William K.L. Dickson Movies

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

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,...

Queen Wilhelmina arrives to the palace during her coronation.

Two Mexican men duel with knives.

The pope taking a twilight walk.

King of the slack wire. His daring feats of balancing as he performs his thrilling feats in midair show that he is perfectly at home.

A group of monks in procession carrying a large crucifix in Vatican City, 1898.

Early short film.

A camera sits on top of a moving train, providing a panoramic view of Ealing (western London) as the train moves.

A woman in a white gown performs a skirt dance, using her arms to produce circles and other patterns within the folds of her costume. Her legs and...

Naval ratings pulling along naval guns during the Boer War.

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

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

Queen Vilhelmina greeting the crowds after the coronation.

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

Edison short.

Many gondolas in Venice harbour with a fishing boat in the background

"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...

Windmills along the River Zaan.