William K.L. Dickson Movies
- 1894
Ruth Dennis
Ruth Dennis21894HD
"Said to be the Champion High Kicker of the World."
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- 1899
Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race
Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race01899HD
"An interesting picture of the great inter-collegiate eight-oared boat race of 1899. The picture is taken from the judge's boat, and shows the start...
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- 1894
Fire Rescue Scene
Fire Rescue Scene5.11894HD
"Firemen in working uniform, rubber coats, helmets, and boots. Thrilling rescue from burning building. Smoke effects are fine." - from the Edison...
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- 1898
Pelicans at the Zoo
Pelicans at the Zoo11898HD
Pelicans being released for feeding into their enclosure at London Zoological Gardens.
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- 1894
Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph
Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph4.91894HD
James J. Corbett and Peter Courtney meet in a boxing exhibition.
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- 1898
Pope Leo XIII in His Carriage
Pope Leo XIII in His Carriage41898HD
Filmmaker WKL Dickson, one-time right hand man to Thomas Edison, the 'Wizard of Menlo Park', here captures an even greater eminence, Pope Leo XIII....
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- 1900
Bloemfontein: Unfurling the Flag
Bloemfontein: Unfurling the Flag51900HD
Recovering from a severe illness (likely typhoid), W.K.L. Dickson received word from London that the audience's enthusiasm for the military was...
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- 1894
Glenroy Bros., No. 2
Glenroy Bros., No. 24.71894HD
The Glenroy Brothers perform a portion of their vaudeville act, "The Comic View of Boxing: The Tramp & the Athlete".
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- 1899
Repairing the Broken Bridge at Frere
Repairing the Broken Bridge at Frere01899HD
British officers (Royal Engineers) supervising repair work on a bridge at Frere, spanning the Blaauw Krantz River, South Africa, during the Boer War.
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- 1898
Launch of the Worthing Lifeboat Emerging from the Boathouse
Launch of the Worthing Lifeboat Emerging from the Boathouse01898HD
"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...
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- 1908
Ten Pickaninnies
Ten Pickaninnies21908HD
Imagine ten pickaninnies turned loose and on mischief bent. Farmer catches one leaving but Nine. Nine Happy Snowballs on a Swing elate. One gets...
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- 1899
Rifle Hill Signal Station near Frere Camp
Rifle Hill Signal Station near Frere Camp01899HD
Signalling from a British trench during the Boer war.
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- 1898
Funeral Procession of the Misericordia
Funeral Procession of the Misericordia4.51898HD
Black hooded pallbearers carry a coffin in a funeral procession in front of onlookers.
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- 1897
Firing the Maxim Gun
Firing the Maxim Gun51897HD
"Sir Hiram Maxim, in person, firing at targets with one of his latest type rapid-fire guns.
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- 1898
The Queen and the Queen Mother on the Palace Balcony Responding to the Call of the Populace (Coronation of Wilhelmina)
The Queen and the Queen Mother on the Palace Balcony Responding to the Call of the Populace (Coronation of Wilhelmina)01898HD
Queen Vilhelmina greeting the crowds after the coronation.
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- 1898
Pope Leo XIII Walking at Twilight, No. 1
Pope Leo XIII Walking at Twilight, No. 101898HD
The pope taking a twilight walk.
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- 1898
Charge of the Carabineers, Aldershot
Charge of the Carabineers, Aldershot11898HD
Film produced by William K. Dickson’s British Mutoscope and Biograph Company.
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- 1899
King John
King John4.91899HD
Based on Shakespeare's play, Act V, Scene vii: King John is in torment, and his supporters fear that his end is near. As he writhes in agony, he is...
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- 1894
Rats and Terrier No. 2
Rats and Terrier No. 211894HD
Sequel to Rats Killing from 1894
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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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