William K.L. Dickson Movies

An African American family eats watermelons.

Muskoka Lake District, Canada. Beautiful picture, showing a man casting a fly, getting a strike, and landing the trout.

Two Mexican men duel with knives.

A single shot of a fleet of warships at sea, with a sunset sky superimposed from another sequence to complete the effect.

Two men box while standing on their hands

Mlle. Capitaine, the noted trapezist, performs daring feats on the flying bar. An early Edison short directed by W.K.L. Dickson, distinct from the...

This scene of an African-American woman vigorously scrubbing a black baby was immensely popular with early audiences, and was featured on...

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