William K.L. Dickson Movies

Sequel to Rats Killing from 1894

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

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

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

Filmmaker WKL Dickson, one-time right hand man to Thomas Edison, the 'Wizard of Menlo Park', here captures an even greater eminence, Pope Leo XIII....

Sailors practice rescuing someone who's fallen overboard.

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,...

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

Three sisters dance the Mikado in this very early film from the Edison 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...

"A well-known character, in a dance that created considerable excitement when first introduced in America."

Men run a training course

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

The SS 'St. Louis' departs from Southampton Docks

Bears that are trained.

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

Naval ratings pulling along naval guns during the Boer War.

Phantom train ride along the French Riviera in Monte Carlo, Monaco

DUPLICATE of Countryside Near Amsterdam? [A draught-dog, unwilling to do its work, lets its load fall into the water.]