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- An up-and-coming pool player plays a long-time champion in a single high-stakes match.
- In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber.
- A fireman rushes into a carriage to rescue a woman from a house fire. He breaks the windowpanes and carries the woman to safety; after dangerous and uncertain moments he also saves the woman's son.
- Based on the novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe: Eliza, a slave who has a young child, pleads with Tom, another slave, to escape with her. Tom does not leave, but Eliza flees with her child. After getting some help to escape the slave traders who are looking for her, she then must try to cross the icy Ohio River if she wants to be free. Meanwhile, Tom is sold from one master to another, and his fortunes vary widely.
- Porter's sequential continuity editing links several shots to form a narrative of the famous fairy tale story of Jack and his magic beanstalk. Borrowing on cinematographic methods reminiscent of 'Georges Melies', Porter uses animation, double exposure, and trick photography to illustrate the fairy's apparitions, Jack's dream, and the fast growing beanstalk.
- The cook has trouble lighting the stove, so she adds kerosene, with explosive results.
- Two prehistoric suitors, one a mailman, compete for the affections of a prehistoric maiden and a dinosaur.
- A woman riding a train must contend with the unwelcome advances of a male passenger.
- Daniel Boone is captured by Indians when he tries to rescue his abducted daughter.
- A brief vaudeville-style demonstration of a "Dog Transformator," a machine that instantly turns dogs into sausages, and amazingly, sausages back into dogs.
- A young lady is admiring a number of Christmas presents on a table. Her beau enters. After embracing her, he gives her a present. Her mother and father enter, carrying a step-ladder. After greeting the young man, they proceed to fasten a piece of mistletoe to the chandelier. The young man insists on doing it, although his sweetheart tries to dissuade. He lets the step-ladder fall, breaking a bust upon a pedestal. After considerable trouble he finally gets the ladder in position and climbs up very timidly. While reaching over to tie the mistletoe the ladder falls, leaving him hanging to the chandelier. His dangling feet smash the Christmas gifts on the table, the chandelier gives way, and he falls and breaks the table and lands in a heap on the floor.
- A male singer who goes on as the extra act in a vaudeville show is greeted with disapproval, but he just won't leave the stage... voluntarily.
- A large figure of a man seated behind a table reading a paper is first seen. On the side of the paper toward the audience, one can plainly read the words, "How old is Ann?" Turning the paper over this meets his eyes; he lays the paper down with a sarcastic smile and begins to figure with pencil and pad. After several attempts, he becomes excited and tears his hair. Scene 2 shows him in a padded cell. A large blackboard is hanging on the wall at the top of which are the words, "How old is Ann?" The inmate of the cell looks up and observes the words, and springing to his feet, and seizing a piece of chalk, he attempts to do the problem again, but fails and he tries to dash his brains out against the wall.
- Scene V of the Buster Brown Series. Shows an Italian balloon vendor near the "Flat-iron" Building, New York City. Mrs. Brown and Buster appear on the scene. Buster begins teasing his mamma to buy him a balloon, but she refuses. Buster whistles for Tige, and at the same time jostles the vendor, who roughly brushes him aside. Seeing a chance to get a balloon for nothing, Buster sets Tige upon the Italian, and points towards the balloons. The vendor, in his efforts to get away from the dog, loses his hold on the balloons and they scatter in every direction. Several stray dogs join Tige in rushing upon the balloons, and in their efforts to get hold of them they butt them about in the air in all directions.
- A historical re-enactment of a naval battle in Chemulpo Bay off the coast of Korea during the Russo-Japanese war. Shows a Japanese ship damaging one Russian vessel and sinking another.
- Pete accidentally picks up a bundle containing a baby. He leaves it on a spinster's doorstep, but a scandal erupts when she's seen with a baby. The baby is passed around to other doorsteps, creating other scandals, until it's finally reunited with its mother.
- Scene II of the Buster Brown Series. Shows a millinery store in the shopping district, and Mrs. Brown with a lady friend, admiring the hats displayed in the window. Buster and Tige are standing in the foreground. A howling swell, leading a small dog bedecked with ribbons, recognizes Mrs. Brown and stops to chat. Buster becomes impatient, tugs at his mamma's dress, and endeavors to hurry her; but the dude waves him aside. Buster gets angry at this and retaliates by setting Tige on the dude's dog. Tige secures a good hold on the dog's neck and hauls it all over the street. During the battle the dude makes frantic efforts to rescue his dog by kicking Tige. Mrs. Brown comes to the rescue by beating the dude over his head with her umbrella and knocking his hat off. Tige sees the hat, releases his hold, and the two dogs tear the hat into ribbons.
- Jack goes from business to business, trying to sell ad space in his newspaper. At each stop he catches the boss in a compromising position with a secretary. He writes an editorial about the practice, hinting that he could expose prominent businessmen. Suddenly everyone wants to buy ads in his paper.
- The scene is a bedroom with classic flower patterned wallpaper, half a dozen small frames and a single bed to the left and a fireplace with a porcelain clock to the right. To the far right of the scene there is a chair and (not seen in the video transcript, probably) a table. The floor is covered by a large Persian rug and, in the middle of the room, conspicuously suspended from the ceiling, is a large punching ball and a couple of wire pulleys. A brunette is sleeping on the bed, wakes and stands up, dressed in a past the knee skirt and a sleeveless shirt. The girl should be a Physical Culture maniac, as without caring for her long hair, she starts the morning exercises. First, the Girl makes a biceps pose, then punches the ball in a fast, powerful frenzy, until the ball is caught up (off camera, either pulled by its string or accidentally caught on the pulleys' wires). Then, she picks up two clubs (the sort used in circus by hand dexterity artists) and plays with them in arm extension movements, whirling the clubs about. After putting the clubs down, she pulls at the springy wires, only to stop that and do a couple of flexing poses, arms and legs, and bending at the waist, first facing the camera, than with her back to it. The morning exercises end with a couple of push-ups on the right arm, facing the camera, followed by a couple of leg extensions.
- Two cavemen invent the wheel, but when they are frustrated in their attempts to have a dinosaur pull a cart, conclude that the device is useless.
- Buster hides live crabs in Papa's bed so Papa gets a surprise when he tries to take a nap.
- A Japanese juggler performs some marvelous juggling feats with a boy. Lying on his back on the floor, he spins the boy with his feet and makes him turn numerous somersaults.
- Shows Mr. R. T. Outcault, the artist, making a quick charcoal sketch of Buster Brown and his dog Tige.
- A businessman makes a luncheon appointment with a young lady, but finds that his wife disapproves of the arrangement.
- Scene, interior of a street-car. A stout man enters and sits down alongside of a friend and proceeds to read a comic paper. He shows a joke in the paper to his friend, and the both laugh heartily. The friend leaves the car, and his absence is not noted by the stout man. An elderly matron takes the seat. Without looking up the stout man shoves the paper in front of the face of the old lady, thinking his friend is still there. He goes into a fit of laughter over the joke, punching her in the ribs with his thumb, and slapping her on the knee. She becomes very much embarrassed and indignant. She shakes him by the shoulder, he looks around, discovers his mistake, and sinks through the floor.
- Shows Miss Jessie Cameron, dancing the sword dance. Although only ten years of age, she is considered the champion sword dancer of the world.
- Percy is beaten up during a college hazing. He hires Professor Arm. Strong to hide in Percy's room one dark night and beat up the other students coming for another hazing. Suddenly Percy gains respect on campus.
- Several farmers are discussing politics in a country grocery store. A bunco man enters and takes an electric battery from a bag. He induces the Rubes to join hands and take hold of the handles. The current is turned on and they go through some very funny stunts, while the bunco man goes through their pockets, taps the till, and makes a hasty exit.
- Shows several Highlanders in full costume dancing this characteristic Scottish dance.
- Shows an old house in the background with one window with the shutters closed. A bill poster comes along and puts up a poster advertising a burlesque show. When his work is finished the picture of an actress in tights is seen on the building. The poster is so placed that when the shutters are opened, the head of the picture is cut off. An old maid in the house is annoyed by the noise made by the bill-poster and opens the shutters to remonstrate. When the shutters are opened the old maid's head appears in such a position as to make it seem that the head of the figure on the poster had come to life. This amuses the passersby, but the bill-poster, not wishing the advertising part of the bill cut from view forces the shutters closed and again plasters paste on them. Suddenly they are thrown open again and the old maid throws a pail of water on her tormentor, who falls over into his paste tub.
- In a small town, O'Toole is the only police officer. After there's a burglary and O'Toole doesn't catch anyone, the town council threatens to fire him. O'Toole sets up a fake arrest, but it backfires, and the town council makes Mrs. O'Toole the new police chief.
- A little girl and her baby sister are playing in the garden. The older of the two, wishing to amuse herself in some other way, gives the baby some bread and runs off. Pretty soon a number of hungry puppies see the baby eating and make a rush for her. When they jump for the bread the child becomes frightened, gets up and attempts to run away, but there are too many hungry pups around, and before she can get away, they snatch the bread from her. It is very humorous to watch the baby's facial expressions from the time the little puppies first appear, until she runs away.
- Scene III of the Buster Brown Series. Shows a bargain counter in a department store and a large gathering of women examining goods. It is a special sale, and a great deal of interest is shown by the ladies, who jostle and crowd each other to secure the choicest bargains. Mrs. Brown enters, accompanied by Buster and Tige. Mrs. Brown is unable to get near the counter and is in despair. Buster sees his mamma's predicament, whispers in Tige's ear to "take a fit," which he does by throwing somersaults high in the air, and running wildly about as though mad. The dog's actions frighten the shoppers and they scatter in all directions. After the stampede Mrs. Brown proceeds to make her purchases, while Tige seats himself on a stool, and Buster looks on very innocently.
- Casey upon returning from work discovers his neighbor's goat eating his corn. He chases the goat out of the yard and, calling to his wife, tells her to fetch the box of dynamite which he has in the house. Casey then proceeds to tie several sticks of dynamite to the cornstalks. He barely finishes the work when the goat re-enters and starts eating the corn again. A terrible explosion immediately follows, which wrecks the house and blows Casey into the clouds. When the smoke clears, Casey is seen to fall into the yard. Upon recovering, he finds everything wrecked and the goat calmly looking on.
- A short film showcasing multimillionaire industrialist Andrew Carnegie.
- Harold sends his only pants to be pressed. Meanwhile a fire breaks out in his apartment building. Harold's rival arrives in time to climb into his window for a rescue, but Harold knocks him out and steals his pants.
- The scene opens with office boy making love to the typewriter. The bookkeeper enters and objects. After presenting typewriter with a bouquet, the bookkeeper sits down at his desk and falls asleep. Office boy tickles his ear with a feather. Thinking that it is a fly, the bookkeeper protects himself by hiding his head under the lid of the desk. The boy then places a basin of water on top of the lid. The old broker enters and finds the bookkeeper asleep. The latter awakes suddenly, throwing the basin of water in the air. The water lands in the face of the typewriter. Bookkeeper turns the boy over his knee and gives him a sound thrashing.
- An artist is painting a sunrise at sea. After a few finishing touches he stands back and admires the painting. The sun immediately commences to rise. From all appearances it becomes very warm as the sun rises, and the artist is seen to throw open the window and fan himself furiously. The climax is reached when the artist rushes from the room and returns with a large tub of water and a pair of tongs. Seizing the sun as it soars in the air he plunges it into the tub, causing a great cloud of steam to rise.
- Cohen, a grotesquely made-up Jewish shop owner, tricks a passerby into wearing a coat that has a sign advertising his store attached to the back.
- The first scene shows Mama buying crabs from a vendor. The second shows Papa preparing for bed while Buster places crabs in the bed. Father retires and leaps from the bed in agony at the pain inflicted by the crabs. The last scene shows Mama placing Buster on a pillow on his chair to eat his breakfast.
- Scene IV of the Buster Brown Series. Shows a kitchen and Bridget busy making crullers. Buster enters and begs Bridget to give him one. Bridget refuses and places all the crullers in a basket on the top pantry shelf. She warns Buster not to touch them, and leaves the room. Buster secures a stepladder and proceeds to climb to the top. As he is about to secure the coveted prize his mamma enters, chastises him severely, and ties Buster fast to the table, and leaves the room. Buster calls Tige to his assistance, explains the situation, and points to the top shelf of the closet. Tige mounts the ladder, secures the basket and places it on the table at Buster's elbow. The scene closes with Buster and Tige dividing the spoils.
- This young lady is shown dancing the Highland Fling, in competition for the championship of the world before some of the greatest judges of the day. The dance itself is remarkable, and it is easily seen how Miss Dogherty has earned her reputation.
- An old German is fast asleep in bed. He is suddenly awakened and immediately reaches for a large pistol under his pillow. After a few terrifying moments a cat jumps upon the bed. Seeing the cause of his fright, the old fellow embraces the cat and settles back to sleep.
- A butler is assisting his master to remove his coat, etc. After donning his smoking jacket his master leaves the room. The butler immediately proceeds to attire himself in his master's clothes. While adoring himself in the glass his master's wife slips up behind him, and thinking he is her husband, kisses and embraces him in a most affectionate manner. The husband re-enters the room, discovers his wife and upbraids her. The wife tries to explain but only makes matters worse. The butler is finally kicked out of the room by the furious husband.
- On a white pedestal on a dark stage stands Beatrice Marshall, dressed in a leotard, with a thin sash slung low around her hips. She holds various poses of balance and grace, based on classical statuary. After about ten such poses held for a few seconds each, we see Albert Treloar, dressed in no more than jungle trunks, socks, and wristbands. He strikes various poses emphasizing his muscles. He flexes his arms and abdomen. He holds poses facing us and with his back to the camera. He wiggles his triceps and makes a slight bow.
- Men on the streetcar offer their seats to pretty women, but not to an ugly woman.
- A tramp enters a large reception room just as a party of girls are descending a staircase backwards with mirrors in their hands to see their future husbands. One of the girl's mirrors brings the tramp into view and she immediately seizes and embraces him. Discovering her mistake she ejects the tramp from the room. The girls then commence their Hallowe'en games, such as biting the swinging apple, ducking for the ring in a pan of flour and ducking for apples in a tub of water. The climax of this picture is reached when a fresh young man, who has been watching their stunts, is discovered by the girls. They throw him bodily into the tub of water and empty pans of flour over him.