William K.L. Dickson Movies

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

“A scene representing Southern plantation life before the war. A jig and a breakdown by three colored boys.”

The pursuit of Hop Lee by an irate policeman.

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

Early Edison short showing two men fencing.

An athlete demonstrating various poses.

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...

An abridged version of the tale of Rip Van Winkle, a lazy American man, who wanders off one day with his dog Wolf into the Kaatskill mountains where...

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...

"Firemen in working uniform, rubber coats, helmets, and boots. Thrilling rescue from burning building. Smoke effects are fine." - from the Edison...

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

“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...

Hiram Maxim shows off his machine gun.

Two gamecocks fight in the Edison Company film studio. This feature was remade later in the same year, with additional detail added.

One of the pictures to be seen in the machine, for example, was that of a blacksmith shop in which two men were working, one shoeing a horse, the...

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...

Early short film.