William K.L. Dickson Movies

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

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

Sandow and Peerless Annabelle were the first performers filmed by the new American Mutoscope Co. Annabelle reprised her Butterfly Dance and several...

Edison short.

Edison short.

A London fire brigade springs into action.

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

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

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

"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...

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

"A fascinating, up-to-date dancing diversion by four pretty girls in stunning costumes."

Short shot of the Bridge of Sighs in Venice with gondoliers

"This view was made at the Scheveningen Baths. It shows a number of bathers enjoying themselves in the surf. Several picturesque Holland boats are...

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

"Sir Hiram Maxim, in person, firing at targets with one of his latest type rapid-fire guns.

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

Two boxers miss their punches - until they don't.

"Said to be the Champion High Kicker of the World."

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