Here is a cross section of the nonfictional film titles, selected at random from this early collection: “Street Scene, Chicago” (1897); “Troop Ships for the Philippines” (1898); “Burial of the Maine Victims” (1898); “Admiral Dewey Landing at Gibraltar” (1899); “Sharkey-Jeffries Fight” (1899); “Automobile Parade” (1900); “Boers Bringing in British Prisoners” (1900); “President McKinley Taking Oath of Office” (1901); “President McKinley’s Funeral Cortege at Washington, D. C.” (1901); “Anna Held” (1902); “Princeton and Yale Football Game” (1903); “Opening Ceremonies, New York Subway” (1904); “Senator Mark Hanna” (1904); “Inauguration of President Theodore Roosevelt” (1905); “Scenes and Incidents, Russo-Japanese Peace Conference, Portsmouth, New Hampshire” (1905); and hundreds of other similar films which bring back an almost forgotten era. These films depict the true customs, dress, and manners of the time and place; they show general world events, Presidential inaugurations; events of the Spanish-American War, noted political figures and other personalities, fires and disasters, sports, popular dances, and many other phases in the life of this period. Changes in techniques or styles of motion picture production cannot affect the importance of these films. Specialized students of the motion picture and drama will derive profit and pleasure from seeing the first attempts to tell a story on the screen, the evolution of screen syntax by D. W. Griffith, and the first appearances of such celebrities as Mary Pickford, and the films listed in this catalog and preserved in the Library of Congress and elsewhere will have an even wider appeal to general historians, sociologists, and educators who may have no interest in the motion picture as such. It is hoped that this catalog will serve not only those seeking information regarding the copyright history and status of these films but will also be of material assistance to those studying the motion picture as an art, as an important means of communication, as a historical record, or as an effective social force. HOWARD LAMARR WALLS How To Use This Catalog This catalog consists of two parts: _Motion Pictures, 1894–1912_, which is a list of main entries arranged alphabetically under title, and a _Claimant Index_, which is a list of the claimants of copyright in the motion pictures included in the main section. Motion Pictures, 1894–1912 The items which constitute each entry are given below in the order in which they appear. In general, the entry consists only of title, name of the claimant of copyright, date of the beginning of the copyright term, and registration number. Other information is included if given in the record books. Explanatory and corrective information not available in the records of the Copyright Office and supplied by the compiler, Mr. Howard L. Walls, always appears in brackets.