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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Blacksmithing Scene (1893)
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Carmencita (1894)
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Hypnotic Scene (1895)
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The Kiss (1896)
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Horse Shoeing (1893)
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Death Scene (1895)
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Trilby Dance (1895)
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Men Boxing (1891)
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Dickson Greeting (1891)
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Fencing (1892)
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Bucking Broncho (1894)
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Newark Athlete (1891)
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Admiral Cigarette (1897)
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Annie Oakley (1894)
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Buffalo Dance (1894)
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Duncan Smoking (1891)
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Dickson Experimental Sound Film (1894)
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Bowery Waltz (1897)
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Butterfly Dances (2007)
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Band Drill (1894)
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Pillow Fight (1897)
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Hadj Cheriff (1894)
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Ten Pickaninnies (1908)
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Glenroy Brothers (Comic Boxing) (1894)
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Caicedo (with Pole) (1894)
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Charity Ball (1897)
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Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze (1894)
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Danse serpentine (Annabelle) (1895)
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The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots (1895)
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Billy Edwards and the Unknown (1895)
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Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance (1896)
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Athlete with Wand (1894)
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Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph (1894)
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Ambulance Call (1897)
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Annabelle Butterfly Dance (1894)
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Princess Ali (1895)
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The Boxing Cats (1894)
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Leonard-Cushing Fight (1894)
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Fifth Avenue, New York (1897)
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The Hornbacker-Murphy Fight (1894)
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Monkeyshines, No. 1 (1890)
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Duncan and Another, Blacksmith Shop (1891)
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Sea Waves (1898)
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Paddle Dance (1895)
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Newark athlete. [No. 2] (1891)
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Cock Fight, No. 2 (1894)
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The Barber Shop (1894)
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Monkeyshines, No. 2 (1890)
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Amy Muller (1896)
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Boxing Match (1894)
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Sandow: The Strong Man (1894)
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A Hand Shake (1892)
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Sioux Ghost Dance (1894)
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The Pickaninny Dance from the “Passing Show” (1894)
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Monkeyshines, No. 3 (1890)
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Chinese Laundry Scene (1894)
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Glenroy Bros., No. 2 (1894)
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Black Diamond Express, No. 1 (1897)
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Duncan or Devonald with Muslin Cloud (1891)
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Imperial Japanese Dance (1894)
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Shooting the Chutes (1896)
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New Blacksmith Shop (1895)
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Fire Rescue Scene (1894)
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Luis Martinetti, Contortionist (1894)
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Silver Dance (1895)
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Racing at Sheepshead Bay (1897)
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What Demoralized the Barber Shop (1898)
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Monkey and Another, Boxing (1891)
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Fisherman's Luck (1897)
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Ambulance at the Accident (1897)
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An Unwelcome Visitor (1898)
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Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, No. 2 (1898)
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The Ball Game (1898)
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Old Glory and the Cuban Flag (1898)
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Mount and Dismount, Gatling Gun (1897)
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A Street Arab (1898)
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Hockey Match on the Ice (1898)
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A Bucking Broncho (1898)
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Pie Eating Contest (1897)
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Snowballing the Coasters (1898)
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Dance of Rejoicing (1895)
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Dancing Darkey Boy (1897)
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Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, No. 1 (1898)
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