Ethel may be forced to abandon the man she loves for her father’s rich friend.

A misplaced letter leads Romeo to mistake Juliet’s pretended suicide for the real thing.

Bill may have taken a photo of his boss in a compromising situation with the stenographer, and his boss will do whatever it takes to prevent that photo from reaching his wife.

Everett sees a want-ad for film actors in his morning paper and decides to apply. He turns out to be a natural in front of the camera, but his wife does not approve of the love scenes.

A short actuality from 1901 showing the passage of the Empire State Express train.

Two Pennsylvania Railroad locomotives meet in a head-on collision in this 1904 short.

A short 1897 actuality depicting a Southern Pacific Railroad train with a mail car exiting a tunnel.

A short 1896 actuality depicting the Black Diamond Express as it approaches and speeds passed the camera.

When the trestle her son’s train is about to cross is struck by lightning, a mother must find some way to warn him of the danger ahead.

A pickpocket’s simple robbery escalates into a crime far more serious aboard a train.