William K.L. Dickson Movies

  • 1898
    His Holiness Pope Leo XIII

    His Holiness Pope Leo XIII

    His Holiness Pope Leo XIII

    51898HD

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

    His Holiness Pope Leo XIII
  • 1899
    Away Aloft

    Away Aloft

    Away Aloft

    41899HD

    Sailors clamber up the rigging. Filmed at Portsmouth.

    Away Aloft
  • 1894
    Sioux Ghost Dance

    Sioux Ghost Dance

    Sioux Ghost Dance

    4.51894HD

    From Edison films catalog: One of the most peculiar customs of the Sioux Tribe is here shown, the dancers being genuine Sioux Indians, in full war...

    Sioux Ghost Dance
  • 1898
    Pope Leo XIII Walking at Twilight, No. 1

    Pope Leo XIII Walking at Twilight, No. 1

    Pope Leo XIII Walking at Twilight, No. 1

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    The pope taking a twilight walk.

    Pope Leo XIII Walking at Twilight, No. 1
  • 1894
    Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph

    Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph

    Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph

    4.91894HD

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

    Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph
  • 1896
    Rip's Toast to Hudson

    Rip's Toast to Hudson

    Rip's Toast to Hudson

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    Rip's Toast to Hudson
  • 1899
    Panoramic View of Frere Camp Taken from the Front of an Armoured Train, November 29th, 1899

    Panoramic View of Frere Camp Taken from the Front of an Armoured Train, November 29th, 1899

    Panoramic View of Frere Camp Taken from the Front of an Armoured Train, November 29th, 1899

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    [DUPLICATE of the other 'Panoramic View of Frere Camp']

    Panoramic View of Frere Camp Taken from the Front of an Armoured Train, November 29th, 1899
  • 1899
    Amann, the Great Impersonator

    Amann, the Great Impersonator

    Amann, the Great Impersonator

    01899HD

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

    Amann, the Great Impersonator
  • 1894
    Luis Martinetti, Contortionist

    Luis Martinetti, Contortionist

    Luis Martinetti, Contortionist

    51894HD

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

    Luis Martinetti, Contortionist
  • 1890
    Monkeyshines, No. 1

    Monkeyshines, No. 1

    Monkeyshines, No. 1

    4.91890HD

    Experimental film made to test the original cylinder format of the Kinetoscope and believed to be the first film shot in the United States. It shows...

    Monkeyshines, No. 1
  • 2025
    A Collection of Silent Films, Given Sound

    A Collection of Silent Films, Given Sound

    A Collection of Silent Films, Given Sound

    02025HD

    A compellation of many silent films from all over the world, given music and sound design.

    A Collection of Silent Films, Given Sound
  • 1896
    American Falls from Goat Island

    American Falls from Goat Island

    American Falls from Goat Island

    01896HD

    The first movie audiences took particular delight in scenes of rushing, churning water. These scenes of Niagara Falls were taken in September 1896,...

    American Falls from Goat Island
  • 1894
    Japanese Dancers

    Japanese Dancers

    Japanese Dancers

    41894HD

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

    Japanese Dancers
  • 1891
    Men Boxing

    Men Boxing

    Men Boxing

    4.11891HD

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

    Men Boxing
  • 1890
    Monkeyshines, No. 3

    Monkeyshines, No. 3

    Monkeyshines, No. 3

    3.11890HD

    Experimental film that follows up on the results of "Monkeyshines, No. 1" and "Monkeyshines, No. 2". Once again, an Edison company worker moves...

    Monkeyshines, No. 3
  • 1896
    View on Boulevard, New York City

    View on Boulevard, New York City

    View on Boulevard, New York City

    41896HD

    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...

    View on Boulevard, New York City
  • 1894
    Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze

    Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze

    Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze

    4.81894HD

    A man (Thomas Edison's assistant) takes a pinch of snuff and sneezes. This is one of the earliest Thomas Edison films and was the second motion...

    Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze
  • 1897
    Crissie Sheridan

    Crissie Sheridan

    Crissie Sheridan

    4.5771897HD

    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...

    Crissie Sheridan
  • 1894
    Annabelle Sun Dance

    Annabelle Sun Dance

    Annabelle Sun Dance

    4.21894HD

    Annabelle Dances in William K.L. Dickson's 1894 short film

    Annabelle Sun Dance
  • 1896
    Little Egypt

    Little Egypt

    Little Egypt

    2.31896HD

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

    Little Egypt