William K.L. Dickson Movies

A very amusing picture, showing a crowd of children and old folks disporting on a sand hill in one of the big public parks of Berlin. This picture is...

A group of monks in procession carrying a large crucifix in Vatican City, 1898.

In April the bloemencorso (flower parade) takes place in Haarlem in the Netherlands. This shot shows groups of carriages, festooned with flowers...

Pelicans being released for feeding into their enclosure at London Zoological Gardens.

Women bathing in a german bath.

The busy Frederick Street in Berlin.

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

Close shot of 4.7" naval gun pointing to the left with group of British naval ratings standing around it. The gun fires and the men run up to reload,...

After launching production in London Dickson traveled to the Continent; the first stop was Paris, where this restaging of a familiar Lumière...

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

This advertisement shows a happy woman with her bicycle. A man rides up, sweaty from exertion, for his bike is much heavier than the woman's superior...

A "gigantic demonstration of the Business Men's Republican and Sound Money Association" on 10/31/1896, opposing "Free Silver" Democrats in the...

"A well-known oriental dancer in a dance du ventre to the music of a Turkish band."

Thomas Edison's machinist, Fred Ott, holds a bird in his hand.

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

Queen Wilhelmina arrives to the palace during her coronation.

The pope resting.

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