William K.L. Dickson Movies

"This view was made at the Scheveningen Baths. It shows a number of bathers enjoying themselves in the surf. Several picturesque Holland boats are...

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

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

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

Two boxers miss their punches - until they don't.

Sequel to Rats Killing from 1894

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

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...

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.

Early short film.

The pope resting.

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

Many gondolas in Venice harbour with a fishing boat in the background

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

Sailors disembarking on the beach in Scheveningen, Netherlands. Shot on 68 mm Mutoscope-Biograph.

Probably the first video of a Pope: Leo XIII sits in his chair with guards and attendants, then blesses the viewers.

Film shot by W.K.L. Dickson at Maidenhead Junction, 1898.

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...