William K.L. Dickson Movies

Sailors practice rescuing someone who's fallen overboard.

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

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

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

Sailors disembarking on the beach in Scheveningen, Netherlands. Shot on 68 mm Mutoscope-Biograph.

Sailors clamber up the rigging. Filmed at Portsmouth.

The busy Frederick Street in Berlin.

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

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

Edison short.

Short shot of the Bridge of Sighs in Venice with gondoliers

Military in Germany.

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

"This view was made at the Scheveningen Baths. It shows a number of bathers enjoying themselves in the surf. Several picturesque Holland boats are...

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

Edison short.

Former lightweight boxer Billy Edwards, now a trainer and writer of the sport, takes on a challenger named Warwick in an exhibition match. The match...

A referee and five fans (including a waiter in his apron) look on as two young men box. The dark-haired, slightly taller boxer throws a right and the...

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