Conquest's first release was July 14, 1917. The Conquest Pictures plan included weekly releases of 7 reels of film including varying content such as a main 4-reel film, a 1-reel comedy, a 1-reel travel feature, and magazine style news reel. The films could also be ordered individually. The programs were intended to be promoted by involvement from women's clubs who advocated for wholesome fare and marketed to educators and families. In February 1918, an advertisement touting Conquest Pictures programs ran in the Boy Scouts of America publication Boys Life. The ad compared the film programs to the Every Boy's Library calling them the "Every Boy's Library of the Motion Picture World". Edison's movie division faced stiff competition and difficult times in the World War I era. In 1918 the Lincoln and Parker Film Company of Worcester, Massachusetts acquired Edison film company assets and equipment as well as some of its film footage including Conquest's programs.
Filmography
Conquest Program #2
Knights of the Square Table, a film adaptation from James A. Wilder's story
Farmer Al Falfa & His Wayward Pup, an animated cartoon about a puppy, a pipe amoking farmer, and their misadventures with birds in a farm
Your Flag and My Flag, a short film illustrating the poem "Your Flag and My Flag"
What Form Means to an Athlete, feature about muscles and fitness
The Story of the Willow Plate, about an ancient Chinese legend
Conquest Program #4
The Half Back, a film adaptation of the story by Ralph Henry Barbour
Playing in Florida, a feature about wealthy travelers who migrste to Florida
Crystals in Formation, a film about crystals and their growth
Joy Riders of the Ocean, a documentary film about remoras that attach onto sharks and how inhabitants of the West Indies use them to catch turtles
In Love's Laboratory, story about a character inventing the safety match and achieving a relationship match
Conqiest Program #7
T. Haviland Hicks, Freshman, about the misadventures and attempted hazing of a freshman student
Gallegher, a film adaptation of..... story from Gallegher, and other stories and its newspaper copy boy and boy investigator character, a disciple of Sherlock Holmes
Turning Out Silver Bullets, a short documentary about the minting of coins
created at least 3 stop motion shorts that were released as part of Conquest Pictures film packages:
, a 3-minute and 20 second stop motion animated comedy short about cavemen suitors of a cavewoman, a dinosaur, and an apelike creature
Prehistoric Poultry: The Dinornis or Great Roaring Whiffenproof, a 2-minute and 20 second stop motion short about cavemen, a dinosaur, and a cavewoman
R.F.D. 10,000 B.C., a 4-minute 23 second stop motion about daily caveman life
Other
Gold and Diamond mines of South Africa, a film in the Library of Congress' Edison films collection
An advertisement seeking stories that were wholesome and not wishy washy described the type Conquest was looking for and gave as examples stories the film company had already used for its adaptations:
