William K.L. Dickson Movies

Directed by W.K.L Dickson.

This advertisement shows a happy woman with her bicycle. A man rides up, sweaty from exertion, for his bike is much heavier than the woman's superior...

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 first movie audiences took particular delight in scenes of rushing, churning water. These scenes of Niagara Falls were taken in September 1896,...

A moving tour through lively turn-of-the-century Southampton.

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

Queen Wilhelmina arrives to the palace during her coronation.

A parade in the Vatican.

Two men with three lordships between them.

"Showing the wind-up of a political discussion. Dramatis personae: A Democrat, a Republican, a Bar Maid, and a Policeman."

Film by W.K.L. Dickson; Rounding a bend in the track, we behold Windsor Castle.

Many gondolas in Venice harbour with a fishing boat in the background

A London fire brigade springs into action.

Tracking shot across a bay showing a large number of fishing boats.

Nothing more novel than this picture could be shown to an American audience. The view was taken in the doorway of a peasant's hovel. The family, in...

Sailors disembarking on the beach in Scheveningen, Netherlands. Shot on 68 mm Mutoscope-Biograph.

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.

Naval ratings pulling along naval guns during the Boer War.

Pelicans being released for feeding into their enclosure at London Zoological Gardens.

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