William K.L. Dickson Movies

Four men at work in a forge. The uses hammers and and anvil to beat metal.

Edison short.

Hiram Maxim shows off his machine gun.

"Many spectators who have viewed this picture on the Biograph have insisted that they have experienced the pangs of seasickness. The picture was...

Military in Germany.

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

A moving tour through lively turn-of-the-century Southampton.

A beautiful view of one of the most celebrated spots in the French capital. A magnificent fountain is playing in the background of the picture, and...

Edison short.

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

"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...

Recovering from a severe illness (likely typhoid), W.K.L. Dickson received word from London that the audience's enthusiasm for the military was...

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

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

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

The pope taking a twilight walk.

Young people dance the Tarantella

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...

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

From Wikipedia: Sua Santità papa Leone XIII (Italian for "His Holiness Pope Leo XIII") is an 1898 short film directed by William Kennedy...