous army scout in an exhibition of rifle shooting. A fine picture of the principal, and beautiful smoke effects.

"Shows the beach at Long Branch, N.J. immediately after a heavy storm. The breaking waves dash over a row of spiles, throwing a spray high into the...

1897 version of Annabelle Moore performing a serpentine dance.

Former lightweight boxer Billy Edwards, now a trainer and writer of the sport, takes on a challenger named Warwick in an exhibition match. The match...

The skaters dart to and fro, swinging their hockeys and trying to hit the disc toward the goal.

“A comic subject, clear, bright and characteristic. Shows four girls in their night dresses, engaged in an animated pillow fight. During the...

The victim is lying on a trolley car fender. Ambulance drives up and the injured man is removed in a stretcher.

The Leigh Sisters perform a risqué Trilby-inspired dance with an umbrella. Scene from David Henderson's Aladdin, Jr. burlesque. Lost.

Three sisters dance the Mikado in this very early film from the Edison company.

By Fiji Islanders. A peculiar dance by genuine savages, dressed or rather undressed, in their native garb. The revel takes its name from the paddles...

Samoan Islanders from Barnum & Bailey's Circus perform a dance.

The sinister mesmerist Svengali hypnotizes a group of people and compels them to perform various humorous acts in a Trilby segment from David...

Four men at work in a forge. The uses hammers and and anvil to beat metal.

A vaudeville routine: two denizens of the Bowery dance while under the influence. She's wearing a light dress with a full skirt. He wears a white...

The famous show makes a parade.

Great horse racing on the famous Hartford track, showing start and finish of a 2.04 3/4 heat run by the fastest harness horse in the world, John R....

“This subject taken just after the recent first fall of snow, shows two enthusiastic horsemen indulging in a "brush" with their respective...