William K.L. Dickson Movies

Probably the first video of a Pope: Leo XIII sits in his chair with guards and attendants, then blesses the viewers.

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

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

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

"A glove contest between trained cats. A very comical and amusing subject, and is sure to create a great laugh." (by Edison Films)

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

Watched by crowds, Sir Redvers Buller, Lady Buller, the Mayor of Southampton and others walk along the gangway leading to the ship towards the...

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

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

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

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

A lost film, directed by William K.L. Dickson about two men wrestling.

A charming representation of the Mikado dance by three beautiful Japanese ladies in full costume. Very effective when colored.

Three sisters dance the Mikado in this very early film from the Edison company.

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

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...

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...