William K.L. Dickson Movies

Annabelle (Whitford) Moore performs her popular serpentine dance routine. She twirls around, and as she does so, she uses her long skirts to create a...

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

Scene from the second act of The Prince of Wales Theatre production.

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

Eugen Sandow, who claims to be the strongest man in the world, appears in the Edison Company's film studio.

King of the slack wire. His daring feats of balancing as he performs his thrilling feats in midair show that he is perfectly at home.

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

The SS 'St. Louis' departs from Southampton Docks

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...

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...

Sequel to Rats Killing from 1894

Sailors clamber up the rigging. Filmed at Portsmouth.

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

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

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...

Carriages carrying Queen Wilhelmina arrive in Amsterdam

"Firemen in working uniform, rubber coats, helmets, and boots. Thrilling rescue from burning building. Smoke effects are fine." - from the Edison...