William K.L. Dickson Movies

Experimental film made with the Edison-Dickson-Heise experimental horizontal-feed kinetograph camera and viewer, using 3/4-inch wide film. Film...

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...

Naval ratings pulling along naval guns during the Boer War.

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

"A magnificent picture of the launching of the 'Oceanic,' which up to that time was the largest vessel ever floated. The view is taken from a pier...

Several members of European Royalty, including the Duke and Duchess of York, and Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, seated round a tea-table in the grounds...

Reenactment of Jesus Christ with his cross.

A London fire brigade springs into action.

Miners at the Solvay Quarries leave their drilling machine to flee from a planned blast in the rock face. Split Rock, NY.

"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...

Early Edison short showing two men fencing.

Two gamecocks are fighting inside a wire cage, while two spectators look on in the background. The two men agree to make a bet on the outcome. One of...

Single panning shot of the Grand Harbour, Valletta, Malta.

"This picture was taken from the front of a rapidly moving launch through one of the most beautiful stretches of the Grand Canal, showing many...

Sandow and Peerless Annabelle were the first performers filmed by the new American Mutoscope Co. Annabelle reprised her Butterfly Dance and several...

Black hooded pallbearers carry a coffin in a funeral procession in front of onlookers.

Men run a training course

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

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,...

A camera sits on top of a moving train, providing a panoramic view of Ealing (western London) as the train moves.