William K.L. Dickson Movies

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

"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...

A lost film, directed by William K.L. Dickson about two men wrestling.

This Victorian duel between knife-wielding women was taken from an existing stage production, thought to be the Drury Lane theatre melodrama 'Women...

Sailors practice rescuing someone who's fallen overboard.

A short of Mr. Grundy dancing. He's a Black man in a jockey outfit and there's someone in a horse costume dancing next to him.

Queen Wilhelmina arrives to the palace during her coronation.

Taken in 1896 on the Boulevard (upper Broadway) on the occasion of a bicycle parade in the heyday of the wheeling craze. Old-fashioned horse cars...

Watched by crowds, Sir Redvers Buller, Lady Buller, the Mayor of Southampton and others walk along the gangway leading to the ship towards the...

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,...

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

Hiram Maxim shows off his machine gun.

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

A camera sits on top of a moving train, providing a panoramic view of Ealing (western London) as the train moves.

Ambulances and British troops crossing the Tugela River over the pontoon bridge near Trichardt's Drift, during the British retreat from Spion Kop in...

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

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...

The pope resting.

Black hooded pallbearers carry a coffin in a funeral procession in front of onlookers.