William K.L. Dickson Movies

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

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

A British Mutoscope & Biograph production.

"A company of little darkies showing off their paces to the music of the banjo."

Dan Leno and his wife celebrating the anniversary of their wedding day.

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

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

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

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

Scene from the second act of The Prince of Wales Theatre production.

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

Sailors clamber up the rigging. Filmed at Portsmouth.

Early Edison film.

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

Hiram Maxim shows off his machine gun.

An African American family eats watermelons.

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

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...

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...

Bears that are trained.