William K.L. Dickson Movies

Military subjects were consistent crowd-pleasers, and this film showing a near fatal accident was especially popular.

"A company of little darkies showing off their paces to the music of the banjo."

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

Four men at work in a forge. The uses hammers and and anvil to beat metal.

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...

Two gamecocks fight in the Edison Company film studio. This feature was remade later in the same year, with additional detail added.