William K.L. Dickson Movies

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

A British Mutoscope & Biograph production.

One of the pictures to be seen in the machine, for example, was that of a blacksmith shop in which two men were working, one shoeing a horse, the...

In April the bloemencorso (flower parade) takes place in Haarlem in the Netherlands. This shot shows groups of carriages, festooned with flowers...

The SS 'St. Louis' departs from Southampton Docks

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...

Filmmaker WKL Dickson, one-time right hand man to Thomas Edison, the 'Wizard of Menlo Park', here captures an even greater eminence, Pope Leo XIII....

"Sir Hiram Maxim, in person, firing at targets with one of his latest type rapid-fire guns.

“A scene representing Southern plantation life before the war. A jig and a breakdown by three colored boys.”

Part of the 'Giant Postcards' series, a filmed entr'acte screened during the play 'De Nieuwe Prikkel' by August Reyding. Camilla and Roland take the...

Single panning shot of the Grand Harbour, Valletta, Malta.

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

Signalling from a British trench during the Boer war.

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,...

The pope taking a twilight walk.

"This picture was taken from the front of a rapidly moving launch through one of the most beautiful stretches of the Grand Canal, showing many...

A short Edison Black Maria studio film featuring famed sharpshooter Annie Oakley, known as “Little Sure Shot.” Born Phoebe Ann Oakley...

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...