William K.L. Dickson Movies

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

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

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

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

Part of the 'Giant Postcards' series, a filmed entr'acte screened during the play 'De Nieuwe Prikkel' by August Reyding. Camilla and Roland take the...

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

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

Edison short.

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

Early Edison film.

An amusing picture showing a quarrel between an elderly husband and his young wife, and a joyful reconciliation.

Single shot of a column of Gordon Highlanders marching out of their camp at Ladysmith to meet General Buller's relief column.

During Queen Vilhelminas coronation.

Sequel to Rats Killing from 1894

Three sisters dance the Mikado in this very early film from the Edison company.

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...

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

Military subjects were consistent crowd-pleasers, and this film showing a near fatal accident was especially popular.