James H. White Movies
- 1897
First Avenue, Seattle, Washington, No. 8
First Avenue, Seattle, Washington, No. 83.1671897HD
From Edison films catalog: Taken during the Klondike excitement. The streets are crowded with miners buying outfits and supplies. Mule trains,...
- 1897
Sheep Run, Chicago Stockyards
Sheep Run, Chicago Stockyards4.31897HD
"Shows a large flock of sheep being driven from the cars to the slaughter house."
- 1899
Lower Falls, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone Park
Lower Falls, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone Park3.51899HD
Probably part of the "Alaska and Yellowstone National Park Series" in the "Northern Pacific Railway Series"
- 1900
Battle of Mafeking
Battle of Mafeking3.751900HD
Reenactment of a South African battle.
- 1899
Trick Bears
Trick Bears2.751899HD
Circus bears showing their tricks.
- 1899
Tenderloin at Night
Tenderloin at Night31899HD
I do believe I have stumbled upon the very first exploitation picture ever made; and no it wasn't by David Friedman or Kroger Babb or K. Gordon...
- 1900
Palace of Electricity
Palace of Electricity5.3641900HD
A panoramic shot, making a full circle, at the 1900 Paris Exposition. It begins and ends looking at the front of the Palace of Electricity. As it...
- 1896
Lone Fisherman
Lone Fisherman41896HD
A fellow in a wide-brimmed hat, with a willowy stick for a rod and a baited hook, sits down on a plank hanging over a bridge above a stream. He...
- 1900
Esplanade des Invalides
Esplanade des Invalides3.6671900HD
Beginning with the camera pointing toward the Invalides entrance, with the tomb of Napoleon in the background. The camera is slowly revolved until it...
- 1898
Launch of Japanese Man-of-War 'Chitosa'
Launch of Japanese Man-of-War 'Chitosa'3.61898HD
The large war vessel slides slowly down the ways, stern first. Rowboats in the foreground rock violently in the swell. One boat upsets.
- 1896
Watermelon Contest
Watermelon Contest3.1821896HD
Two men have a contest to see which one can be the first to eat a large slice of watermelon.
- 1900
Champs de Mars
Champs de Mars5.51900HD
Shows all the prominent buildings on this thoroughfare, ending with a close view of the base of the Eiffel Tower, with the Trocadero Palace in the...
- 1900
Boers Bringing in British Prisoners
Boers Bringing in British Prisoners5.3331900HD
Here we have a mixed company of Gordon Highlanders, Irish Fusilliers and English Lancers, as a group of prisoners taken to the rear by a troop of...
- 1900
Exploding a Whitehead Torpedo
Exploding a Whitehead Torpedo5.3331900HD
The title pretty much tells you all there is to know about this Edison film. It runs a very brief 27-seconds and shows a torpedo hitting its target...
- 1900
Charge of Boer Cavalry
Charge of Boer Cavalry3.31900HD
In the distance is seen a number of grey objects rapidly approaching, which, upon drawing closer, are recognized as a company of Boer cavalry. As...
- 1899
Advance of Kansas Volunteers at Caloocan
Advance of Kansas Volunteers at Caloocan3.51899HD
Recreation of military maneuvers in the Philippines in the Spanish-American War.
- 1910
His Mother's Thanksgiving
His Mother's Thanksgiving41910HD
This holiday-themed melodrama released by Edison Studios in 1910 concerns Robert, a young man who leaves his mother’s home in New England to...
- 1898
Native Daughters
Native Daughters31898HD
The film opens showing the native daughters mounted on horses.
- 1897
Fishing Smacks
Fishing Smacks3.11897HD
Another Edison film shot in San Francisco at the Fisherman's Wharf. Once again the camera is looking down on a group of men doing their jobs.
- 1898
Observation Train Following Parade
Observation Train Following Parade2.51898HD
New York City welcome to Sampson's Fleet after the Battle of Santiago Bay, Cuba.