William K.L. Dickson Movies

The Glenroy Brothers perform a portion of their vaudeville act, "The Comic View of Boxing: The Tramp & the Athlete".

Annabelle Dances in William K.L. Dickson's 1894 short film

The SS 'St. Louis' departs from Southampton Docks

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

During Queen Vilhelminas coronation.

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...

Three sisters dance the Mikado in this very early film from the Edison company.

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

Hadji Cheriff, a performer known for a variety of unusual abilities, demonstrates part of his act in the Thomas Edison studio. He has a large knife...

“This view was taken upon Mr. McKinley's lawn at his home in Canton, Ohio. Mr. McKinley appears walking across the lawn in company with his...

Edison short.

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

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

Close shot of 4.7" naval gun pointing to the left with group of British naval ratings standing around it. The gun fires and the men run up to reload,...

One of the pictures to be seen in the machine, for example, was that of a blacksmith shop in which two men were working, one shoeing a horse, the...

Two gamecocks are fighting inside a wire cage, while two spectators look on in the background. The two men agree to make a bet on the outcome. One of...

Edison short.

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

An abridged version of the tale of Rip Van Winkle, a lazy American man, who wanders off one day with his dog Wolf into the Kaatskill mountains where...