William K.L. Dickson Movies

Two gamecocks fight in the Edison Company film studio. This feature was remade later in the same year, with additional detail added.

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

Queen Vilhelmina greeting the crowds after the coronation.

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

Scene represents section of the interior of a Chinese Opium Den.

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

Black hooded pallbearers carry a coffin in a funeral procession in front of onlookers.

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

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...

An athlete demonstrating various poses.

Lost film from 1894, directed by William K.L. Dickson.

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

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...

A referee and five fans (including a waiter in his apron) look on as two young men box. The dark-haired, slightly taller boxer throws a right and the...

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

Former lightweight boxer Billy Edwards, now a trainer and writer of the sport, takes on a challenger named Warwick in an exhibition match. The match...

“This view was taken upon Mr. McKinley's lawn at his home in Canton, Ohio. Mr. McKinley appears walking across the lawn in company with his...

Two gamecocks are fighting inside a wire cage, while two spectators look on in the background. The two men agree to make a bet on the outcome. One of...