William K.L. Dickson Movies

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

Sailors clamber up the rigging. Filmed at Portsmouth.

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

Reenactment of Jesus Christ with his cross.

Sailors practice rescuing someone who's fallen overboard.

"The Worthing Station is some distance from the shore, and whenever there is a wreck the life-boat is dragged to the scene on a huge truck drawn by...

Roma families eat, drink, dance, and play

Carriages carrying Queen Wilhelmina arrive in Amsterdam

A London fire brigade springs into action.

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

"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...

Recovering from a severe illness (likely typhoid), W.K.L. Dickson received word from London that the audience's enthusiasm for the military was...

A remarkable picture in many ways. It shows a game between two expert English teams from the go-off to the making of a goal. The photographic effects...

From Wikipedia: Sua Santità papa Leone XIII (Italian for "His Holiness Pope Leo XIII") is an 1898 short film directed by William Kennedy...

In April the bloemencorso (flower parade) takes place in Haarlem in the Netherlands. This shot shows groups of carriages, festooned with flowers...

After launching production in London Dickson traveled to the Continent; the first stop was Paris, where this restaging of a familiar Lumière...

A "gigantic demonstration of the Business Men's Republican and Sound Money Association" on 10/31/1896, opposing "Free Silver" Democrats in the...

"A well-known oriental dancer in a dance du ventre to the music of a Turkish band."

Queen Wilhelmina arrives to the palace during her coronation.

The pope resting.