William K.L. Dickson Movies

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

Members of the 'Savage South Africa' troupe at Southampton Docks. The film shows a group of Africans (Zulus) in full tribal attire at Southampton...

A short of Mr. Grundy dancing. He's a Black man in a jockey outfit and there's someone in a horse costume dancing next to him.

A moving tour through lively turn-of-the-century Southampton.

Pelicans being released for feeding into their enclosure at London Zoological Gardens.

A sweet little girl is seated in the bow of a life-boat feeding crackers to a magnificent St. Bernard dog, while a tabby cat dozes and blinks at her...

"In his characterization of Capt. Dreyfus and Emile Zola."

"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.

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

A remix of Dickson's Annabelle Butterfly Dance with a modern score.

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

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

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

From Wikipedia: Sua Santità papa Leone XIII (Italian for "His Holiness Pope Leo XIII") is an 1898 short film directed by William Kennedy...

Parade of guards during Queen Wilhelminas coronation.

Sandow and Peerless Annabelle were the first performers filmed by the new American Mutoscope Co. Annabelle reprised her Butterfly Dance and several...

Reenactment of Jesus Christ with his cross.

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...

Sailors clamber up the rigging. Filmed at Portsmouth.