William K.L. Dickson Filmes

Long before Hollywood started painting white men red and dressing them as 'Injuns' Edison's company was using the genuine article! Featuring for what...

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

Lost film directed by William K.L. Dickson. Presented by Edison Manufacturing Company.

Early Edison short showing two men fencing.

"A well-known oriental dancer in a dance du ventre to the music of a Turkish band."

Naval ratings pulling along naval guns during the Boer War.

Strong-man Eugene Sandow flexes his muscles and strikes a few poses in front of a black background. This was a short film shot by William K.L....

“A scene representing Southern plantation life before the war. A jig and a breakdown by three colored boys.”

"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...

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

The first woman to appear in front of an Edison motion picture camera and possibly the first woman to appear in a motion picture within the United...

Three men hammer on an anvil and pass a bottle of beer around. Notable for being the first film in which a scene is being acted out.

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...

Showing the tapping of the furnace, and the running of the molten metal into the moulds at Elswick yard.

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...

The boulevard in front of the Kurhaus, with pedestrians and a terrace.

Sequel to the Rats and Terrier series

A graceful performance of the Mikado dance, featuring three Japanese women in elaborate traditional costume. Originally noted for its striking effect...

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...

In the background, five fans lean on the ropes looking into the ring. The referee is to the left; like the fans, he hardly moves as two fighters...