William K.L. Dickson Movies

1902
Rudge-Whitworth – Britain’s Best Bicycle
Rudge-Whitworth – Britain’s Best Bicycle
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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...
1898
Pelicans at the Zoo
Pelicans at the Zoo
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Pelicans being released for feeding into their enclosure at London Zoological Gardens.
1900
Ladysmith – Naval Brigade Dragging 4.7 Guns into Ladysmith
Ladysmith – Naval Brigade Dragging 4.7 Guns into Ladysmith
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Naval ratings pulling along naval guns during the Boer War.
1894
Annabelle Sun Dance
Annabelle Sun Dance
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Annabelle Dances in William K.L. Dickson's 1894 short film
1898
A Blast at the Solvay Quarries
A Blast at the Solvay Quarries
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Miners at the Solvay Quarries leave their drilling machine to flee from a planned blast in the rock face. Split Rock, NY.
1890
Monkeyshines, No. 1
Monkeyshines, No. 1
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Experimental film made to test the original cylinder format of the Kinetoscope and believed to be the first film shot in the United States. It shows...
1898
A Tug in a Heavy Sea
A Tug in a Heavy Sea
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"Many spectators who have viewed this picture on the Biograph have insisted that they have experienced the pangs of seasickness. The picture was...
1897
Hiram Maxim and His Quick-firing Gun
Hiram Maxim and His Quick-firing Gun
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Hiram Maxim shows off his machine gun.
1897
Afternoon Tea in the Gardens of Clarence House
Afternoon Tea in the Gardens of Clarence House
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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...
1894
Carmencita
Carmencita
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The first woman to appear in front of an Edison motion picture camera and possibly the first woman to appear in a motion picture within the United...
1894
Rats and Terrier No. 2
Rats and Terrier No. 2
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Sequel to Rats Killing from 1894
1896
American Falls from Goat Island
American Falls from Goat Island
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The first movie audiences took particular delight in scenes of rushing, churning water. These scenes of Niagara Falls were taken in September 1896,...
1899
Rifle Hill Signal Station near Frere Camp
Rifle Hill Signal Station near Frere Camp
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Signalling from a British trench during the Boer war.
1902
An Obstinate Cork
An Obstinate Cork
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Dan Leno and his wife celebrating the anniversary of their wedding day.
1896
View on Boulevard, New York City
View on Boulevard, New York City
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Taken in 1896 on the Boulevard (upper Broadway) on the occasion of a bicycle parade in the heyday of the wheeling craze. Old-fashioned horse cars...
1898
Irish Mail – L.& N.W. Railway – Taking up Water at Full Speed
Irish Mail – L.& N.W. Railway – Taking up Water at Full Speed
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Backward tracking shot of a train going from Bushey, England, near the end of its journey to Euston.
1899
The Lane on Sunday Morning
The Lane on Sunday Morning
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Film produced by William K. Dickson’s British Mutoscope and Biograph Company.
1899
Repairing the Broken Bridge at Frere
Repairing the Broken Bridge at Frere
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British officers (Royal Engineers) supervising repair work on a bridge at Frere, spanning the Blaauw Krantz River, South Africa, during the Boer War.
1894
Band Drill
Band Drill
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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...
1898
Pope Leo XIII Being Seated Bestowing Blessing
Pope Leo XIII Being Seated Bestowing Blessing
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Probably the first video of a Pope: Leo XIII sits in his chair with guards and attendants, then blesses the viewers.