William Heise Movies

  • 1898
    A Street Arab

    A Street Arab

    A Street Arab

    4.3891898HD

    A preadolescent boy, dressed like a street urchin, performs acrobatic stunts for the camera.

    A Street Arab
  • 1897
    The First Sleigh-Ride

    The First Sleigh-Ride

    The First Sleigh-Ride

    3.61897HD

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

    The First Sleigh-Ride
  • 1896
    Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance

    Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance

    Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance

    4.8951896HD

    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...

    Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance
  • 1898
    Snowballing the Coasters

    Snowballing the Coasters

    Snowballing the Coasters

    21898HD

    The children come sliding down the hill on their sleds, and run the gauntlet of volleys of snowballs thrown by boys on both sides of the street.

    Snowballing the Coasters
  • 1897
    Falls of Minnehaha

    Falls of Minnehaha

    Falls of Minnehaha

    4.21897HD

    The 'Laughing Waters' of Longfellow's 'Hiawatha.' A beautiful view of this picturesque and celebrated waterfall.

    Falls of Minnehaha
  • 1895
    Princess Ali

    Princess Ali

    Princess Ali

    3.5591895HD

    Princess Ali, of Barnum and Bailey's circus, performs an Egyptian dance in the Edison Company's studio. As she dances, some musicians perform in the...

    Princess Ali
  • 1894
    Buffalo Bill

    Buffalo Bill

    Buffalo Bill

    1.71894HD

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

    Buffalo Bill
  • 1897
    Corner Madison and State Streets, Chicago

    Corner Madison and State Streets, Chicago

    Corner Madison and State Streets, Chicago

    4.21897HD

    The busiest corner in Chicago. Cable cars and street traffic of all descriptions. Hundreds of shoppers. Fine perspective view looking north toward...

    Corner Madison and State Streets, Chicago
  • 1898
    Hockey Match on the Ice

    Hockey Match on the Ice

    Hockey Match on the Ice

    41898HD

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

    Hockey Match on the Ice
  • 1897
    Bowery Waltz

    Bowery Waltz

    Bowery Waltz

    3.2861897HD

    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...

    Bowery Waltz
  • 1897
    Pillow Fight

    Pillow Fight

    Pillow Fight

    4.4381897HD

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

    Pillow Fight
  • 1898
    Turkish Dance, Ella Lola

    Turkish Dance, Ella Lola

    Turkish Dance, Ella Lola

    5.31898HD

    In this movie, dancer Ella Lola performs a Turkish variation of a "Danse Du Ventre", the oriental belly dance. In her dance she shakes, twists and...

    Turkish Dance, Ella Lola
  • 1895
    Death Scene

    Death Scene

    Death Scene

    01895HD

    The sinister mesmerist Svengali hypnotizes two characters, then dies abruptly in a Trilby segment from David Henderson's Aladdin, Jr. burlesque. Lost.

    Death Scene
  • 1898
    Old Glory and the Cuban Flag

    Old Glory and the Cuban Flag

    Old Glory and the Cuban Flag

    41898HD

    The stars-and-stripes and the flag of Cuba Libre flutter in the breeze, one after the other. Very dramatic. Appeals to the popular sentiment....

    Old Glory and the Cuban Flag
  • 1895
    Silver Dance

    Silver Dance

    Silver Dance

    11895HD

    The participants are natives of Ceylon. Their dance is very interesting being so different from Western ideas of harmonies of motion.

    Silver Dance
  • 1894
    Japanese Dancers

    Japanese Dancers

    Japanese Dancers

    41894HD

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

    Japanese Dancers
  • 1898
    Sea Waves

    Sea Waves

    Sea Waves

    3.31898HD

    "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...

    Sea Waves
  • 1898
    The Ball Game

    The Ball Game

    The Ball Game

    3.41898HD

    The Reading's [Pennsylvania] pitcher has just let a Newark [New Jersey] batsman walk to first. Our camera is stationed about twenty feet from the...

    The Ball Game
  • 1897
    Charity Ball

    Charity Ball

    Charity Ball

    31897HD

    A Victorian couple dancing.

    Charity Ball
  • 1897
    Fisherman's Luck

    Fisherman's Luck

    Fisherman's Luck

    3.21897HD

    "Two German anglers are fishing, with odd results. One gets a bite, and pulls in a length of stovepipe. The other is so astonished that he falls...

    Fisherman's Luck