William K.L. Dickson Movies

Ambulances and British troops crossing the Tugela River over the pontoon bridge near Trichardt's Drift, during the British retreat from Spion Kop in...

Sailors practice rescuing someone who's fallen overboard.

A camera sits on top of a moving train, providing a panoramic view of Ealing (western London) as the train moves.

Edison short.

Sequel to Rats and Terrier No. 2

Roma families eat, drink, dance, and play

Scene represents section of the interior of a Chinese Opium Den.

This advertisement shows a happy woman with her bicycle. A man rides up, sweaty from exertion, for his bike is much heavier than the woman's superior...

Sailors clamber up the rigging. Filmed at Portsmouth.

This Victorian duel between knife-wielding women was taken from an existing stage production, thought to be the Drury Lane theatre melodrama 'Women...

Film by W.K.L. Dickson; Rounding a bend in the track, we behold Windsor Castle.

"An interesting picture of the great inter-collegiate eight-oared boat race of 1899. The picture is taken from the judge's boat, and shows the start...

Military subjects were consistent crowd-pleasers, and this film showing a near fatal accident was especially popular.

"A magnificent picture of the launching of the 'Oceanic,' which up to that time was the largest vessel ever floated. The view is taken from a pier...

Muskoka Lake District, Canada. Beautiful picture, showing a man casting a fly, getting a strike, and landing the trout.

Windmills along the River Zaan.

Military in Germany.

Nothing more novel than this picture could be shown to an American audience. The view was taken in the doorway of a peasant's hovel. The family, in...

"This picture was taken from the front of a rapidly moving launch through one of the most beautiful stretches of the Grand Canal, showing many...