William K.L. Dickson

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Born: 1860-08-03 in Chateau St. Buc, Minihic-sur-Ranse, France

Died: 1935-09-28

Biography

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. The completed version of the Kinetoscope was officially unveiled at the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences on 9 May 1893.

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Dickson Greeting

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Dickson Experimental Sound Film

Self

A Hand Shake

Horse Shoeing

Himself

General Buller Embarking on the 'Dunottar Castle' at Southampton

Himself

Venice, Feeding the Pigeons in St. Mark's Square

Man on left of picture

Neapolitan Dance at the Ancient Forum of Pompeii

Himself

Dickson Greeting

Himself

Dickson Experimental Sound Film

Self

A Hand Shake

Horse Shoeing

Himself

General Buller Embarking on the 'Dunottar Castle' at Southampton

Himself

Venice, Feeding the Pigeons in St. Mark's Square

Man on left of picture

Neapolitan Dance at the Ancient Forum of Pompeii

Himself

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Monkeyshines, No. 1

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Dickson Greeting

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Monkeyshines, No. 2

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Monkeyshines, No. 3

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Blacksmithing Scene

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Carmencita

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Pope Leo XIII in His Carriage

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Dickson Experimental Sound Film

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Newark Athlete

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Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze

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Fencing

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Annabelle Butterfly Dance

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Amann, the Great Impersonator

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Sandow

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The Cock Fight

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The Barber Shop

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Glenroy Brothers (Comic Boxing)

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Buffalo Dance

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Sioux Ghost Dance

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Annie Oakley

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Rip Leaving Sleepy Hollow

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Rip Van Winkle

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Rip's Twenty Years' Sleep

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Rip's Toast

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Annabelle in Flag Dance

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Hard Wash

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Charge of the French Cuirassiers – Paris

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American Falls from Goat Island

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American Falls from Luna Island

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Military Exercise - Aldershot

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Pope Leo XIII Resting on His Way to His Summer Villa

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The Queen and the Queen Mother on the Palace Balcony Responding to the Call of the Populace (Coronation of Wilhelmina)

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The Vatican Military Guard, Consisting of a Detachment of Noble Guards, Commanded by Count Pecci, Followed by a Palatine Guard of Honour, Swiss Guard, Gendarmes and Fire Brigade

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The Royal Procession to the Church before the Ceremony (Coronation of Wilhelmina)

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Arrival of the Queen at the Palace, Amsterdam, Sept 6th (Coronation of Wilhelmina)

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The Royal Procession from the Church after the Ceremony (Coronation of Wilhelmina)

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Pope Leo XIII Walking at Twilight, No. 1

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Review of the Royal Netherland Guards in the Costumes of the Middle Ages (Coronation of Wilhelmina Guard of Honor)

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The Boxing Cats

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Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph

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Chinese Laundry Scene

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Imperial Japanese Dance

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Bucking Broncho

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Leonard-Cushing Fight

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Band Drill

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Hadj Cheriff

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Crissie Sheridan

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Sandow: The Strong Man

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Billy Edwards and the Unknown

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Luis Martinetti, Contortionist

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Fire Rescue Scene

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King John

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Athlete with Wand

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The Hornbacker-Murphy Fight

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Robetta and Doretto, No. 1

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Serpentine Dance by Annabelle

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Rats and Terrier No. 2

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Rats and Terrier No. 3

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Rats and Weasel

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Awakening of Rip

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The Grand Canal, Venice

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Dancing Darkies

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A West Indian Woman Bathing a Baby

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Buffalo Bill

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Bath Scene

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The Boulevard of Scheveningen

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Cock Fight, No. 2

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The Pickaninny Dance from the “Passing Show”

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Men Boxing

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Annabelle Sun Dance

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Caicedo (with Pole)

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Horse Shoeing

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Man on Parallel Bars

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Trained Bears

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Wrestling

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Duncan or Devonald with Muslin Cloud

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Monkey and Another, Boxing

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Duncan and Another, Blacksmith Shop

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Duncan Smoking

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Chinese Opium Den

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Glenroy Bros., No. 2

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Dance

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Corpus Christi Procession, Orvieto

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Duel to the Death

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View on Boulevard, New York City

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His Holiness Pope Leo XIII

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New Blacksmith Shop

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Capuchin Monks in Vatican City

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Panoramic View of Conway on the L. & N.W. Railway

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A Hand Shake

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A Watermelon Feast

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Tambourine Dance by Annabelle

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A Bar Room Scene

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Ruth Dennis

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Boxing Match

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Pope Leo XIII and Count Pecci, No. 1

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Fred Ott Holding a Bird

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Brook Trout Fishing

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Fatima

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Sound Money Parade

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Water Polo - Worthing Swimming Club

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Highland Dance

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Indian War Council

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Mexican Knife Duel

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Rat Killing

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Lasso Thrower

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Wrestling Match

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Exit of Rip and the Dwarf

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Rip Passing Over the Mountain

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Rip's Toast to Hudson

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Rip Meeting the Dwarf

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He and She

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Venice, Feeding the Pigeons in St. Mark's Square

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Pope Leo XIII Leaving Carriage and Being Ushered Into Garden, No. 104

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Pope Leo XIII Carried through the Vatican Loggia on His Way to the Sistine Chapel

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Panorama of Ealing from a Moving Tram

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Has He Hit Me?

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James Grundy, Buck and Wing

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Butterfly Dances

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Les Parisiennes

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Place de la Concorde

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Coronation of Queen Wilhelmina of Holland (No. 1)

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Venice, harbour scene with gondolas

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Tram Journey through Southampton

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Irish Mail – L.& N.W. Railway – Taking up Water at Full Speed

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Four Warships in Rough Seas

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Flower Parade in Haarlem

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Home Life of a Hungarian Family

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Funeral Procession of the Misericordia

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Fun on a Sand Hill

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Warships at Sunset

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Panoramic View of the Vegetable Market at Venice

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Man Overboard!

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In a German Bath

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In the Friedrichstrasse

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Mills from the Zaanstreek

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Battleship Odin Firing All Her Guns

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From War to Peace: First Departure of S.S. 'St. Louis' from Southampton

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Changing Guard (Berlin)

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Panorama of Grand Harbour, Malta, Showing Battleships, Etc.

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Dutch Fishing Boats

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Dutch Fishing Fleet

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From Monte Carlo to Monaco

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A Blast at the Solvay Quarries

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Panoramic View of Windsor Castle

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Upside Down Boxers

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A Camp of Zingaree Gypsies

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Away Aloft

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Firing the Maxim Gun

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Maidenhead Junction

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Hiram Maxim and His Quick-firing Gun

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London Fire Brigade, Alarm

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French Military School Exercise

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The Tarantella, an Italian Dance

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Catching the Ferry in Amsterdam

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The Bridge of Sighs, Venice

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Tapping a Blast Furnace

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Scheveningen, Dutch Fishing Boats

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Danse serpentine (Annabelle)

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Launch of the 'Oceanic'

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Charge of the Carabineers, Aldershot

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English Nell

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An Obstinate Cork

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Rudge-Whitworth – Britain’s Best Bicycle

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Annabelle Dances and Dances

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Pope Leo XIII Being Seated Bestowing Blessing

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Ten Pickaninnies

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The Landing of Savage South Africa at Southampton

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Newark athlete. [No. 2]

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Mlle. Capitaine

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Nabbed by the Nipper

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Neapolitan Dance at the Ancient Forum of Pompeii

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Monkeyshines, No. 1

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Dickson Greeting

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Monkeyshines, No. 2

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Monkeyshines, No. 3

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Blacksmithing Scene

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Carmencita

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Pope Leo XIII in His Carriage

Director

Dickson Experimental Sound Film

Director

Newark Athlete

Director

Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze

Director

Fencing

Director

Annabelle Butterfly Dance

Director

Amann, the Great Impersonator

Director

Sandow

Director

The Cock Fight

Director

The Barber Shop

Director

Glenroy Brothers (Comic Boxing)

Director

Buffalo Dance

Director

Sioux Ghost Dance

Director

Annie Oakley

Director

Rip Leaving Sleepy Hollow

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Rip Van Winkle

Director

Rip's Twenty Years' Sleep

Director

Rip's Toast

Director

Annabelle in Flag Dance

Director

Hard Wash

Director

Charge of the French Cuirassiers – Paris

Director

American Falls from Goat Island

Director

American Falls from Luna Island

Director

Military Exercise - Aldershot

Director

Pope Leo XIII Resting on His Way to His Summer Villa

Director

The Queen and the Queen Mother on the Palace Balcony Responding to the Call of the Populace (Coronation of Wilhelmina)

Director

The Vatican Military Guard, Consisting of a Detachment of Noble Guards, Commanded by Count Pecci, Followed by a Palatine Guard of Honour, Swiss Guard, Gendarmes and Fire Brigade

Director

The Royal Procession to the Church before the Ceremony (Coronation of Wilhelmina)

Director

Arrival of the Queen at the Palace, Amsterdam, Sept 6th (Coronation of Wilhelmina)

Director

The Royal Procession from the Church after the Ceremony (Coronation of Wilhelmina)

Director

Pope Leo XIII Walking at Twilight, No. 1

Director

Review of the Royal Netherland Guards in the Costumes of the Middle Ages (Coronation of Wilhelmina Guard of Honor)

Director

The Boxing Cats

Director

Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph

Director

Chinese Laundry Scene

Director

Imperial Japanese Dance

Director

Bucking Broncho

Director

Leonard-Cushing Fight

Director

Band Drill

Director

Hadj Cheriff

Director

Crissie Sheridan

Director

Sandow: The Strong Man

Director

Billy Edwards and the Unknown

Director

Luis Martinetti, Contortionist

Director

Fire Rescue Scene

Director

King John

Director

Athlete with Wand

Director

The Hornbacker-Murphy Fight

Director

Robetta and Doretto, No. 1

Director

Serpentine Dance by Annabelle

Director

Rats and Terrier No. 2

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Rats and Terrier No. 3

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Rats and Weasel

Director

Awakening of Rip

Director

The Grand Canal, Venice

Director

Dancing Darkies

Director

A West Indian Woman Bathing a Baby

Director

Buffalo Bill

Director

Bath Scene

Director

The Boulevard of Scheveningen

Director

Cock Fight, No. 2

Director

The Pickaninny Dance from the “Passing Show”

Director

Men Boxing

Director

Annabelle Sun Dance

Director

Caicedo (with Pole)

Director

Horse Shoeing

Director

Man on Parallel Bars

Director

Trained Bears

Director

Wrestling

Director

Duncan or Devonald with Muslin Cloud

Director

Monkey and Another, Boxing

Director

Duncan and Another, Blacksmith Shop

Director

Duncan Smoking

Director

Chinese Opium Den

Director

Glenroy Bros., No. 2

Director

Dance

Director

Corpus Christi Procession, Orvieto

Director

Duel to the Death

Director

View on Boulevard, New York City

Director

His Holiness Pope Leo XIII

Director

New Blacksmith Shop

Director

Capuchin Monks in Vatican City

Director

Panoramic View of Conway on the L. & N.W. Railway

Director

A Hand Shake

Director

A Watermelon Feast

Director

Tambourine Dance by Annabelle

Director

A Bar Room Scene

Director

Ruth Dennis

Director

Boxing Match

Director

Pope Leo XIII and Count Pecci, No. 1

Director

Fred Ott Holding a Bird

Director

Brook Trout Fishing

Director

Fatima

Director

Sound Money Parade

Director

Water Polo - Worthing Swimming Club

Director

Highland Dance

Director

Indian War Council

Director

Mexican Knife Duel

Director

Rat Killing

Director

Lasso Thrower

Director

Wrestling Match

Director

Exit of Rip and the Dwarf

Director

Rip Passing Over the Mountain

Director

Rip's Toast to Hudson

Director

Rip Meeting the Dwarf

Director

He and She

Director

Venice, Feeding the Pigeons in St. Mark's Square

Director

Pope Leo XIII Leaving Carriage and Being Ushered Into Garden, No. 104

Director

Pope Leo XIII Carried through the Vatican Loggia on His Way to the Sistine Chapel

Director

Panorama of Ealing from a Moving Tram

Director

Has He Hit Me?

Director

James Grundy, Buck and Wing

Director

Butterfly Dances

Director

Les Parisiennes

Director

Place de la Concorde

Director

Coronation of Queen Wilhelmina of Holland (No. 1)

Director

Venice, harbour scene with gondolas

Director

Tram Journey through Southampton

Director

Irish Mail – L.& N.W. Railway – Taking up Water at Full Speed

Director

Four Warships in Rough Seas

Director

Flower Parade in Haarlem

Director

Home Life of a Hungarian Family

Director

Funeral Procession of the Misericordia

Director

Fun on a Sand Hill

Director

Warships at Sunset

Director

Panoramic View of the Vegetable Market at Venice

Director

Man Overboard!

Director

In a German Bath

Director

In the Friedrichstrasse

Director

Mills from the Zaanstreek

Director

Battleship Odin Firing All Her Guns

Director

From War to Peace: First Departure of S.S. 'St. Louis' from Southampton

Director

Changing Guard (Berlin)

Director

Panorama of Grand Harbour, Malta, Showing Battleships, Etc.

Director

Dutch Fishing Boats

Director

Dutch Fishing Fleet

Director

From Monte Carlo to Monaco

Director

A Blast at the Solvay Quarries

Director

Panoramic View of Windsor Castle

Director

Upside Down Boxers

Director

A Camp of Zingaree Gypsies

Director

Away Aloft

Director

Firing the Maxim Gun

Director

Maidenhead Junction

Director

Hiram Maxim and His Quick-firing Gun

Director

London Fire Brigade, Alarm

Director

French Military School Exercise

Director

The Tarantella, an Italian Dance

Director

Catching the Ferry in Amsterdam

Director

The Bridge of Sighs, Venice

Director

Tapping a Blast Furnace

Director

Scheveningen, Dutch Fishing Boats

Director

Danse serpentine (Annabelle)

Director

Launch of the 'Oceanic'

Director

Charge of the Carabineers, Aldershot

Director

English Nell

Director

An Obstinate Cork

Director

Rudge-Whitworth – Britain’s Best Bicycle

Director

Annabelle Dances and Dances

Director

Pope Leo XIII Being Seated Bestowing Blessing

Director

Ten Pickaninnies

Director

The Landing of Savage South Africa at Southampton

Director

Newark athlete. [No. 2]

Director

Mlle. Capitaine

Director

Nabbed by the Nipper

Director

Neapolitan Dance at the Ancient Forum of Pompeii

Director

Other Credits

Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze

Producer

Monkeyshines, No. 1

Producer

Newark Athlete

Producer

Dickson Greeting

Producer

Caicedo (with Pole)

Producer

Men Boxing

Producer

A Hand Shake

Producer

Annabelle Butterfly Dance

Producer

Monkeyshines, No. 2

Producer

The Barber Shop

Producer

Fencing

Producer

Blacksmithing Scene

Producer

Sandow: The Strong Man

Producer

Athlete with Wand

Producer

Cock Fight, No. 2

Producer

Dickson Experimental Sound Film

Musician

Dickson Experimental Sound Film

Producer

McKinley at Home, Canton, Ohio

Director of Photography

Little Egypt

Producer

Panoramic View of Frere Camp Taken from the Front of an Armoured Train, November 29th, 1899

Director of Photography

Bloemfontein: Unfurling the Flag

Director of Photography

A Tug in a Heavy Sea

Director of Photography

Japanese Dancers

Producer

Carmencita

Producer

Me and My Two Friends

Director of Photography

Afternoon Tea in the Gardens of Clarence House

Director of Photography

Repairing the Broken Bridge at Frere

Director of Photography

Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race

Director of Photography

Pelicans at the Zoo

Director of Photography

Tapping a Blast Furnace

Director of Photography

Launch of the Worthing Lifeboat Coming Ashore

Director of Photography

Launch of the Worthing Lifeboat Emerging from the Boathouse

Director of Photography

Australian Cricket Tourists of 1899

Director of Photography

The Lane on Sunday Morning

Director of Photography

Launch of the 'Oceanic'

Director of Photography

Rifle Hill Signal Station near Frere Camp

Director of Photography

Battle of Spion Kop: Ambulance Corps Crossing the Tugela River

Director of Photography

Gordon Highlanders in Ladysmith

Director of Photography

Neapolitan Dance at the Ancient Forum of Pompeii

Director of Photography

Panoramic View of the Vegetable Market at Venice

Director of Photography

The Grand Canal, Venice

Director of Photography

Ladysmith – Naval Brigade Dragging 4.7 Guns into Ladysmith

Director of Photography

Naval Guns Firing at Colenso

Director of Photography

Billy Edwards and the Unknown

Producer

Panorama of Ealing from a Moving Tram

Director of Photography

The Boxing Cats

Producer

Glenroy Bros., No. 2

Producer

English Nell

Editor

English Nell

Producer

Mlle. Capitaine

Producer

Serpentine Dance by Annabelle

Executive Producer

Serpentine Dance by Annabelle

Director of Photography

Monkeyshines, No. 3

Producer

Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze

Producer

Monkeyshines, No. 1

Producer

Newark Athlete

Producer

Dickson Greeting

Producer

Caicedo (with Pole)

Producer

Men Boxing

Producer

A Hand Shake

Producer

Annabelle Butterfly Dance

Producer

Monkeyshines, No. 2

Producer

The Barber Shop

Producer

Fencing

Producer

Blacksmithing Scene

Producer

Sandow: The Strong Man

Producer

Athlete with Wand

Producer

Cock Fight, No. 2

Producer

Dickson Experimental Sound Film

Musician

Dickson Experimental Sound Film

Producer

McKinley at Home, Canton, Ohio

Director of Photography

Little Egypt

Producer

Panoramic View of Frere Camp Taken from the Front of an Armoured Train, November 29th, 1899

Director of Photography

Bloemfontein: Unfurling the Flag

Director of Photography

A Tug in a Heavy Sea

Director of Photography

Japanese Dancers

Producer

Carmencita

Producer

Me and My Two Friends

Director of Photography

Afternoon Tea in the Gardens of Clarence House

Director of Photography

Repairing the Broken Bridge at Frere

Director of Photography

Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race

Director of Photography

Pelicans at the Zoo

Director of Photography

Tapping a Blast Furnace

Director of Photography

Launch of the Worthing Lifeboat Coming Ashore

Director of Photography

Launch of the Worthing Lifeboat Emerging from the Boathouse

Director of Photography

Australian Cricket Tourists of 1899

Director of Photography

The Lane on Sunday Morning

Director of Photography

Launch of the 'Oceanic'

Director of Photography

Rifle Hill Signal Station near Frere Camp

Director of Photography

Battle of Spion Kop: Ambulance Corps Crossing the Tugela River

Director of Photography

Gordon Highlanders in Ladysmith

Director of Photography

Neapolitan Dance at the Ancient Forum of Pompeii

Director of Photography

Panoramic View of the Vegetable Market at Venice

Director of Photography

The Grand Canal, Venice

Director of Photography

Ladysmith – Naval Brigade Dragging 4.7 Guns into Ladysmith

Director of Photography

Naval Guns Firing at Colenso

Director of Photography

Billy Edwards and the Unknown

Producer

Panorama of Ealing from a Moving Tram

Director of Photography

The Boxing Cats

Producer

Glenroy Bros., No. 2

Producer

English Nell

Editor

English Nell

Producer

Mlle. Capitaine

Producer

Serpentine Dance by Annabelle

Executive Producer

Serpentine Dance by Annabelle

Director of Photography

Monkeyshines, No. 3

Producer