William K.L. Dickson Movies
- 1894
Athlete with Wand
Athlete with Wand3.81894HD
An athlete demonstrating various poses.
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- 1894
Luis Martinetti, Contortionist
Luis Martinetti, Contortionist51894HD
Luis Martinetti, a contortionist suspended from acrobatic flying rings, contorts himself for about thirty seconds. This is one of the first films...
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- 1896
Awakening of Rip
Awakening of Rip4.1671896HD
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- 1894
Trained Bears
Trained Bears1.51894HD
Bears that are trained.
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- 1894
Japanese Dancers
Japanese Dancers41894HD
Three sisters dance the Mikado in this very early film from the Edison company.
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- 1894
Bucking Broncho
Bucking Broncho4.21894HD
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...
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- 1894
Chinese Laundry Scene
Chinese Laundry Scene51894HD
The pursuit of Hop Lee by an irate policeman.
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- 1890
Monkeyshines, No. 1
Monkeyshines, No. 14.91890HD
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...
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- 1898
Neapolitan Dance at the Ancient Forum of Pompeii
Neapolitan Dance at the Ancient Forum of Pompeii3.3331898HD
A folk dance staged in the ruins of Pompeii. With the Arch of Tiberius in the near distance and Arch of Caligula in far distance. A troop of...
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- 1898
Duel to the Death
Duel to the Death71898HD
This Victorian duel between knife-wielding women was taken from an existing stage production, thought to be the Drury Lane theatre melodrama 'Women...
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- 1897
Afternoon Tea in the Gardens of Clarence House
Afternoon Tea in the Gardens of Clarence House2.51897HD
Several members of European Royalty, including the Duke and Duchess of York, and Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, seated round a tea-table in the grounds...
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- 1898
Pope Leo XIII in His Carriage
Pope Leo XIII in His Carriage41898HD
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....
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- 1899
Man Overboard!
Man Overboard!61899HD
Sailors practice rescuing someone who's fallen overboard.
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- 1894
Annabelle Sun Dance
Annabelle Sun Dance4.21894HD
Annabelle Dances in William K.L. Dickson's 1894 short film
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- 1894
Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Bill1.71894HD
The famous army scout in an exhibition of rifle shooting. A fine picture of the principal, and beautiful smoke effects.
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- 1894
Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph
Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph4.91894HD
James J. Corbett and Peter Courtney meet in a boxing exhibition.
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- 1898
Coronation of Queen Wilhelmina of Holland (No. 1)
Coronation of Queen Wilhelmina of Holland (No. 1)21898HD
Carriages carrying Queen Wilhelmina arrive in Amsterdam
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- 1898
Pope Leo XIII Carried through the Vatican Loggia on His Way to the Sistine Chapel
Pope Leo XIII Carried through the Vatican Loggia on His Way to the Sistine Chapel31898HD
Film produced by William K. Dickson’s British Mutoscope and Biograph Company.
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- 1902
Rudge-Whitworth – Britain’s Best Bicycle
Rudge-Whitworth – Britain’s Best Bicycle51902HD
This advertisement shows a happy woman with her bicycle. A man rides up, sweaty from exertion, for his bike is much heavier than the woman's superior...
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- 1892
A Hand Shake
A Hand Shake3.51892HD
William K.L. Dickson and William Heise shake hands in this early experimental film.
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