William K.L. Dickson Filmes

Queen Vilhelmina greeting the crowds after the coronation.

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

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

After launching production in London Dickson traveled to the Continent; the first stop was Paris, where this restaging of a familiar Lumière...

Miners at the Solvay Quarries leave their drilling machine to flee from a planned blast in the rock face. Split Rock, NY.

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

A camera sits on top of a moving train, providing a panoramic view of Ealing (western London) as the train moves.

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

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...

A very amusing picture, showing a crowd of children and old folks disporting on a sand hill in one of the big public parks of Berlin. This picture is...

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

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

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

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

Probably the first video of a Pope: Leo XIII sits in his chair with guards and attendants, then blesses the viewers.

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

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

Dan Leno and his wife celebrating the anniversary of their wedding day.

The first movie audiences took particular delight in scenes of rushing, churning water. These scenes of Niagara Falls were taken in September 1896,...