Annie Oakley

Aim true with Annie Oakley, a fleeting archival clip from Edison’s Black Maria studio in West Orange, New Jersey, capturing the petite sharpshooter who dazzled the world as 'Little Sure Shot.' This mid-century reel—shot in 1894—crackles to life: Annie, barely five feet, born Phoebe Ann Oakley Mozee in 1860 Ohio, levels her rifle, a Wild West legend honed by Buffalo Bill’s show. Her husband, Frank E. Butler, assists—once outshot by her in the 1880s, now her steadfast partner in a 44-year love story. The camera whirs—bullets ping, glass shatters, her steady hand defies her frame, a grainy glimpse of grit and grace. A mid-20th-century lens on a marksman’s myth, Archival Moments revives this sharp shot—subscribe to aim through more from the reels of history!