William K.L. Dickson Movies

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

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.

Reenactment of Jesus Christ with his cross.

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

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...

Several members of European Royalty, including the Duke and Duchess of York, and Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, seated round a tea-table in the grounds...

Experimental film fragment made with the Edison-Dickson-Heise experimental horizontal-feed kinetograph camera and viewer, using 3/4-inch wide film.

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

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

Many gondolas in Venice harbour with a fishing boat in the background

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

The busy Frederick Street in Berlin.

Annabelle (Whitford) Moore performs one of her popular dances. For this performance, her costume has a pair of wings attached to her back, to suggest...

Early Edison film.

Sequel to the Rats and Terrier series

The pope taking a twilight walk.

Young people dance the Tarantella