William K.L. Dickson Movies

Ambulances and British troops crossing the Tugela River over the pontoon bridge near Trichardt's Drift, during the British retreat from Spion Kop in...

"Many spectators who have viewed this picture on the Biograph have insisted that they have experienced the pangs of seasickness. The picture was...

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

An African American family eats watermelons.

Film shot by W.K.L. Dickson at Maidenhead Junction, 1898.

"A company of little darkies showing off their paces to the music of the banjo."

Match boy saves mother and baby from drunken husband.

Sequel to Rats Killing from 1894

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...

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

A woman in a white gown performs a skirt dance, using her arms to produce circles and other patterns within the folds of her costume. Her legs and...

William K.L. Dickson and William Heise shake hands in this early experimental film.

Imagine ten pickaninnies turned loose and on mischief bent. Farmer catches one leaving but Nine. Nine Happy Snowballs on a Swing elate. One gets...

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

Hadji Cheriff, a performer known for a variety of unusual abilities, demonstrates part of his act in the Thomas Edison studio. He has a large knife...

Dan Leno and his wife celebrating the anniversary of their wedding day.

A lost film, directed by William K.L. Dickson about two men wrestling.

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

A "gigantic demonstration of the Business Men's Republican and Sound Money Association" on 10/31/1896, opposing "Free Silver" Democrats in the...

An athlete demonstrating various poses.