William K.L. Dickson Movies

Four men at work in a forge. The uses hammers and and anvil to beat metal.

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

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

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...

Scene from the second act of The Prince of Wales Theatre production.

A compellation of many silent films from all over the world, given music and sound design.

"A well-known oriental dancer in a dance du ventre to the music of a Turkish band."

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

The pope taking a twilight walk.

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

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

Two men box while standing on their hands

Sailors clamber up the rigging. Filmed at Portsmouth.

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

A very amusing picture, showing a crowd of children and old folks disporting on a sand hill in one of the big public parks of Berlin. This picture is...

Naval ratings pulling along naval guns during the Boer War.

"A magnificent picture of the launching of the 'Oceanic,' which up to that time was the largest vessel ever floated. The view is taken from a pier...

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

"The Worthing Station is some distance from the shore, and whenever there is a wreck the life-boat is dragged to the scene on a huge truck drawn by...