In my previous reviews on Dickson and Heise's shorts I have often emphasized that many of them featured a talented athlete or dancer performing one of their popular routines. Such is the case with "Annie Oakley" a film featuring (Who else?) Annie Oakley herself. Here, her routine is shooting with accuracy. We see Annie (the true Annie herself) shooting glass balls and shooting holes through coins. And she doesn't miss, either! Truly an amazing show of skill, but much more interesting for the fact it shows a real true historical figure long gone. It's interesting to think how the people at the time actually reacted to this. I'm sure that many actually seen Oakley before in person, but for those who hadn't, well, go on an' visit Edison's Kinetoscope parlor and watch her on film! Also, I suppose this could take its place among the few Edison movies to feature a performer that is still remembered nowadays; most of them aren't.If you're a film buff, watch it for historical significance; if you're a history buff, watch it for seeing the real Oakley in action.

"Annie Oakley" is a very early silent short film and back in 1894 films became more and more popular, even if they were still black-and-white, still running only a few seconds and still silent obviously. Here we see a young woman who shows us how gifted she is with the gun. She has some pretty good precision and hits basically every non-moving target and later on even everything that her assistant throws up in the air. Good job from her. And one big exception for this short film is that the title character is actually still really famous today. Annie got her gun. The director of this film, which is over 120 years old, is William K. Dickson again, a film pioneer. This is not a great film by any means, but thanks to the title character actually a pretty interesting watch. Only for its time though.

Annie Oakley shows off her shooting prowess for the camera of William Heise and W.k.L. Dickson. She first shoots at targets on a board, and then fires at targets being tossed up into the air by an assistant. This was filmed at Edison's Black Maria studio in New Jersey.This film was more energetic than most shorts from 1894. Oakley's shooting seems to be live and real, especially when shooting at the board. It is hard to tell if she is hitting the tossed targets, but we can still tell the great skill she has. She was probably the biggest star the filmed by the Edison duo in 1894.I give it two out of ten stars.

As the commercial exploitation of the kinetoscope grew, filmmakers realized they needed to produce films that appealed to an audience that included middle-class women. This film was produced with this audience in mind where Oakley demonstrated her awesome marksmanship.Great short film of what is possibly the first film featuring a firearm. Annie Oakley shows off her stuff and looks very good doing it.10* (10* Rating System)