William K.L. Dickson Movies

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

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

Bears that are trained.

Men run a training course

The SS 'St. Louis' departs from Southampton Docks

Nothing more novel than this picture could be shown to an American audience. The view was taken in the doorway of a peasant's hovel. The family, in...

An African American family eats watermelons.

Hiram Maxim shows off his machine gun.

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 Rats and Terrier No. 2

"The Worthing Station is some distance from the shore, and whenever there is a wreck the life-boat is dragged to the scene on a huge truck drawn by...

Scene from the second act of The Prince of Wales Theatre production.

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

Roma families eat, drink, dance, and play

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

From Wikipedia: Sua Santità papa Leone XIII (Italian for "His Holiness Pope Leo XIII") is an 1898 short film directed by William Kennedy...

A remarkable picture in many ways. It shows a game between two expert English teams from the go-off to the making of a goal. The photographic effects...

Sailors practice rescuing someone who's fallen overboard.

Queen Vilhelminas coronation.

Sequel to Rats Killing from 1894