William K.L. Dickson Movies

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

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

Film shot by W.K.L. Dickson at Maidenhead Junction, 1898.

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

One of the pictures to be seen in the machine, for example, was that of a blacksmith shop in which two men were working, one shoeing a horse, the...

The SS 'St. Louis' departs from Southampton Docks

"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...

An athlete demonstrating various poses.

A woman in a white gown performs a skirt dance, using her arms to produce circles and other patterns within the folds of her costume. Her legs and...

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

Sailors clamber up the rigging. Filmed at Portsmouth.

Lost film from 1894, directed by William K.L. Dickson.

Luis Martinetti, a contortionist suspended from acrobatic flying rings, contorts himself for about thirty seconds. This is one of the first films...

Strong-man Eugene Sandow flexes his muscles and strikes a few poses in front of a black background. This was a short film shot by William K.L....

Lee Martin, one of the cowboy stars in 'Buffalo Bill's Wild West', rides a bronco as a crowd looks on. While the horse is trying to throw Martin off...

Edison short.

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

Imagine ten pickaninnies turned loose and on mischief bent. Farmer catches one leaving but Nine. Nine Happy Snowballs on a Swing elate. One gets...

Mlle. Capitaine, the noted trapezist, performs daring feats on the flying bar. An early Edison short directed by W.K.L. Dickson, distinct from the...

Two gamecocks fight in the Edison Company film studio. This feature was remade later in the same year, with additional detail added.