William K.L. Dickson Movies

Part of the 'Giant Postcards' series, a filmed entr'acte screened during the play 'De Nieuwe Prikkel' by August Reyding. Camilla and Roland take the...

The pope taking a twilight walk.

William K.L. Dickson and William Heise shake hands in this early experimental film.

A fascinating, up-to-date dancing diversion by four pretty girls in stunning costumes.

Directed by W.K.L Dickson.

In the background, five fans lean on the ropes looking into the ring. The referee is to the left; like the fans, he hardly moves as two fighters...

An African American family eats watermelons.

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

Experimental film fragment made with the Edison-Dickson-Heise experimental horizontal-feed kinetograph camera and viewer, using 3/4-inch wide film.

After launching production in London Dickson traveled to the Continent; the first stop was Paris, where this restaging of a familiar Lumière...

Women bathing in a german bath.

Mr. Hurry-Up gets dressed in a rush, and then races down to breakfast. After a few quick bites and a couple gulps of coffee, he races out the door...

Two men box while standing on their hands

Tracking shot across a bay showing a large number of fishing boats.

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

"This view was made at the Scheveningen Baths. It shows a number of bathers enjoying themselves in the surf. Several picturesque Holland boats are...

"Said to be the Champion High Kicker of the World."

Sailors clamber up the rigging. Filmed at Portsmouth.

Lost film from 1894, directed by William K.L. Dickson.