William K.L. Dickson Movies

Film produced by William K. Dickson’s British Mutoscope and Biograph Company.

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...

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...

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

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...

Eugen Sandow, who claims to be the strongest man in the world, appears in the Edison Company's film studio.

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...

Roma families eat, drink, dance, and play

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...

A series of short black and white films from director William K.L. Dickson which chronicle the adventures of Rip Van Winkle.

Film produced by William K. Dickson’s British Mutoscope and Biograph Company.

In April the bloemencorso (flower parade) takes place in Haarlem in the Netherlands. This shot shows groups of carriages, festooned with flowers...

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...

Hiram Maxim shows off his machine gun.

Reenactment of Jesus Christ with his cross.

Black hooded pallbearers carry a coffin in a funeral procession in front of onlookers.

Showing the tapping of the furnace, and the running of the molten metal into the moulds at Elswick yard.

Naval ratings pulling along naval guns during the Boer War.