William K.L. Dickson Filmes

Thomas Edison's machinist, Fred Ott, holds a bird in his hand.

Young people dance the Tarantella

Sailors disembarking on the beach in Scheveningen, Netherlands. Shot on 68 mm Mutoscope-Biograph.

Filmmaker WKL Dickson, one-time right hand man to Thomas Edison, the 'Wizard of Menlo Park', here captures an even greater eminence, Pope Leo XIII....

Early Edison film.

Two men box while standing on their hands

Champion Lasso Thrower Vicente Oropeza (aka. Vincente Ore Passo/Bisento Orapeso/Vincenti Orapazza) shows his skills.

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

Ambulances and British troops crossing the Tugela River over the pontoon bridge near Trichardt's Drift, during the British retreat from Spion Kop in...

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

Black hooded pallbearers carry a coffin in a funeral procession in front of onlookers.

A series of short black and white films from director William K.L. Dickson which chronicle the adventures of Rip Van Winkle.

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

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

Roma families eat, drink, dance, and play

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

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

Phantom train ride along the French Riviera in Monte Carlo, Monaco

Early short film.