William K.L. Dickson Movies

Film shot by W.K.L. Dickson at Maidenhead Junction, 1898.

Short shot of the Bridge of Sighs in Venice with gondoliers

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...

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,...

Women bathing in a german bath.

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...

Sandow and Peerless Annabelle were the first performers filmed by the new American Mutoscope Co. Annabelle reprised her Butterfly Dance and several...

After launching production in London Dickson traveled to the Continent; the first stop was Paris, where this restaging of a familiar Lumière...

A woman in a white gown performs a skirt dance, using her arms to produce circles and other patterns within the folds of her costume. Her legs and...

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

This scene of an African-American woman vigorously scrubbing a black baby was immensely popular with early audiences, and was featured on...

Showing the tapping of the furnace, and the running of the molten metal into the moulds at Elswick yard.

The busy Frederick Street in Berlin.

“This view was taken upon Mr. McKinley's lawn at his home in Canton, Ohio. Mr. McKinley appears walking across the lawn in company with his...

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...

Bears that are trained.

A sweet little girl is seated in the bow of a life-boat feeding crackers to a magnificent St. Bernard dog, while a tabby cat dozes and blinks at her...

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...

Queen Wilhelmina arrives to the palace during her coronation.