William K.L. Dickson Movies

"An interesting picture of the great inter-collegiate eight-oared boat race of 1899. The picture is taken from the judge's boat, and shows the start...

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...

Hiram Maxim shows off his machine gun.

Two boxers miss their punches - until they don't.

Long before Hollywood started painting white men red and dressing them as 'Injuns' Edison's company was using the genuine article! Featuring for what...

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

A London fire brigade springs into action.

"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...

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

A referee and five fans (including a waiter in his apron) look on as two young men box. The dark-haired, slightly taller boxer throws a right and the...

King of the slack wire. His daring feats of balancing as he performs his thrilling feats in midair show that he is perfectly at home.

Sailors clamber up the rigging. Filmed at Portsmouth.

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

The pursuit of Hop Lee by an irate policeman.

Reenactment of Jesus Christ with his cross.

Black hooded pallbearers carry a coffin in a funeral procession in front of onlookers.

William K.L. Dickson brings his hat from his one hand to the other and moves his head slightly, as a small nod toward the audience. This was the...

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