William K.L. Dickson Movies

Sequel to Rats and Terrier No. 2

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...

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

Experimental film made to test the original cylinder format of the Kinetoscope and believed to be the first film shot in the United States. It shows...

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

Naval ratings pulling along naval guns during the Boer War.

Early Edison short showing two men fencing.

After launching production in London Dickson traveled to the Continent; the first stop was Paris, where this restaging of a familiar Lumière...

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.

Reenactment of Jesus Christ with his cross.

Annabelle Dances in William K.L. Dickson's 1894 short film

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

Close shot of 4.7" naval gun pointing to the left with group of British naval ratings standing around it. The gun fires and the men run up to reload,...

Women bathing in a german bath.

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

A remarkable picture in many ways. It shows a game between two expert English teams from the go-off to the making of a goal. The photographic effects...

"A well-known character, in a dance that created considerable excitement when first introduced in America."

This 1894 film depicts a staged “war council” featuring a group of Sioux men in traditional dress, seated in deliberation as Buffalo Bill...

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

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