William K.L. Dickson Movies

Signalling from a British trench during the Boer war.

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...

Edison short.

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

Based on Shakespeare's play, Act V, Scene vii: King John is in torment, and his supporters fear that his end is near. As he writhes in agony, he is...

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....

Queen Vilhelmina greeting the crowds after the coronation.

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...

Scene represents section of the interior of a Chinese Opium Den.

“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...

Thomas Edison's machinist, Fred Ott, holds a bird in his hand.

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...

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

Lost film from 1894, directed by William K.L. Dickson.

Luis Martinetti, a contortionist suspended from acrobatic flying rings, contorts himself for about thirty seconds. This is one of the first films...

Experimental film that follows up on the results of "Monkeyshines, No. 1" and "Monkeyshines, No. 2". Once again, an Edison company worker moves...

Parade of guards during Queen Wilhelminas coronation.

Men run a training course

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

Annabelle Dances in William K.L. Dickson's 1894 short film