William K.L. Dickson Movies

A British Mutoscope & Biograph production.

Watched by crowds, Sir Redvers Buller, Lady Buller, the Mayor of Southampton and others walk along the gangway leading to the ship towards the...

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

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

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

Muskoka Lake District, Canada. Beautiful picture, showing a man casting a fly, getting a strike, and landing the trout.

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...

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...

Queen Wilhelmina arrives to the palace during her coronation.

Military subjects were consistent crowd-pleasers, and this film showing a near fatal accident was especially popular.

"Showing the wind-up of a political discussion. Dramatis personae: A Democrat, a Republican, a Bar Maid, and a Policeman."

Men run a training course

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

A London fire brigade springs into action.

A beautiful view of one of the most celebrated spots in the French capital. A magnificent fountain is playing in the background of the picture, and...

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

Naval ratings pulling along naval guns during the Boer War.

Signalling from a British trench during the Boer war.

A single shot of a fleet of warships at sea, with a sunset sky superimposed from another sequence to complete the effect.

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