William K.L. Dickson Movies
- 1899
Away Aloft
Away Aloft41899HD
Sailors clamber up the rigging. Filmed at Portsmouth.
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- 1898
Scheveningen, Dutch Fishing Boats
Scheveningen, Dutch Fishing Boats6.31898HD
Sailors disembarking on the beach in Scheveningen, Netherlands. Shot on 68 mm Mutoscope-Biograph.
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- 1900
Gordon Highlanders in Ladysmith
Gordon Highlanders in Ladysmith51900HD
Single shot of a column of Gordon Highlanders marching out of their camp at Ladysmith to meet General Buller's relief column.
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- 1899
Repairing the Broken Bridge at Frere
Repairing the Broken Bridge at Frere01899HD
British officers (Royal Engineers) supervising repair work on a bridge at Frere, spanning the Blaauw Krantz River, South Africa, during the Boer War.
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- 1898
He and She
He and She11898HD
An amusing picture showing a quarrel between an elderly husband and his young wife, and a joyful reconciliation.
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- 1894
The Pickaninny Dance from the “Passing Show”
The Pickaninny Dance from the “Passing Show”41894HD
“A scene representing Southern plantation life before the war. A jig and a breakdown by three colored boys.”
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- 1895
Billy Edwards and the Unknown
Billy Edwards and the Unknown3.61895HD
Former lightweight boxer Billy Edwards, now a trainer and writer of the sport, takes on a challenger named Warwick in an exhibition match. The match...
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- 1898
The Royal Procession from the Church after the Ceremony (Coronation of Wilhelmina)
The Royal Procession from the Church after the Ceremony (Coronation of Wilhelmina)01898HD
During Queen Vilhelminas coronation.
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- 1899
Naval Guns Firing at Colenso
Naval Guns Firing at Colenso01899HD
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,...
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- 1898
Pope Leo XIII Carried through the Vatican Loggia on His Way to the Sistine Chapel
Pope Leo XIII Carried through the Vatican Loggia on His Way to the Sistine Chapel31898HD
Film produced by William K. Dickson’s British Mutoscope and Biograph Company.
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- 1899
In a German Bath
In a German Bath61899HD
Women bathing in a german bath.
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- 1898
Duel to the Death
Duel to the Death71898HD
This Victorian duel between knife-wielding women was taken from an existing stage production, thought to be the Drury Lane theatre melodrama 'Women...
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- 1891
Newark athlete. [No. 2]
Newark athlete. [No. 2]4.51891HD
Experimental film made with the Edison-Dickson-Heise experimental horizontal-feed kinetograph camera and viewer, using 3/4-inch wide film. Film...
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- 1902
Rudge-Whitworth – Britain’s Best Bicycle
Rudge-Whitworth – Britain’s Best Bicycle51902HD
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...
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- 1896
View on Boulevard, New York City
View on Boulevard, New York City41896HD
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...
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- 1898
Review of the Royal Netherland Guards in the Costumes of the Middle Ages (Coronation of Wilhelmina Guard of Honor)
Review of the Royal Netherland Guards in the Costumes of the Middle Ages (Coronation of Wilhelmina Guard of Honor)01898HD
Parade of guards during Queen Wilhelminas coronation.
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- 1898
The Vatican Military Guard, Consisting of a Detachment of Noble Guards, Commanded by Count Pecci, Followed by a Palatine Guard of Honour, Swiss Guard, Gendarmes and Fire Brigade
The Vatican Military Guard, Consisting of a Detachment of Noble Guards, Commanded by Count Pecci, Followed by a Palatine Guard of Honour, Swiss Guard, Gendarmes and Fire Brigade01898HD
A parade in the Vatican.
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- 1898
Military Exercise - Aldershot
Military Exercise - Aldershot01898HD
Military subjects were consistent crowd-pleasers, and this film showing a near fatal accident was especially popular.
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- 1894
A Bar Room Scene
A Bar Room Scene11894HD
"Showing the wind-up of a political discussion. Dramatis personae: A Democrat, a Republican, a Bar Maid, and a Policeman."
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- 1898
Corpus Christi Procession, Orvieto
Corpus Christi Procession, Orvieto21898HD
Reenactment of Jesus Christ with his cross.
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