William K.L. Dickson Movies
- 1894
Caicedo (with Pole)
Caicedo (with Pole)5.9521894HD
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.
- 1894
Athlete with Wand
Athlete with Wand3.71894HD
An athlete demonstrating various poses.
- 1894
Bucking Broncho
Bucking Broncho4.31894HD
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...
- 1894
Sioux Ghost Dance
Sioux Ghost Dance4.5161894HD
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...
- 1897
Crissie Sheridan
Crissie Sheridan4.81897HD
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...
- 1894
Leonard-Cushing Fight
Leonard-Cushing Fight5.1741894HD
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...
- 1898
Duel to the Death
Duel to the Death2.31898HD
This Victorian duel between knife-wielding women was taken from an existing stage production, thought to be the Drury Lane theatre melodrama 'Women...
- 1890
Monkeyshines, No. 2
Monkeyshines, No. 24.3961890HD
Experimental film that follows up on the results of "Monkeyshines, No. 1". Once again, an Edison company worker moves around in front of the motion...
- 1892
Fencing
Fencing3.4421892HD
Early Edison short showing two men fencing.
- 1896
Exit of Rip and the Dwarf
Exit of Rip and the Dwarf4.11896HD
A series of short black and white films from director William K.L. Dickson which chronicle the adventures of Rip Van Winkle.
- 1894
The Pickaninny Dance from the “Passing Show”
The Pickaninny Dance from the “Passing Show”41894HD
“A scene representing Southern plantation life before the war. A jig and a breakdown by three colored boys.”
- 1896
McKinley at Home, Canton, Ohio
McKinley at Home, Canton, Ohio4.11896HD
“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...
- 1891
Men Boxing
Men Boxing4.0811891HD
Experimental film fragment made with the Edison-Dickson-Heise experimental horizontal-feed kinetograph camera and viewer, using 3/4-inch wide film.
- 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....
- 1894
Luis Martinetti, Contortionist
Luis Martinetti, Contortionist5.11894HD
Luis Martinetti, a contortionist suspended from acrobatic flying rings, contorts himself for about thirty seconds. This is one of the first films...
- 1894
The Cock Fight
The Cock Fight3.8331894HD
Two gamecocks fight in the Edison Company film studio. This feature was remade later in the same year, with additional detail added.
- 1896
Rip's Toast
Rip's Toast4.1721896HD
- 1898
Pope Leo XIII and Count Pecci, No. 1
Pope Leo XIII and Count Pecci, No. 101898HD
- 1899
Amann, the Great Impersonator
Amann, the Great Impersonator01899HD
"In his characterization of Capt. Dreyfus and Emile Zola."
- 1896
Awakening of Rip
Awakening of Rip4.1211896HD