William K.L. Dickson Movies

Based on Shakespeare's play, Act V, Scene vii: King John is in torment, and his supporters fear that his end is near. As he writhes in agony, he is...

"Firemen in working uniform, rubber coats, helmets, and boots. Thrilling rescue from burning building. Smoke effects are fine." - from the Edison...

Showing the tapping of the furnace, and the running of the molten metal into the moulds at Elswick yard.

Tracking shot across a bay showing a large number of fishing boats.

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

Military in Germany.

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

A London fire brigade springs into action.

The first movie audiences took particular delight in scenes of rushing, churning water. These scenes of Niagara Falls were taken in September 1896,...

Lost film from 1894, directed by William K.L. Dickson.

Carriages carrying Queen Wilhelmina arrive in Amsterdam

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....

Early Edison film.

Two boxers miss their punches - until they don't.

Sequel to Rats and Terrier No. 2

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

Single shot of a column of Gordon Highlanders marching out of their camp at Ladysmith to meet General Buller's relief column.

An African American family eats watermelons.