William K.L. Dickson Movies
- 1894
Chinese Opium Den
Chinese Opium Den3.11894HD
Lost film from 1894, directed by William K.L. Dickson.
- 1894
Dickson Experimental Sound Film
Dickson Experimental Sound Film6.0871894HD
William K.L. Dickson plays the violin while two men dance. This is the oldest surviving sound film where sound is recorded on the phonograph.
- 1893
Blacksmithing Scene
Blacksmithing Scene5.5521893HD
Three men hammer on an anvil and pass a bottle of beer around. Notable for being the first film in which a scene is being acted out.
- 1894
Leonard-Cushing Fight
Leonard-Cushing Fight5.1461894HD
In the background, five fans lean on the ropes looking into the ring. The referee is to the left; like the fans, he hardly moves as two fighters...
- 1894
The Cock Fight
The Cock Fight3.7811894HD
Two gamecocks fight in the Edison Company film studio. This feature was remade later in the same year, with additional detail added.
- 1898
Scheveningen, Dutch Fishing Boats
Scheveningen, Dutch Fishing Boats6.3331898HD
Sailors disembarking on the beach in Scheveningen, Netherlands. Shot on 68 mm Mutoscope-Biograph.
- 1894
Caicedo (with Pole)
Caicedo (with Pole)61894HD
King of the slack wire. His daring feats of balancing as he performs his thrilling feats in midair show that he is perfectly at home.
- 1894
Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph
Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph4.91894HD
James J. Corbett and Peter Courtney meet in a boxing exhibition.
- 1896
Exit of Rip and the Dwarf
Exit of Rip and the Dwarf4.2261896HD
A series of short black and white films from director William K.L. Dickson which chronicle the adventures of Rip Van Winkle.
- 1892
Man on Parallel Bars
Man on Parallel Bars2.61892HD
Lost film directed by William K.L. Dickson. Presented by Edison Manufacturing Company.
- 1894
Carmencita
Carmencita5.1821894HD
The first woman to appear in front of an Edison motion picture camera and possibly the first woman to appear in a motion picture within the United...
- 1898
The Queen and the Queen Mother on the Palace Balcony Responding to the Call of the Populace (Coronation of Wilhelmina)
The Queen and the Queen Mother on the Palace Balcony Responding to the Call of the Populace (Coronation of Wilhelmina)01898HD
Queen Vilhelmina greeting the crowds after the coronation.
- 1898
Pope Leo XIII Leaving Carriage and Being Ushered Into Garden, No. 104
Pope Leo XIII Leaving Carriage and Being Ushered Into Garden, No. 1044.81898HD
Film produced by William K. Dickson’s British Mutoscope and Biograph Company.
- 1898
The Vatican Military Guard, Consisting of a Detachment of Noble Guards, Commanded by Count Pecci, Followed by a Palatine Guard of Honour, Swiss Guard, Gendarmes and Fire Brigade
The Vatican Military Guard, Consisting of a Detachment of Noble Guards, Commanded by Count Pecci, Followed by a Palatine Guard of Honour, Swiss Guard, Gendarmes and Fire Brigade01898HD
A parade in the Vatican.
- 1890
Monkeyshines, No. 1
Monkeyshines, No. 14.881890HD
Experimental film made to test the original cylinder format of the Kinetoscope and believed to be the first film shot in the United States. It shows...
- 1894
Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze
Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze4.8471894HD
A man (Thomas Edison's assistant) takes a pinch of snuff and sneezes. This is one of the earliest Thomas Edison films and was the second motion...
- 1894
Annabelle Sun Dance
Annabelle Sun Dance4.21894HD
Annabelle Dances in William K.L. Dickson's 1894 short film
- 1893
Horse Shoeing
Horse Shoeing2.71893HD
One of the pictures to be seen in the machine, for example, was that of a blacksmith shop in which two men were working, one shoeing a horse, the...
- 1894
Glenroy Brothers (Comic Boxing)
Glenroy Brothers (Comic Boxing)4.7881894HD
The Glenroy Brothers perform a portion of their vaudeville act, "The Comic View of Boxing: The Tramp & the Athlete", which depicts a boxer with a...
- 1894
Glenroy Bros., No. 2
Glenroy Bros., No. 24.71894HD
The Glenroy Brothers perform a portion of their vaudeville act, "The Comic View of Boxing: The Tramp & the Athlete".