William K.L. Dickson Movies

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...

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

Bears that are trained.

William K.L. Dickson plays the violin while two men dance. This is the oldest surviving sound film where sound is recorded on the phonograph.

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

Early short film.

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

William K.L. Dickson and William Heise shake hands in this early experimental film.

A man (Thomas Edison's assistant) takes a pinch of snuff and sneezes. This is one of the earliest Thomas Edison films and was the second motion...

The Glenroy Brothers perform a portion of their vaudeville act, "The Comic View of Boxing: The Tramp & the Athlete", which depicts a boxer with a...

A series of short black and white films from director William K.L. Dickson which chronicle the adventures of Rip Van Winkle.

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

The pursuit of Hop Lee by an irate policeman.

Early Edison short showing two men fencing.

Hadji Cheriff, a performer known for a variety of unusual abilities, demonstrates part of his act in the Thomas Edison studio. He has a large knife...

Annie Oakley was probably the most famous marksman/woman in the world when this short clip was produced in Edison's Black Maria studio in West...

“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...

An athlete demonstrating various poses.

Signalling from a British trench during the Boer war.

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.