William K.L. Dickson Movies

Annabelle Dances in William K.L. Dickson's 1894 short film

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

“A scene representing Southern plantation life before the war. A jig and a breakdown by three colored boys.”

The pope taking a twilight walk.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ambulances and British troops crossing the Tugela River over the pontoon bridge near Trichardt's Drift, during the British retreat from Spion Kop in...

Taken in 1896 on the Boulevard (upper Broadway) on the occasion of a bicycle parade in the heyday of the wheeling craze. Old-fashioned horse cars...

Lost film directed by William K.L. Dickson. Presented by Edison Manufacturing Company.

"Firemen in working uniform, rubber coats, helmets, and boots. Thrilling rescue from burning building. Smoke effects are fine." - from the Edison...

A series of short black and white films from director William K.L. Dickson which chronicle the adventures of Rip Van Winkle.

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

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