William K.L. Dickson Movies

A remarkable picture in many ways. It shows a game between two expert English teams from the go-off to the making of a goal. The photographic effects...

Close shot of 4.7" naval gun pointing to the left with group of British naval ratings standing around it. The gun fires and the men run up to reload,...

Recovering from a severe illness (likely typhoid), W.K.L. Dickson received word from London that the audience's enthusiasm for the military was...

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

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

"Sir Hiram Maxim, in person, firing at targets with one of his latest type rapid-fire guns.

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...

A single shot of a fleet of warships at sea, with a sunset sky superimposed from another sequence to complete the effect.

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...

"Said to be the Champion High Kicker of the World."

Two gamecocks are fighting inside a wire cage, while two spectators look on in the background. The two men agree to make a bet on the outcome. One of...

Windmills along the River Zaan.

In April the bloemencorso (flower parade) takes place in Haarlem in the Netherlands. This shot shows groups of carriages, festooned with flowers...

Single panning shot of the Grand Harbour, Valletta, Malta.

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

A folk dance staged in the ruins of Pompeii. With the Arch of Tiberius in the near distance and Arch of Caligula in far distance. A troop of...

A hand-colored ride along the Bangor-Conwy-Colwyn Bay railroad filmed from an express train from the London and North Western Railway; Stations,...

Reenactment of Jesus Christ with his cross.

Hiram Maxim shows off his machine gun.