William K.L. Dickson Movies

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

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...

Men run a training course

Short shot of the Bridge of Sighs in Venice with gondoliers

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,...

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

Filmmaker WKL Dickson, one-time right hand man to Thomas Edison, the 'Wizard of Menlo Park', here captures an even greater eminence, Pope Leo XIII....

Two men box while standing on their hands

"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...

An African American family eats watermelons.

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

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

Early Edison film.

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

A London fire brigade springs into action.

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

Bears that are trained.

Early short film.

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

Roma families eat, drink, dance, and play