William K.L. Dickson Movies

Recovering from a severe illness (likely typhoid), W.K.L. Dickson received word from London that the audience's enthusiasm for the military was...

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...

Annabelle Dances in William K.L. Dickson's 1894 short film

Strong-man Eugene Sandow flexes his muscles and strikes a few poses in front of a black background. This was a short film shot by William K.L....

"A well-known character, in a dance that created considerable excitement when first introduced in America."

A scene from Charles Hoyt's 'A Milk White Flag': A brass band marches out, led by bandmaster Steele Ayers. When Ayers reaches his position, he turns...

One of the series gives successive pictures of an athlete in an unsuccessful attempt to turn a somersault. Everybody who has seen a boy perform this...

Sequel to Rats Killing from 1894

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

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

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

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

[DUPLICATE of the other 'Panoramic View of Frere Camp']

"Said to be the Champion High Kicker of the World."

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

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

Single shot of a column of Gordon Highlanders marching out of their camp at Ladysmith to meet General Buller's relief column.

Young people dance the Tarantella

"Many spectators who have viewed this picture on the Biograph have insisted that they have experienced the pangs of seasickness. The picture was...