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Un jugador profesional de billar se enfrenta al actual campeón en una partida en la que todo está en juego.

En 1953, un hombre inocente llamado Christopher Emanuel "Manny" Balestrero es detenido tras ser confundido con un ladrón armado.

Una de las primeras películas americanas que muestra un montaje paralelo, narrando el rescate de una mujer atrapada en un edificio en llamas.

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.

Adapatación de la novela de la escritora estadounidense Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Two prehistoric suitors, one a mailman, compete for the affections of a prehistoric maiden and a dinosaur.

A brief vaudeville-style demonstration of a "Dog Transformator," a machine that instantly turns dogs into sausages, and amazingly, sausages back into dogs.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The cook has trouble lighting the stove, so she adds kerosene, with explosive results.

A short film showcasing multimillionaire industrialist Andrew Carnegie.

Shows a bedroom and a man asleep in bed. A burglar cautiously raises the window, climbs in, and proceeds to go through the man's clothes. The man awakes, pulls a lever, which closes him up in a folding bed, the bottom of which is iron-clad and fitted with guns and portholes. The burglar is dumbfounded and cannot move. Subbubs turns his battery loose, blowing the burglar to pieces. He then raises an American flag on a staff on top of the bed as a signal of victory. The bed opens up again and Subbubs goes to sleep.

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.

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.

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.

Shows Mr. R. T. Outcault, the artist, making a quick charcoal sketch of Buster Brown and his dog Tige.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Men on the streetcar offer their seats to pretty women, but not to an ugly woman.