William K.L. Dickson Movies

Lost film directed by William K.L. Dickson. Presented by Edison Manufacturing Company.

"This view was made at the Scheveningen Baths. It shows a number of bathers enjoying themselves in the surf. Several picturesque Holland boats are...

Lost film from 1894, directed by William K.L. Dickson.

Luis Martinetti, a contortionist suspended from acrobatic flying rings, contorts himself for about thirty seconds. This is one of the first films...

Four men at work in a forge. The uses hammers and and anvil to beat metal.

Hiram Maxim shows off his machine gun.

Mlle. Capitaine, the noted trapezist, performs daring feats on the flying bar. An early Edison short directed by W.K.L. Dickson, distinct from the...

Experimental film made with the Edison-Dickson-Heise experimental horizontal-feed kinetograph camera and viewer, using 3/4-inch wide film. Film...

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

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

Two gamecocks fight in the Edison Company film studio. This feature was remade later in the same year, with additional detail added.

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

Roma families eat, drink, dance, and play

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,...

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

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

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

Men run a training course

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