William K.L. Dickson Movies
- 1894

Sioux Ghost Dance
Sioux Ghost Dance4.51894HD
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...
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- 1897

Afternoon Tea in the Gardens of Clarence House
Afternoon Tea in the Gardens of Clarence House2.51897HD
Several members of European Royalty, including the Duke and Duchess of York, and Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, seated round a tea-table in the grounds...
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- 1892

A Hand Shake
A Hand Shake3.51892HD
William K.L. Dickson and William Heise shake hands in this early experimental film.
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- 1895

Danse serpentine (Annabelle)
Danse serpentine (Annabelle)5.91895HD
In a long, diaphanous skirt, held out by her hands with arms extended, Broadway dancer Annabelle Moore performs. Her dance emphasizes the movement of...
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- 1896

Tambourine Dance by Annabelle
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- 1890

Monkeyshines, No. 2
Monkeyshines, No. 24.6231890HD
Experimental film that follows up on the results of "Monkeyshines, No. 1". Once again, an Edison company worker moves around in front of the motion...
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- 1890

Monkeyshines, No. 3
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Experimental film that follows up on the results of "Monkeyshines, No. 1" and "Monkeyshines, No. 2". Once again, an Edison company worker moves...
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- 1893

Blacksmithing Scene
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Three men hammer on an anvil and pass a bottle of beer around. Notable for being the first film in which a scene is being acted out.
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- 1893

Horse Shoeing
Horse Shoeing2.71893HD
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...
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- 1896

Sandow
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Strong-man Eugene Sandow flexes his muscles and strikes a few poses in front of a black background. This was a short film shot by William K.L....
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- 1894

Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph
Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph4.7631894HD
James J. Corbett and Peter Courtney meet in a boxing exhibition.
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- 1894

A Bar Room Scene
A Bar Room Scene11894HD
"Showing the wind-up of a political discussion. Dramatis personae: A Democrat, a Republican, a Bar Maid, and a Policeman."
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- 1894

Buffalo Dance
Buffalo Dance4.61894HD
Long before Hollywood started painting white men red and dressing them as 'Injuns' Edison's company was using the genuine article! Featuring for what...
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- 1894

Chinese Laundry Scene
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The pursuit of Hop Lee by an irate policeman.
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- 1894

Annabelle Sun Dance
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Annabelle Dances in William K.L. Dickson's 1894 short film
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- 1892

Wrestling
Wrestling2.91892HD
A lost film, directed by William K.L. Dickson about two men wrestling.
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- 1894

Chinese Opium Den
Chinese Opium Den2.8751894HD
Lost film from 1894, directed by William K.L. Dickson.
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- 1894

Annie Oakley
Annie Oakley5.91894HD
A short Edison Black Maria studio film featuring famed sharpshooter Annie Oakley, known as “Little Sure Shot.” Born Phoebe Ann Oakley...
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- 1894

Boxing Match
Boxing Match21894HD
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- 1894

Carmencita
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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...
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