William K.L. Dickson Movies

1894
Band Drill
Band Drill
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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...
1895
Billy Edwards and the Unknown
Billy Edwards and the Unknown
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Former lightweight boxer Billy Edwards, now a trainer and writer of the sport, takes on a challenger named Warwick in an exhibition match. The match...
1899
In a German Bath
In a German Bath
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Women bathing in a german bath.
1890
Monkeyshines, No. 3
Monkeyshines, No. 3
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Experimental film that follows up on the results of "Monkeyshines, No. 1" and "Monkeyshines, No. 2". Once again, an Edison company worker moves...
1897
Hiram Maxim and His Quick-firing Gun
Hiram Maxim and His Quick-firing Gun
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Hiram Maxim shows off his machine gun.
1896
Rip's Twenty Years' Sleep
Rip's Twenty Years' Sleep
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1898
Pope Leo XIII Leaving Carriage and Being Ushered Into Garden, No. 104
Pope Leo XIII Leaving Carriage and Being Ushered Into Garden, No. 104
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Film produced by William K. Dickson’s British Mutoscope and Biograph Company.
1900
Battleship Odin Firing All Her Guns
Battleship Odin Firing All Her Guns
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Film produced by William K. Dickson’s British Mutoscope and Biograph Company.
1898
Irish Mail – L.& N.W. Railway – Taking up Water at Full Speed
Irish Mail – L.& N.W. Railway – Taking up Water at Full Speed
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Backward tracking shot of a train going from Bushey, England, near the end of its journey to Euston.
1898
From War to Peace: First Departure of S.S. 'St. Louis' from Southampton
From War to Peace: First Departure of S.S. 'St. Louis' from Southampton
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The SS 'St. Louis' departs from Southampton Docks
1894
Annabelle Sun Dance
Annabelle Sun Dance
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Annabelle Dances in William K.L. Dickson's 1894 short film
1894
The Pickaninny Dance from the “Passing Show”
The Pickaninny Dance from the “Passing Show”
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“A scene representing Southern plantation life before the war. A jig and a breakdown by three colored boys.”
1894
Indian War Council
Indian War Council
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Edison short.
1898
Launch of the Worthing Lifeboat Emerging from the Boathouse
Launch of the Worthing Lifeboat Emerging from the Boathouse
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"The Worthing Station is some distance from the shore, and whenever there is a wreck the life-boat is dragged to the scene on a huge truck drawn by...
1898
Review of the Royal Netherland Guards in the Costumes of the Middle Ages (Coronation of Wilhelmina Guard of Honor)
Review of the Royal Netherland Guards in the Costumes of the Middle Ages (Coronation of Wilhelmina Guard of Honor)
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Parade of guards during Queen Wilhelminas coronation.
1898
The Royal Procession to the Church before the Ceremony (Coronation of Wilhelmina)
The Royal Procession to the Church before the Ceremony (Coronation of Wilhelmina)
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Queen Vilhelminas coronation.
1900
Tram Journey through Southampton
Tram Journey through Southampton
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A moving tour through lively turn-of-the-century Southampton.
1899
Repairing the Broken Bridge at Frere
Repairing the Broken Bridge at Frere
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British officers (Royal Engineers) supervising repair work on a bridge at Frere, spanning the Blaauw Krantz River, South Africa, during the Boer War.
1898
A Blast at the Solvay Quarries
A Blast at the Solvay Quarries
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Miners at the Solvay Quarries leave their drilling machine to flee from a planned blast in the rock face.
1896
Rip Van Winkle
Rip Van Winkle
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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...