William K.L. Dickson Movies

Two men with three lordships between them.

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

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

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

An abridged version of the tale of Rip Van Winkle, a lazy American man, who wanders off one day with his dog Wolf into the Kaatskill mountains where...

Directed by W.K.L Dickson.

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

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

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...

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

"A well-known oriental dancer in a dance du ventre to the music of a Turkish band."

Early Edison film.

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...

In a long, diaphanous skirt, held out by her hands with arms extended, Broadway dancer Annabelle Moore performs. Her dance emphasizes the movement of...

The first woman to appear in front of an Edison motion picture camera and possibly the first woman to appear in a motion picture within the United...

Backward tracking shot of a train going from Bushey, England, near the end of its journey to Euston.

William K.L. Dickson brings his hat from his one hand to the other and moves his head slightly, as a small nod toward the audience. This was the...

The pope taking a twilight walk.