The Great Train Robbery

What Happened on Twenty-Third Street, New York City

Move On

Orphans in the Surf

Turning the Tables

Emigrants Landing at Ellis Island

A Scrap in Black and White

A Jewish Dance at Jerusalem

Egyptian Fakir with Dancing Monkey

Alfred Camille Abadie (December 9, 1878 – January 1, 1950) was an American photographer and pioneer filmmaker who worked for Thomas Edison. He specialized in actuality films, a predecessor to the standard form of documentary. In 2019, Abadie's Emigrants Landing at Ellis Island was included in the annual selection of 25 motion pictures added to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress, being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and recommended for preservation. The two minute film was the first to record a ferryboat docking at Ellis Island with dozens of passengers disembarking.



A.C. Abadie

A.C. Abadie

Acted in

The Great Train Robbery

What Happened on Twenty-Third Street, New York City