William K.L. Dickson Filmes

Roma families eat, drink, dance, and play

Edison short.

Carriages carrying Queen Wilhelmina arrive in Amsterdam

Nothing more novel than this picture could be shown to an American audience. The view was taken in the doorway of a peasant's hovel. The family, in...

Filmmaker WKL Dickson, one-time right hand man to Thomas Edison, the 'Wizard of Menlo Park', here captures an even greater eminence, Pope Leo XIII....

In April the bloemencorso (flower parade) takes place in Haarlem in the Netherlands. This shot shows groups of carriages, festooned with flowers...

A sweet little girl is seated in the bow of a life-boat feeding crackers to a magnificent St. Bernard dog, while a tabby cat dozes and blinks at her...

"A magnificent picture of the launching of the 'Oceanic,' which up to that time was the largest vessel ever floated. The view is taken from a pier...

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

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

Two men box while standing on their hands

Hiram Maxim shows off his machine gun.

Bears that are trained.

Two boxers miss their punches - until they don't.

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

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

Phantom train ride along the French Riviera in Monte Carlo, Monaco

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

A short of Mr. Grundy dancing. He's a Black man in a jockey outfit and there's someone in a horse costume dancing next to him.