William K.L. Dickson Movies

"A well-known character, in a dance that created considerable excitement when first introduced in America."

Scene represents section of the interior of a Chinese Opium Den.

Single panning shot of the Grand Harbour, Valletta, Malta.

An amusing picture showing a quarrel between an elderly husband and his young wife, and a joyful reconciliation.

"This picture was taken from the front of a rapidly moving launch through one of the most beautiful stretches of the Grand Canal, showing many...

Queen Vilhelminas coronation.

Lost film directed by William K.L. Dickson. Presented by Edison Manufacturing Company.

Filmmaker WKL Dickson, one-time right hand man to Thomas Edison, the 'Wizard of Menlo Park', here captures an even greater eminence, Pope Leo XIII....

A lost film, directed by William K.L. Dickson about two men wrestling.

Pelicans being released for feeding into their enclosure at London Zoological Gardens.

A moving tour through lively turn-of-the-century Southampton.

British officers (Royal Engineers) supervising repair work on a bridge at Frere, spanning the Blaauw Krantz River, South Africa, during the Boer War.

Film produced by William K. Dickson’s British Mutoscope and Biograph Company.

"In his characterization of Capt. Dreyfus and Emile Zola."

Two gamecocks fight in the Edison Company film studio. This feature was remade later in the same year, with additional detail added.

"Sir Hiram Maxim, in person, firing at targets with one of his latest type rapid-fire guns.

Film shot by W.K.L. Dickson at Maidenhead Junction, 1898.

Showing the tapping of the furnace, and the running of the molten metal into the moulds at Elswick yard.

This scene of an African-American woman vigorously scrubbing a black baby was immensely popular with early audiences, and was featured on...