William K.L. Dickson Movies

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

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

An African American family eats watermelons.

Edison short.

The busy Frederick Street in Berlin.

James J. Corbett and Peter Courtney meet in a boxing exhibition.

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...

Military in Germany.

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

Phantom train ride along the French Riviera in Monte Carlo, Monaco

Naval ratings pulling along naval guns during the Boer War.

Early Edison film.

"Said to be the Champion High Kicker of the World."

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

Edison short.

Members of the 'Savage South Africa' troupe at Southampton Docks. The film shows a group of Africans (Zulus) in full tribal attire at Southampton...

A short of Mr. Grundy dancing. He's a Black man in a jockey outfit and there's someone in a horse costume dancing next to him.

Sequel to the Rats and Terrier series

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."