William K.L. Dickson Movies

A folk dance staged in the ruins of Pompeii. With the Arch of Tiberius in the near distance and Arch of Caligula in far distance. A troop of...

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

A moving tour through lively turn-of-the-century Southampton.

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

Backward tracking shot of a train going from Bushey, England, near the end of its journey to Euston.

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

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

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

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

Lost film from 1894, directed by William K.L. Dickson.

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...

Sequel to Rats and Terrier No. 2

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

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...

Sequel to Rats Killing from 1894

"This picture was taken from the front of a rapidly moving launch through one of the most beautiful stretches of the Grand Canal, showing many...

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

Windmills along the River Zaan.

Edison short.