William K.L. Dickson Movies

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

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

A very amusing picture, showing a crowd of children and old folks disporting on a sand hill in one of the big public parks of Berlin. This picture is...

Luis Martinetti, a contortionist suspended from acrobatic flying rings, contorts himself for about thirty seconds. This is one of the first films...

A charming representation of the Mikado dance by three beautiful Japanese ladies in full costume. Very effective when colored.

A lost film, directed by William K.L. Dickson about two men wrestling.

Phantom train ride along the French Riviera in Monte Carlo, Monaco

James J. Corbett and Peter Courtney meet in a boxing exhibition.

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

Experimental film that follows up on the results of "Monkeyshines, No. 1". Once again, an Edison company worker moves around in front of the motion...

Men run a training course

Lost film directed by William K.L. Dickson. Presented by Edison Manufacturing Company.

Three sisters dance the Mikado in this very early film from the Edison company.

A folk dance staged in the ruins of Pompeii. With the Arch of Tiberius in the near distance and Arch of Caligula in far distance. A troop of...

[DUPLICATE of the other 'Panoramic View of Frere Camp']

Queen Vilhelmina greeting the crowds after the coronation.

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