William K.L. Dickson Movies

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...

The pope taking a twilight walk.

"Said to be the Champion High Kicker of the World."

Nothing more novel than this picture could be shown to an American audience. The view was taken in the doorway of a peasant's hovel. The family, in...

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

A hand-colored ride along the Bangor-Conwy-Colwyn Bay railroad filmed from an express train from the London and North Western Railway; Stations,...

A moving tour through lively turn-of-the-century Southampton.

"In his characterization of Capt. Dreyfus and Emile Zola."

Early short film.

The famous army scout in an exhibition of rifle shooting. A fine picture of the principal, and beautiful smoke effects.

This scene of an African-American woman vigorously scrubbing a black baby was immensely popular with early audiences, and was featured on...

The boulevard in front of the Kurhaus, with pedestrians and a terrace.

"Many spectators who have viewed this picture on the Biograph have insisted that they have experienced the pangs of seasickness. The picture was...

A parade in the Vatican.

Naval ratings pulling along naval guns during the Boer War.

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

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

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

Early Edison film.

"A well-known character, in a dance that created considerable excitement when first introduced in America."