William K.L. Dickson Movies

The busy Frederick Street in Berlin.

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

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

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

The pursuit of Hop Lee by an irate policeman.

A lost film, directed by William K.L. Dickson about two men wrestling.

A hand-colored ride along the Bangor-Conwy-Colwyn Bay railroad filmed from an express train from the London and North Western Railway; Stations,...

"Firemen in working uniform, rubber coats, helmets, and boots. Thrilling rescue from burning building. Smoke effects are fine." - from the Edison...

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...

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

A group of monks in procession carrying a large crucifix in Vatican City, 1898.

William K.L. Dickson and William Heise shake hands in this early experimental film.

Early Edison film.

Sequel to the Rats and Terrier series

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.

From Edison films catalog: One of the most peculiar customs of the Sioux Tribe is here shown, the dancers being genuine Sioux Indians, in full war...

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