William Heise
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William Heise was an American film cinematographer and director, active in the 1890s. Along with William K.L. Dickson, Heise was one of the most prolific filmmakers of the nascent days of cinema. Together, both men worked on many of the early shorts produced by the Edison Manufacturing Company and were credited for more than 175 short silent films, capturing numerous scenes of everyday life as well as different aspects of performance and sport.
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Blacksmith Scene (1893)
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Annie Oakley (1894)
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The Boxing Cats (Prof. Welton's) (1894)
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Dickson Experimental Sound Film (1894)
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Band Drill (1894)
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Butterfly Dances (2007)
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The Kiss (1896)
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The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots (1895)
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The Barber Shop (1894)
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Carmencita (1894)
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Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, No. 1 (1898)
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Glenroy Bros., No. 2 (1894)
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Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph (1894)
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Trilby Dance (1895)
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Death Scene (1895)
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Black Diamond Express, No. 1 (1897)
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Imperial Japanese Dance (1894)
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Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze (1894)
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Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, No. 2 (1898)
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Buffalo Dance (1894)
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Dickson Greeting (1891)
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Danse serpentine (Annabelle) (1895)
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Hypnotic Scene (1895)
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The Hornbacker-Murphy Fight (1894)
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The Pickaninny Dance from the “Passing Show” (1894)
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Glenroy Brothers (Comic Boxing) (1894)
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Ten Pickaninnies (1908)
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Newark Athlete (1891)
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Hadj Cheriff (1894)
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Men Boxing (1891)
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Fifth Avenue, New York (1897)
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Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance (1896)
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Horse Shoeing (1893)
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Monkeyshines, No. 1 (1890)
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Chinese Laundry Scene (1894)
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Cock Fight, No. 2 (1894)
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Sandow: The Strong Man (1894)
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Fire Rescue Scene (1894)
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Newark athlete. [No. 2] (1891)
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Admiral Cigarette (1897)
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Annabelle Butterfly Dance (1894)
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Duncan or Devonald with Muslin Cloud (1891)
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Duncan and Another, Blacksmith Shop (1891)
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Caicedo (with Pole) (1894)
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Bowery Waltz (1897)
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Pillow Fight (1897)
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Billy Edwards and the Unknown (1895)
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Duncan Smoking (1891)
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Charity Ball (1897)
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Sioux Ghost Dance (1894)
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Cuban Ambush (1898)
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A Hand Shake (1892)
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Luis Martinetti, Contortionist (1894)
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Bucking Broncho (1894)
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Fencing (1892)
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Philadelphia Express, Jersey Central Railway (1897)
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Leonard-Cushing Fight (1894)
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Athlete with Wand (1894)
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Monkey and Another, Boxing (1891)
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Armour's Electric Trolley (1897)
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Racing at Sheepshead Bay (1897)
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Monkeyshines, No. 2 (1890)
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Ambulance at the Accident (1897)
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Monkeyshines, No. 3 (1890)
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Boxing Match (1894)
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What Demoralized the Barber Shop (1898)
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New Blacksmith Shop (1895)
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Hockey Match on the Ice (1898)
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Shooting the Chutes (1896)
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Mount and Dismount, Gatling Gun (1897)
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Mounted Police Charge (1896)
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Ambulance Call (1897)
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Old Glory and the Cuban Flag (1898)
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Amy Muller (1896)
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The Ball Game (1898)
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Silver Dance (1895)
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A Street Arab (1898)
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Sea Waves (1898)
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Princess Ali (1895)
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Paddle Dance (1895)
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A Bucking Broncho (1898)
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Fisherman's Luck (1897)
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Pie Eating Contest (1897)
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Snowballing the Coasters (1898)
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Dancing Darkey Boy (1897)
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An Unwelcome Visitor (1898)
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Dance of Rejoicing (1895)
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