William K.L. Dickson Movies

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

Backward tracking shot of a train going from Bushey, England, near the end of its journey to Euston.

King of the slack wire. His daring feats of balancing as he performs his thrilling feats in midair show that he is perfectly at home.

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...

Champion Lasso Thrower Vicente Oropeza (aka. Vincente Ore Passo/Bisento Orapeso/Vincenti Orapazza) shows his skills.

William K.L. Dickson brings his hat from his one hand to the other and moves his head slightly, as a small nod toward the audience. This was the...

Queen Wilhelmina arrives to the palace during her coronation.

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...

Edison short.

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

Eugen Sandow, who claims to be the strongest man in the world, appears in the Edison Company's film studio.

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

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

A single shot of a fleet of warships at sea, with a sunset sky superimposed from another sequence to complete the effect.

“Interior of Barber Shop. Man comes in, takes off his coat; sits down, smokes; is handed a paper by attendant, who points out a joke; both...

A British Mutoscope & Biograph production.

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...

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

This 1894 film depicts a staged “war council” featuring a group of Sioux men in traditional dress, seated in deliberation as Buffalo Bill...

A series of short black and white films from director William K.L. Dickson which chronicle the adventures of Rip Van Winkle.