William K.L. Dickson Movies
- 1896
Rip Passing Over the Mountain
Rip Passing Over the Mountain4.3061896HD
- 1898
Launch of the Worthing Lifeboat Emerging from the Boathouse
Launch of the Worthing Lifeboat Emerging from the Boathouse01898HD
"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...
- 1894
Unsuccessful Somersault
Unsuccessful Somersault2.41894HD
One of the series gives successive pictures of an athlete in an unsuccessful attempt to turn a somersault. Everybody who has seen a boy perform this...
- 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".
- 1897
Hiram Maxim and His Quick-firing Gun
Hiram Maxim and His Quick-firing Gun5.51897HD
Hiram Maxim shows off his machine gun.
- 1894
Hadj Cheriff
Hadj Cheriff4.2891894HD
Hadji Cheriff, a performer known for a variety of unusual abilities, demonstrates part of his act in the Thomas Edison studio. He has a large knife...
- 1891
Dickson Greeting
Dickson Greeting4.91891HD
William K.L. Dickson brings his hat from his one hand to the other and moves his head slightly, as a small nod toward the audience. This was the...
- 1898
The Royal Procession from the Church after the Ceremony (Coronation of Wilhelmina)
The Royal Procession from the Church after the Ceremony (Coronation of Wilhelmina)01898HD
During Queen Vilhelminas coronation.
- 1898
Pope Leo XIII Carried through the Vatican Loggia on His Way to the Sistine Chapel
Pope Leo XIII Carried through the Vatican Loggia on His Way to the Sistine Chapel31898HD
Film produced by William K. Dickson’s British Mutoscope and Biograph Company.
- 1894
Souvenir Strip of the Edison Kinetoscope
Souvenir Strip of the Edison Kinetoscope4.91894HD
Eugen Sandow, who claims to be the strongest man in the world, appears in the Edison Company's film studio.
- 1896
McKinley at Home, Canton, Ohio
McKinley at Home, Canton, Ohio4.11896HD
“This view was taken upon Mr. McKinley's lawn at his home in Canton, Ohio. Mr. McKinley appears walking across the lawn in company with his...
- 1895
James Grundy, Buck and Wing
James Grundy, Buck and Wing1.51895HD
A short of Mr. Grundy dancing. He's a Black man in a jockey outfit and there's someone in a horse costume dancing next to him.
- 1908
Ten Pickaninnies
Ten Pickaninnies21908HD
Imagine ten pickaninnies turned loose and on mischief bent. Farmer catches one leaving but Nine. Nine Happy Snowballs on a Swing elate. One gets...
- 1894
The Hornbacker-Murphy Fight
The Hornbacker-Murphy Fight4.51894HD
A referee and five fans (including a waiter in his apron) look on as two young men box. The dark-haired, slightly taller boxer throws a right and the...
- 1891
Newark Athlete
Newark Athlete4.421891HD
Experimental film fragment made with the Edison-Dickson-Heise experimental horizontal-feed kinetograph camera and viewer, using 3/4-inch wide film.
- 1898
Funeral Procession of the Misericordia
Funeral Procession of the Misericordia4.51898HD
Black hooded pallbearers carry a coffin in a funeral procession in front of onlookers.
- 1970
Fatima
Fatima01970HD
"A well-known oriental dancer in a dance du ventre to the music of a Turkish band."
- 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.
- 1896
Sandow
Sandow5.11896HD
Strong-man Eugene Sandow flexes his muscles and strikes a few poses in front of a black background. This was a short film shot by William K.L....
- 1894
Trained Bears
Trained Bears1.51894HD
Bears that are trained.