William K.L. Dickson Movies

Film shot by W.K.L. Dickson at Maidenhead Junction, 1898.

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

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...

Two gamecocks are fighting inside a wire cage, while two spectators look on in the background. The two men agree to make a bet on the outcome. One of...

A hand-colored ride along the Bangor-Conwy-Colwyn Bay railroad filmed from an express train from the London and North Western Railway; Stations,...

Sailors practice rescuing someone who's fallen overboard.

The pope resting.

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

Sequel to the Rats and Terrier series

Queen Vilhelminas coronation.

"A magnificent picture of the launching of the 'Oceanic,' which up to that time was the largest vessel ever floated. The view is taken from a pier...

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

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

Signalling from a British trench during the Boer war.

Champion Lasso Thrower Vicente Oropeza (aka. Vincente Ore Passo/Bisento Orapeso/Vincenti Orapazza) shows his skills.

"Showing the wind-up of a political discussion. Dramatis personae: A Democrat, a Republican, a Bar Maid, and a Policeman."

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

A remarkable picture in many ways. It shows a game between two expert English teams from the go-off to the making of a goal. The photographic effects...

A single shot of a fleet of warships at sea, with a sunset sky superimposed from another sequence to complete the effect.

Women bathing in a german bath.