William K.L. Dickson Movies

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

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

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

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

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

"Many spectators who have viewed this picture on the Biograph have insisted that they have experienced the pangs of seasickness. The picture was...

"A magnificent picture of the launching of the 'Oceanic,' which up to that time was the largest vessel ever floated. The view is taken from a pier...

"A well-known character, in a dance that created considerable excitement when first introduced in America."

Scene represents section of the interior of a Chinese Opium Den.

[DUPLICATE of the other 'Panoramic View of Frere Camp']

Match boy saves mother and baby from drunken husband.

Sequel to Rats Killing from 1894

A camera sits on top of a moving train, providing a panoramic view of Ealing (western London) as the train moves.

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

A sweet little girl is seated in the bow of a life-boat feeding crackers to a magnificent St. Bernard dog, while a tabby cat dozes and blinks at her...

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

Reenactment of Jesus Christ with his cross.

Experimental film made with the Edison-Dickson-Heise experimental horizontal-feed kinetograph camera and viewer, using 3/4-inch wide film. Film...

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

An amusing picture showing a quarrel between an elderly husband and his young wife, and a joyful reconciliation.