William K.L. Dickson Movies

Roma families eat, drink, dance, and play

Watched by crowds, Sir Redvers Buller, Lady Buller, the Mayor of Southampton and others walk along the gangway leading to the ship towards the...

Experimental film made to test the original cylinder format of the Kinetoscope and believed to be the first film shot in the United States. It shows...

A hand-colored ride along the Bangor-Conwy-Colwyn Bay railroad filmed from an express train from the London and North Western Railway; Stations,...

A very amusing picture, showing a crowd of children and old folks disporting on a sand hill in one of the big public parks of Berlin. This picture is...

"The Worthing Station is some distance from the shore, and whenever there is a wreck the life-boat is dragged to the scene on a huge truck drawn by...

Many gondolas in Venice harbour with a fishing boat in the background

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

In April the bloemencorso (flower parade) takes place in Haarlem in the Netherlands. This shot shows groups of carriages, festooned with flowers...

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

The famous army scout in an exhibition of rifle shooting. A fine picture of the principal, and beautiful smoke effects.

This 1894 film depicts a staged “war council” featuring a group of Sioux men in traditional dress, seated in deliberation as Buffalo Bill...

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

Thomas Edison's machinist, Fred Ott, holds a bird in his hand.

Hiram Maxim shows off his machine gun.

Signalling from a British trench during the Boer war.

A remix of Dickson's Annabelle Butterfly Dance with a modern score.

[DUPLICATE of the other 'Panoramic View of Frere Camp']

"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...