William K.L. Dickson Movies

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

Lee Martin, one of the cowboy stars in 'Buffalo Bill's Wild West', rides a bronco as a crowd looks on. While the horse is trying to throw Martin off...

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...

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...

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

William K.L. Dickson and William Heise shake hands in this early experimental film.

Experimental film fragment made with the Edison-Dickson-Heise experimental horizontal-feed kinetograph camera and viewer, using 3/4-inch wide film.

An abridged version of the tale of Rip Van Winkle, a lazy American man, who wanders off one day with his dog Wolf into the Kaatskill mountains where...

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

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

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...

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

"A well-known character, in a dance that created considerable excitement when first introduced in America."

Two men box while standing on their hands

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

The SS 'St. Louis' departs from Southampton Docks

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...

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