William K.L. Dickson Movies

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

Thomas Edison's machinist, Fred Ott, holds a bird in his hand.

Edison short.

Annie Oakley was probably the most famous marksman/woman in the world when this short clip was produced in Edison's Black Maria studio in West...

Two gamecocks fight in the Edison Company film studio. This feature was remade later in the same year, with additional detail added.

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

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....

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

A referee and five fans (including a waiter in his apron) look on as two young men box. The dark-haired, slightly taller boxer throws a right and the...

An athlete demonstrating various poses.

Early Edison film.

The pope resting.

Sailors practice rescuing someone who's fallen overboard.

In the background, five fans lean on the ropes looking into the ring. The referee is to the left; like the fans, he hardly moves as two fighters...

The pursuit of Hop Lee by an irate policeman.

Naval ratings pulling along naval guns during the Boer War.

The famous army scout in an exhibition of rifle shooting. A fine picture of the principal, and beautiful smoke effects.

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

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...

Probably the first video of a Pope: Leo XIII sits in his chair with guards and attendants, then blesses the viewers.