William K.L. Dickson Movies

Sailors clamber up the rigging. Filmed at Portsmouth.

Queen Wilhelmina arrives to the palace during her coronation.

James J. Corbett and Peter Courtney meet in a boxing exhibition.

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

Close shot of 4.7" naval gun pointing to the left with group of British naval ratings standing around it. The gun fires and the men run up to reload,...

Signalling from a British trench during the Boer war.

Pelicans being released for feeding into their enclosure at London Zoological Gardens.

"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...

A short of Mr. Grundy dancing. He's a Black man in a jockey outfit and there's someone in a horse costume dancing next to him.

Edison short.

Hiram Maxim shows off his machine gun.

Roma families eat, drink, dance, and play

Queen Vilhelmina greeting the crowds after the coronation.

Former lightweight boxer Billy Edwards, now a trainer and writer of the sport, takes on a challenger named Warwick in an exhibition match. The match...

Film shot by W.K.L. Dickson at Maidenhead Junction, 1898.

"A company of little darkies showing off their paces to the music of the banjo."

Naval ratings pulling along naval guns during the Boer War.

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

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...

"A fascinating, up-to-date dancing diversion by four pretty girls in stunning costumes."