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- On a November morning in Newark, New Jersey, the local Fire Department has just received an alarm. A crowd has gathered along the street to watch several large horse-drawn wagons drive away from the fire station, loaded with men and equipment.
- Sir James Blake has retired from Scotland Yard so that he can assist his niece Hope and her friend Jerry in developing an apparatus they have invented. Sir James thinks that their invention has the potential to prevent wars, and plans to donate it to the League of Nations. But a gang of criminals led by the elusive "Scorpion" steals the device, and Blake and his associates must recover the invention and determine the identity of the "Scorpion".
- When the woman he loves turns him away, a man uses a desperate trick to try to gain her affection.
- When Carl Pearson is wrongful accused of killing his brother, it's clear that he has been a pawn in a conspiracy to steal the blueprints to a new plane.
- Theodore Roosevelt merrily kills a mountain lion in Colorado while his press agent and photographer record the event for posterity.
- Billie Ritchie, who is blessed with a numerous family, many bills and a small income, has great trouble in avoiding his many creditors. His adventures are too numerous to mention. He is rather attracted to a neighbor who has a jealous husband, but his efforts to see her are interrupted by a mysterious man, who finally corners Billy and tells him that he wishes to hand him a legacy. Billy, who has employed various subterfuges in order to get a chance to talk to his fair neighbor, at last sees his opportunity and arranges with her to meet him at the telephone company's masquerade. The wires get crossed and wifie becomes suspicious. She goes to the ball followed by her large family. These she masks and mixes in with the guests. Her husband's gay actions finally cause him to become a storm center and in order to escape a mobilization of angry husbands he has to flee across the telegraph wires. They follow him and he is captured and punished after a spirited chase.
- Based on a scene from Shakespeare's play: Macbeth, king of Scotland, is challenged by his rival Macduff.
- Only women are at a resort, until one man arrives. He woos a pretty young widow, and wins her.
- "The first U.S. Troops to land, June 22, 1898. Transports in the distance. Soldiers clamber up from boats onto the long railroad pier." - from the Edison Catalog
- The camera is positioned so that it looks out to sea on a day when the waters are rough and the waves are high. As the waves come towards the shore, they are partially broken up by some rocks in front of the field of view. Even after passing the rocks, plenty of water and foam kicks up just in front of the camera.
- Consequences result when a father breaks up his son's engagement.
- A melodramatic scene showing how an apparently bashful young man foiled two house-breakers and rescued his lady fair.
- An eloping couple have a tumultuous honeymoon in Nova Scotia.
- Two military pilots are close friends, and share in a lot of hazardous missions while engaging in a series of good-natured romantic rivalries.
- A romantic triangle leads to complications on an archaeological expedition in Southern Mexico.
- As a judge passes sentence on a man, a gypsy woman in the audience vehemently protests, and she has to be physically removed from the courtroom. Soon afterwards, the judge returns home, and enjoys some time with his wife and child. But all the while, the gypsy woman is watching him closely, and is plotting a cruel revenge.
- A broken-hearted husband thinks about the past as he sits by the fireplace.
- A boy tries to play a practical joke, but his target has other ideas.
- A series of races and exhibitions takes place at the hippodrome track in Coney Island's Dreamland.
- Based loosely on the nursery rhyme: A fair is in progress, with refreshments, entertainment, and other activities. As the rest of the crowd is watching one of the acts, Tom steals a pig and runs off. He tries to hide, but he is chased by the crowd, and the pig also proves difficult to control. But Tom has some tricks up his sleeve that might give him a chance to escape.
- Bill's wife insists that he get her a fur coat, and since he cannot afford to buy one, he goes on a hunting trip, hoping to capture some furs himself. Meanwhile, a temperamental actress, needing a rest for her nerves, has made plans to visit the same hunting lodge where Bill will be staying. They and several others meet at the lodge, resulting in chaos and confusion.
- Tom and Dick are staunch friends. They are both in love with Vera, the beautiful daughter of the local doctor, who likes both boys but cannot decide which one she likes best. They discuss the situation in an amicable way and decide finally to appoint a friendly rancher as arbiter. It is arranged that the two cowboys shall engage in a contest of skill, the winner to claim Vera's hand as a prize. She is to stand at the terminal point of the race to be contested by Tom and Dick. They shall ride at full speed up to her and cast their lariats, the one making the first successful cast to win her as the prize. The contest takes place and everybody in the neighborhood is present to witness it. Both boys ride well, but Dick makes the first cast and wins Vera as his bride.
- A crew of railroad workmen are busy along the tracks of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. When the Black Diamond Express appears in the distance, they begin to pull back from the rails to clear the way. As the train approaches their work site, some of them begin to wave at it.
- An unrepentant crook enters a dance hall and gets in a fight over a girl. As he, unknowingly, breaks into her house, another bloody mess stains the residence's thick carpets. Can a simple act of kindness pave the way for his regeneration?
- A series of strange, inexplicable, and increasingly frightening events takes place in Mosby Manor.
- A young couple are enjoying a romantic interlude in the young woman's home, when her father discovers them and angrily chases the young man out of the house. They thus decide to elope, and they make plans accordingly. But as they are leaving, a thief discovers their plans, and he decides to turn the situation to his own advantage.
- When a group of diners boards a carriage, one man is left behind and chases after them on foot.
- "Shows a life boat coming through the breakers. The surf is high and the stout boat is tossed about like a cork."
- A gymnast assumes a number of positions while holding a wand in both hands.
- A tramp gets involved in mischief on a train.
- Sally McCoy is in love with Jim Hatfield, but their two families are involved in a bitter feud.
- Jack and the daughter of a horse trainer are in love, but her father disapproves. preferring another suitor. They arrange a race to win her hand. But Jack's rival proves to be unscrupulous and will stop at nothing to be successful.
- In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, normal routines are resuming after a snowstorm. Along a city street, pedestrians watch as a vehicle passes by. But then they see something unexpected, as two sleigh drivers have decided to have a little fun on the snowy street.
- A young woman is taken to a fancy nightclub by her uncle, but is stuck with the bill when the stingy uncle gets into an argument with a waiter and leaves without paying. While working off the debt, she recommends some friends of hers as an act for the club. Her friends are hired, but their performance does not go over very well, and soon the whole club is in an uproar.
- A caring stranger tries to help the child of a chronic drunkard.
- Billy Edwards and a challenger named Warwick fight an exhibition boxing match.
- A shopkeeper suffers the loss of some valuable merchandise, and thinks of a way to regain his losses.
- As a mother enters a store, she leaves her child outside in a carriage. Another woman standing nearby quickly snatches the child out of the carriage. Soon afterwards, another mother is playing with two children in the park, and when she leaves one of them unattended, her child is also seized by the same woman. These are only two of a number of children that an unscrupulous couple has captured for their own purposes.
- Police try to solve a murder on board an ocean liner.
- A group of people find themselves trapped in a creepy mansion, complete with secret passageways, a mad doctor and a murderous gorilla.
- A family of seven entertain themselves by putting on a pageant on Christmas Eve.
- Several men take watermelons from a melon patch, and are pursued.
- There is a burglar on the rooftop of a Manhattan office building, and he is trying to break in. Two women spot him, and one of them begins beating him with a broom as they wait for help to arrive. Soon others do appear on the scene to help, but by now the burglar has decided that he is going to put up a fight in an attempt to escape.
- A crowd watches the Newark Fire Department respond to a call.
- As a young couple are courting, they are rudely interrupted and split up. The man is seized and is turned over to a gang of toughs who want to hang him. Though she is greatly outnumbered, the young woman wastes no time in making a determined effort to rescue him.
- As a woman waits outside of a window, a man rides up on horseback, and she jumps on behind him. As the two of them ride off to elope, one of the man's friends stays behind, in case anyone comes after the couple. He soon finds out that this is, in fact, a necessary precaution.
- A man desperate to leave South America books passage on a freighter, and learns that the captain has made plans to force a scientist to participate in a mission of destruction.
- Two men wearing boxing gloves prepare to spar in the Edison Company studio.
- "A file of Spanish soldiers line up the Cubans against a blank wall and fire a volley. The flash of rifles and drifting smoke make a very striking picture." - from the Edison Catalog
- Captain Clearfield, a wealthy landlord, assaults Kathleen with the help of an accomplice, but Terence O'More arrives in time to break up the attack. Clearfield then tries to get his way by intimidating Kathleen and her father, but again help arrives in time. Clearfield and his accomplice then come up with their most violent plan yet.