William K.L. Dickson Movies

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...

"Said to be the Champion High Kicker of the World."

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.

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

From Edison films catalog: One of the most peculiar customs of the Sioux Tribe is here shown, the dancers being genuine Sioux Indians, in full war...

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...

Match boy saves mother and baby from drunken husband.

Experimental film made with the Edison-Dickson-Heise experimental horizontal-feed kinetograph camera and viewer, using 3/4-inch wide film. Film...

Experimental film fragment made with the Edison-Dickson-Heise experimental horizontal-feed kinetograph camera and viewer, using 3/4-inch wide film.

Sequel to Rats Killing from 1894

A sweet little girl is seated in the bow of a life-boat feeding crackers to a magnificent St. Bernard dog, while a tabby cat dozes and blinks at her...

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

Film by W.K.L. Dickson; Rounding a bend in the track, we behold Windsor Castle.

Recovering from a severe illness (likely typhoid), W.K.L. Dickson received word from London that the audience's enthusiasm for the military was...

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

"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...

Sequel to Rats and Terrier No. 2

[DUPLICATE of the other 'Panoramic View of Frere Camp']

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