William K.L. Dickson Movies

British officers (Royal Engineers) supervising repair work on a bridge at Frere, spanning the Blaauw Krantz River, South Africa, during the Boer War.

Roma families eat, drink, dance, and play

The SS 'St. Louis' departs from Southampton Docks

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

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

"Showing the wind-up of a political discussion. Dramatis personae: A Democrat, a Republican, a Bar Maid, and a Policeman."

A camera sits on top of a moving train, providing a panoramic view of Ealing (western London) as the train moves.

A scene from Charles Hoyt's 'A Milk White Flag': A brass band marches out, led by bandmaster Steele Ayers. When Ayers reaches his position, he turns...

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...

The boulevard in front of the Kurhaus, with pedestrians and a terrace.

A hand-colored ride along the Bangor-Conwy-Colwyn Bay railroad filmed from an express train from the London and North Western Railway; Stations,...

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

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

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

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

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

Reenactment of Jesus Christ with his cross.

Sequel to Rats and Terrier No. 2

Nothing more novel than this picture could be shown to an American audience. The view was taken in the doorway of a peasant's hovel. The family, in...

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...