William Heise Movies

"Musicians are seated, playing, while the graceful Dolorita dances. It is the Danse-du-Ventre, the famous Oriental muscle dance."

“This film is remarkable in several respects. In the first place, it is full life-size. Secondly, it is the only accurate recent portrait of...

Shows ten horses hitched to fashionable carts driven past the judges and grandstand to show their style, action and high-stepping movements. Among...

Luis Martinetti, a contortionist suspended from acrobatic flying rings, contorts himself for about thirty seconds. This is one of the first films...

"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...

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

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

"Beautiful water effects at Haines' Falls, a most picturesque and charming mountain cataract. The wild and rugged surroundings are very impressive.

The famous show makes a parade.

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.

Views of Buffalo Bills Wild West Show.

A lady watering the garden with a hose, a mischievous boy stops the flow of water until she looks for the cause, when he permits the water to flow,...

This single camera position film shows an officer and six enlisted men of the army as they demonstrate the assembly drill of a gatling gun. See also:...

Director: William Heise Production Company: Edison Manufacturing Company Country: USA

A young boy dances on a table top.

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

"Stable door opens and ambulance dashes out into the street. Policeman holds back a furniture van till ambulance passes by."

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....

"Two men, with hands tied, are eating huckleberry pies for a wager, direct from the plates. Their faces and shirts are clean when they start. Extra...