William K.L. Dickson Movies

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

British officers (Royal Engineers) supervising repair work on a bridge at Frere, spanning the Blaauw Krantz River, South Africa, during the Boer War.

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

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

William K.L. Dickson and William Heise shake hands in this early experimental film.

Experimental film that follows up on the results of "Monkeyshines, No. 1" and "Monkeyshines, No. 2". Once again, an Edison company worker moves...

Hiram Maxim shows off his machine gun.

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

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

A group of monks in procession carrying a large crucifix in Vatican City, 1898.

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

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

This advertisement shows a happy woman with her bicycle. A man rides up, sweaty from exertion, for his bike is much heavier than the woman's superior...

"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...

One of the series gives successive pictures of an athlete in an unsuccessful attempt to turn a somersault. Everybody who has seen a boy perform this...

"Sir Hiram Maxim, in person, firing at targets with one of his latest type rapid-fire guns.

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

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

Hadji Cheriff, a performer known for a variety of unusual abilities, demonstrates part of his act in the Thomas Edison studio. He has a large knife...

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