Director
William K.L. Dickson
1860Chateau St. Buc, Minihic-sur-Ranse, France137 Films
William Kennedy Laurie Dickson was a Scottish inventor and the Edison Manufacturing Company's official photographer. In 1889, he was assigned to turn the concept of a the proposed motion picture device, named the Kinetoscope, into a reality. The first working prototype was unveiled in May 1891 and the design of system was essentially finalised by the fall of 1892.
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2.0
Ten Pickaninnies
1908
5.0
Rudge-Whitworth – Britain’s Best Bicycle
1902
4.0
An Obstinate Cork
1902
4.3
Panorama of Ealing from a Moving Tram
1901
6.0
Panorama of Grand Harbour, Malta, Showing Battleships, Etc.
1901
4.5
Brook Trout Fishing
1900
6.5
Tram Journey through Southampton
1900
7.5
Four Warships in Rough Seas
1900
6.3
Warships at Sunset
1900
4.5
Battleship Odin Firing All Her Guns
1900
6.0
Dutch Fishing Fleet
1900
4.9
King John
1899
6.0
Man Overboard!
1899
6.0
Flower Parade in Haarlem
1899
1.0
The Landing of Savage South Africa at Southampton
1899
3.0
Amann, the Great Impersonator
1899
8.0
Fun on a Sand Hill
1899
6.0
In a German Bath
1899
6.0
In the Friedrichstrasse
1899
7.0
From Monte Carlo to Monaco
1899
4.0
Panoramic View of Windsor Castle
1899
6.3
Upside Down Boxers
1899
4.0
Away Aloft
1899
8.0
London Fire Brigade, Alarm
1899
4.0
Catching the Ferry in Amsterdam
1899
4.0
Tapping a Blast Furnace
1899
8.0
Launch of the 'Oceanic'
1899
4.8
Pope Leo XIII Leaving Carriage and Being Ushered Into Garden, No. 104
1898
3.0
Pope Leo XIII Carried through the Vatican Loggia on His Way to the Sistine Chapel
1898
6.0
From War to Peace: First Departure of S.S. 'St. Louis' from Southampton
1898
3.8
Duel to the Death
1898
2.0
Corpus Christi Procession, Orvieto
1898
4.0
Pope Leo XIII in His Carriage
1898
The Queen and the Queen Mother on the Palace Balcony Responding to the Call of the Populace (Coronation of Wilhelmina)
1898
The Royal Procession to the Church before the Ceremony (Coronation of Wilhelmina)
1898
Arrival of the Queen at the Palace, Amsterdam, Sept 6th (Coronation of Wilhelmina)
1898
The Royal Procession from the Church after the Ceremony (Coronation of Wilhelmina)
1898
Review of the Royal Netherland Guards in the Costumes of the Middle Ages (Coronation of Wilhelmina Guard of Honor)
1898
2.0
Coronation of Queen Wilhelmina of Holland (No. 1)
18987.0
Duel to the Death
1898
1.0
He and She
1898
6.0
Capuchin Monks in Vatican City
1898
5.0
Water Polo - Worthing Swimming Club
1898
4.3
The Boulevard of Scheveningen
1898
3.7
The Grand Canal, Venice
1898
7.0
Panoramic View of Conway on the L. & N.W. Railway
1898
4.0
Venice, Feeding the Pigeons in St. Mark's Square
1898
6.0
Venice, harbour scene with gondolas
1898
3.5
Irish Mail – L.& N.W. Railway – Taking up Water at Full Speed
1898
4.5
Funeral Procession of the Misericordia
1898
7.0
Panoramic View of the Vegetable Market at Venice
1898
7.0
Mills from the Zaanstreek
1898
4.0
Dutch Fishing Boats
1898
4.0
A Blast at the Solvay Quarries
1898
6.0
Maidenhead Junction
1898
4.0
The Tarantella, an Italian Dance
1898
4.0
The Bridge of Sighs, Venice
1898
6.3
Scheveningen, Dutch Fishing Boats
1898
1.0
Charge of the Carabineers, Aldershot
1898
5.0
Pope Leo XIII Being Seated Bestowing Blessing
1898
6.0
Place de la Concorde
1897
Fatima
1897
1.5
Has He Hit Me?
1897
3.8
Les Parisiennes
1897
4.3
Bath Scene
1897
4.5
Home Life of a Hungarian Family
1897
6.0
Changing Guard (Berlin)
1897
4.0
A Camp of Zingaree Gypsies
1897
5.0
Firing the Maxim Gun
1897
5.5
Hiram Maxim and His Quick-firing Gun
1897
6.0
French Military School Exercise
1897
Sound Money Parade
1896
American Falls from Goat Island
1896
American Falls from Luna Island
1896
5.3
Sandow
1896
4.4
Rip Leaving Sleepy Hollow
1896
4.4
Rip's Twenty Years' Sleep
18964.3
Rip's Toast
1896
4.2
Awakening of Rip
18964.2
Exit of Rip and the Dwarf
18964.4
Rip Passing Over the Mountain
18964.4
Rip Meeting the Dwarf
1896
5.4
Serpentine Dance by Annabelle
1896
4.0
View on Boulevard, New York City
1896
4.2
Rip Van Winkle
1896
1.0
Hard Wash
1896
1.0
Annabelle in Flag Dance
1896
3.5
A Watermelon Feast
1896
3.8
New Blacksmith Shop
1895
1.4
Robetta and Doretto, No. 1
1895
5.9
Danse serpentine (Annabelle)
1895
3.7
Billy Edwards and the Unknown
1895
1.5
James Grundy, Buck and Wing
1895
5.2
Fire Rescue Scene
1894
1.8
Indian War Council
1894
3.5
Band Drill
1894
4.8
Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph
1894
4.3
Imperial Japanese Dance
1894
5.9
Annie Oakley
1894
4.3
Bucking Broncho
1894
3.0
Chinese Opium Den
1894
4.8
Glenroy Brothers (Comic Boxing)
1894
4.6
The Hornbacker-Murphy Fight
1894
4.7
Buffalo Dance
1894
4.6
Sioux Ghost Dance
1894
6.1
Dickson Experimental Sound Film
1894
6.0
Caicedo (with Pole)
1894
5.9
The Boxing Cats
1894
2.0
Buffalo Bill
1894
5.1
Sandow: The Strong Man
1894
2.0
Trained Bears
1894
2.5
A Bar Room Scene
1894
1.5
Rat Killing
1894
5.1
Chinese Laundry Scene
1894
2.5
Wrestling Match
1894
5.2
Carmencita
1894
3.9
Athlete with Wand
1894
3.6
Cock Fight, No. 2
1894
4.9
Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze
1894
5.5
Annabelle Butterfly Dance
1894
5.0
The Barber Shop
1894
5.2
Luis Martinetti, Contortionist
1894
4.5
Annabelle Sun Dance
1894
4.8
Glenroy Bros., No. 2
1894
5.6
Blacksmithing Scene
1893
2.8
Horse Shoeing
1893
3.5
Fencing
1892
2.5
Man on Parallel Bars
1892
2.8
Wrestling
1892
3.5
A Hand Shake
1892
4.9
Dickson Greeting
1891
4.5
Newark Athlete
1891
4.2
Men Boxing
1891
2.8
Duncan Smoking
1891
4.9
Monkeyshines, No. 1
1890
4.6
Monkeyshines, No. 2
1890
3.4