William K.L. Dickson Movies

A London fire brigade springs into action.

A beautiful view of one of the most celebrated spots in the French capital. A magnificent fountain is playing in the background of the picture, and...

Women bathing in a german bath.

Reenactment of Jesus Christ with his cross.

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

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

British officers (Royal Engineers) supervising repair work on a bridge at Frere, spanning the Blaauw Krantz River, South Africa, during the Boer War.

A group of monks in procession carrying a large crucifix in Vatican City, 1898.

"A fascinating, up-to-date dancing diversion by four pretty girls in stunning costumes."

"An interesting picture of the great inter-collegiate eight-oared boat race of 1899. The picture is taken from the judge's boat, and shows the start...

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

Parade of guards during Queen Wilhelminas coronation.

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

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

Windmills along the River Zaan.

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

Roma families eat, drink, dance, and play

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.

Sailors clamber up the rigging. Filmed at Portsmouth.

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