William K.L. Dickson Movies

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

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

The pope taking a twilight walk.

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

An African American family eats watermelons.

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

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

Short shot of the Bridge of Sighs in Venice with gondoliers

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

The pope resting.

Sequel to the Rats and Terrier series

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

Muskoka Lake District, Canada. Beautiful picture, showing a man casting a fly, getting a strike, and landing the trout.

"Showing the wind-up of a political discussion. Dramatis personae: A Democrat, a Republican, a Bar Maid, and a Policeman."

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...

Signalling from a British trench during the Boer war.

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."

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