William K.L. Dickson Movies

A man (Thomas Edison's assistant) takes a pinch of snuff and sneezes. This is one of the earliest Thomas Edison films and was the second motion...

In a long, diaphanous skirt, held out by her hands with arms extended, Broadway dancer Annabelle Moore performs. Her dance emphasizes the movement of...

A series of short black and white films from director William K.L. Dickson which chronicle the adventures of Rip Van Winkle.

Annabelle (Whitford) Moore performs one of her popular dances. For this performance, her costume has a pair of wings attached to her back, to suggest...

Reenactment of Jesus Christ with his cross.

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

Sailors disembarking on the beach in Scheveningen, Netherlands. Shot on 68 mm Mutoscope-Biograph.

Sandow and Peerless Annabelle were the first performers filmed by the new American Mutoscope Co. Annabelle reprised her Butterfly Dance and several...

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

“A scene representing Southern plantation life before the war. A jig and a breakdown by three colored boys.”

The first woman to appear in front of an Edison motion picture camera and possibly the first woman to appear in a motion picture within the United...

Hiram Maxim shows off his machine gun.

Young people dance the Tarantella

Champion Lasso Thrower Vicente Oropeza (aka. Vincente Ore Passo/Bisento Orapeso/Vincenti Orapazza) shows his skills.

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

Roma families eat, drink, dance, and play

Miners at the Solvay Quarries leave their drilling machine to flee from a planned blast in the rock face. Split Rock, NY.

“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...

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....