William K.L. Dickson Movies

"A fascinating, up-to-date dancing diversion by four pretty girls in stunning costumes."

Sequel to Rats and Terrier No. 2

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...

Early short film.

Bears that are trained.

The Glenroy Brothers perform a portion of their vaudeville act, "The Comic View of Boxing: The Tramp & the Athlete".

Scene from the second act of The Prince of Wales Theatre production.

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

Annabelle (Whitford) Moore performs her popular serpentine dance routine. She twirls around, and as she does so, she uses her long skirts to create a...

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

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

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

One of the series gives successive pictures of an athlete in an unsuccessful attempt to turn a somersault. Everybody who has seen a boy perform this...

The famous army scout in an exhibition of rifle shooting. A fine picture of the principal, and beautiful smoke effects.

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...

A scene from Charles Hoyt's 'A Milk White Flag': A brass band marches out, led by bandmaster Steele Ayers. When Ayers reaches his position, he turns...

Taken in 1896 on the Boulevard (upper Broadway) on the occasion of a bicycle parade in the heyday of the wheeling craze. Old-fashioned horse cars...

Several members of European Royalty, including the Duke and Duchess of York, and Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, seated round a tea-table in the grounds...