Most Viewed From British Mutoscope and Biograph Company

The pope resting.

Recovering from a severe illness (likely typhoid), W.K.L. Dickson received word from London that the audience's enthusiasm for the military was...

A camera sits on top of a moving train, providing a panoramic view of Ealing (western London) as the train moves.

"A magnificent picture of the launching of the 'Oceanic,' which up to that time was the largest vessel ever floated. The view is taken from a pier...

This Victorian duel between knife-wielding women was taken from an existing stage production, thought to be the Drury Lane theatre melodrama 'Women...

Film produced by William K. Dickson’s British Mutoscope and Biograph Company.

A moving tour through lively turn-of-the-century Southampton.

Military in Germany.

View from the train front as it travels west through the station, Wales, UK. River Dee is on the left.

Backward tracking shot of a train going from Bushey, England, near the end of its journey to Euston.

Carriages carrying Queen Wilhelmina arrive in Amsterdam

Members of the 'Savage South Africa' troupe at Southampton Docks. The film shows a group of Africans (Zulus) in full tribal attire at Southampton...

Signalling from a British trench during the Boer war.

Herbert Campbell is filmed here in the Biograph studio, which was situated at that time on the Thames Embankment. Campbell is dressed as 'Little...

Single shot of a column of Gordon Highlanders marching out of their camp at Ladysmith to meet General Buller's relief column.

Film produced by William K. Dickson's British Mutoscope and Biograph Company.

Film produced by William K. Dickson’s British Mutoscope and Biograph Company.

Pelicans being released for feeding into their enclosure at London Zoological Gardens.

Queen Vilhelmina greeting the crowds after the coronation.

This rapid panorama isn't as smooth as the average 'Phantom Ride' - an early example of 'shaky-cam' war photography? Filmmaker WKL Dickson asked that...