William K.L. Dickson Movies

This 1894 film depicts a staged “war council” featuring a group of Sioux men in traditional dress, seated in deliberation as Buffalo Bill...

“Interior of Barber Shop. Man comes in, takes off his coat; sits down, smokes; is handed a paper by attendant, who points out a joke; both...

Three sisters dance the Mikado in this very early film from the Edison company.

Two Mexican men duel with knives.

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

Two gamecocks fight in the Edison Company film studio. This feature was remade later in the same year, with additional detail added.

This scene of an African-American woman vigorously scrubbing a black baby was immensely popular with early audiences, and was featured on...

Experimental film that follows up on the results of "Monkeyshines, No. 1" and "Monkeyshines, No. 2". Once again, an Edison company worker moves...

Lost film from 1894, directed by William K.L. Dickson.

Military in Germany.

A single shot of a fleet of warships at sea, with a sunset sky superimposed from another sequence to complete the effect.

A "gigantic demonstration of the Business Men's Republican and Sound Money Association" on 10/31/1896, opposing "Free Silver" Democrats in the...

Tracking shot across a bay showing a large number of fishing boats.

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

An athlete demonstrating various poses.

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

Four men at work in a forge. The uses hammers and and anvil to beat metal.

Early short film.

Mr. Hurry-Up gets dressed in a rush, and then races down to breakfast. After a few quick bites and a couple gulps of coffee, he races out the door...

The busy Frederick Street in Berlin.