William K.L. Dickson
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- August 3, 1860
- Died
- September 28, 1935 (aged 75)
- Birthplace
- Chateau St. Buc, Minihic-sur-Ranse, France
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.
Known For
Filmography
Butterfly Dances
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Annabelle Dances and Dances
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Ten Pickaninnies
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Mr. Hurry-up
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An Obstinate Cork
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Rudge-Whitworth – Britain’s Best Bicycle
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Nabbed by the Nipper
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Panorama of Ealing from a Moving Tram
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Panorama of Grand Harbour, Malta, Showing Battleships, Etc.
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Brook Trout Fishing
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Four Warships in Rough Seas
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Warships at Sunset
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Tram Journey through Southampton
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Battleship Odin Firing All Her Guns
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Dutch Fishing Fleet
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English Nell
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Amann, the Great Impersonator
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King John
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Fun on a Sand Hill
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Flower Parade in Haarlem
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In a German Bath
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Man Overboard!
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London Fire Brigade, Alarm
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In the Friedrichstrasse
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From Monte Carlo to Monaco
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Away Aloft
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Upside Down Boxers
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Catching the Ferry in Amsterdam
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Panoramic View of Windsor Castle
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Tapping a Blast Furnace
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Launch of the 'Oceanic'
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The Landing of Savage South Africa at Southampton
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Pope Leo XIII in His Carriage
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Pope Leo XIII Walking at Twilight, No. 1
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Military Exercise - Aldershot
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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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Pope Leo XIII Resting on His Way to His Summer Villa
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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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Arrival of the Queen at the Palace, Amsterdam, Sept 6th (Coronation of Wilhelmina)
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The Royal Procession to the Church before the Ceremony (Coronation of Wilhelmina)
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The Royal Procession from the Church after the Ceremony (Coronation of Wilhelmina)
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The Grand Canal, Venice
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The Boulevard of Scheveningen
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Corpus Christi Procession, Orvieto
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Duel to the Death
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His Holiness Pope Leo XIII
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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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Pope Leo XIII and Count Pecci, No. 1
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Water Polo - Worthing Swimming Club
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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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Venice, harbour scene with gondolas
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Coronation of Queen Wilhelmina of Holland (No. 1)
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Panoramic View of the Vegetable Market at Venice
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Irish Mail – L.& N.W. Railway – Taking up Water at Full Speed
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Funeral Procession of the Misericordia
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From War to Peace: First Departure of S.S. 'St. Louis' from Southampton
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Mills from the Zaanstreek
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Dutch Fishing Boats
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Maidenhead Junction
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A Blast at the Solvay Quarries
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The Tarantella, an Italian Dance
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The Bridge of Sighs, Venice
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Scheveningen, Dutch Fishing Boats
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Charge of the Carabineers, Aldershot
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Pope Leo XIII Being Seated Bestowing Blessing
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Neapolitan Dance at the Ancient Forum of Pompeii
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Charge of the French Cuirassiers – Paris
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Crissie Sheridan
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Bath Scene
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Fatima
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Has He Hit Me?
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Les Parisiennes
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Place de la Concorde
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Home Life of a Hungarian Family
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Changing Guard (Berlin)
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A Camp of Zingaree Gypsies
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Hiram Maxim and His Quick-firing Gun
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Firing the Maxim Gun
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French Military School Exercise
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Sandow
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Rip Leaving Sleepy Hollow
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Rip Van Winkle
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Rip's Toast
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Rip's Twenty Years' Sleep
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Hard Wash
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American Falls from Luna Island
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American Falls from Goat Island
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Annabelle in Flag Dance
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Serpentine Dance by Annabelle
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Awakening of Rip
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Dancing Darkies
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View on Boulevard, New York City
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A Watermelon Feast
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Tambourine Dance by Annabelle
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Sound Money Parade
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Rip's Toast to Hudson
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Rip Meeting the Dwarf
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Exit of Rip and the Dwarf
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Rip Passing Over the Mountain
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Billy Edwards and the Unknown
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Robetta and Doretto, No. 1
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A West Indian Woman Bathing a Baby
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New Blacksmith Shop
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James Grundy, Buck and Wing
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Danse serpentine (Annabelle)
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New Bar Room
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Carmencita
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Dickson Experimental Sound Film
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Annabelle Butterfly Dance
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Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze
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Glenroy Brothers (Comic Boxing)
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The Cock Fight
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The Barber Shop
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Buffalo Dance
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Sioux Ghost Dance
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Annie Oakley
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The Boxing Cats (Prof. Welton's)
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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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Leonard-Cushing Fight
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Band Drill
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Bucking Broncho
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Hadj Cheriff
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Sandow: The Strong Man
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Luis Martinetti, Contortionist
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Fire Rescue Scene
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Athlete with Wand
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The Hornbacker-Murphy Fight
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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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Buffalo Bill
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Cock Fight, No. 2
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The Pickaninny Dance from the “Passing Show”
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Annabelle Sun Dance
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Caicedo (with Pole)
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Trained Bears
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Glenroy Bros., No. 2
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Chinese Opium Den
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Dance
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A Bar Room Scene
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Ruth Dennis
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Boxing Match
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Fred Ott Holding a Bird
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Indian War Council
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Wrestling Match
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Rat Killing
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Mexican Knife Duel
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Highland Dance
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Lasso Thrower
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Mlle. Capitaine
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Blacksmith Scene
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Horse Shoeing
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Fencing
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Man on Parallel Bars
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Wrestling
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A Hand Shake
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Dickson Greeting
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Newark Athlete
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Men Boxing
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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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Newark athlete. [No. 2]
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Monkeyshines, No. 1
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Monkeyshines, No. 2
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Monkeyshines, No. 3
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