William K.L. Dickson Movies

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

The SS 'St. Louis' departs from Southampton Docks

Taken in 1896 on the Boulevard (upper Broadway) on the occasion of a bicycle parade in the heyday of the wheeling craze. Old-fashioned horse cars...

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...

Edison short.

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

This Victorian duel between knife-wielding women was taken from an existing stage production, thought to be the Drury Lane theatre melodrama 'Women...

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

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

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

The first movie audiences took particular delight in scenes of rushing, churning water. These scenes of Niagara Falls were taken in September 1896,...

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

Four men at work in a forge. The uses hammers and and anvil to beat metal.

"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...

Early short film.

During Queen Vilhelminas coronation.

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

Sequel to Rats and Terrier No. 2

Phantom train ride along the French Riviera in Monte Carlo, Monaco

A short of Mr. Grundy dancing. He's a Black man in a jockey outfit and there's someone in a horse costume dancing next to him.