William K.L. Dickson Movies

Phantom train ride along the French Riviera in Monte Carlo, Monaco

Single panning shot of the Grand Harbour, Valletta, Malta.

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

Champion Lasso Thrower Vicente Oropeza (aka. Vincente Ore Passo/Bisento Orapeso/Vincenti Orapazza) shows his skills.

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

A remix of Dickson's Annabelle Butterfly Dance with a modern score.

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...

"In his characterization of Capt. Dreyfus and Emile Zola."

A British Mutoscope & Biograph production.

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

Two gamecocks are fighting inside a wire cage, while two spectators look on in the background. The two men agree to make a bet on the outcome. One of...

Sequel to Rats and Terrier No. 2

"Showing the wind-up of a political discussion. Dramatis personae: A Democrat, a Republican, a Bar Maid, and a Policeman."

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

"Sir Hiram Maxim, in person, firing at targets with one of his latest type rapid-fire guns.

A moving tour through lively turn-of-the-century Southampton.

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

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

“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...

After launching production in London Dickson traveled to the Continent; the first stop was Paris, where this restaging of a familiar Lumière...