William K.L. Dickson Movies

"Firemen in working uniform, rubber coats, helmets, and boots. Thrilling rescue from burning building. Smoke effects are fine." - from the Edison...

A lost film, directed by William K.L. Dickson about two men wrestling.

One of the pictures to be seen in the machine, for example, was that of a blacksmith shop in which two men were working, one shoeing a horse, the...

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

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

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.

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

Two boxers miss their punches - until they don't.

A remarkable picture in many ways. It shows a game between two expert English teams from the go-off to the making of a goal. The photographic effects...

Sequel to Rats and Terrier No. 2

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

Long before Hollywood started painting white men red and dressing them as 'Injuns' Edison's company was using the genuine article! Featuring for what...

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

Military in Germany.

Match boy saves mother and baby from drunken husband.

Two men with three lordships between them.

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

William K.L. Dickson brings his hat from his one hand to the other and moves his head slightly, as a small nod toward the audience. This was the...

Early Edison short showing two men fencing.

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