James H. White Movies
- 1897
Southern Pacific Overland Mail
Southern Pacific Overland Mail3.71897HD
Taken on the S.P. Railroad, near tunnel No. 9. The train comes rushing out of the tunnel and passes at full speed...
- 1898
Ostriches Running, No. 1
Ostriches Running, No. 101898HD
Shows the entire flock running around the corral with great strides and outstretched wings.
- 1900
Eiffel Tower from Trocadero Palace
Eiffel Tower from Trocadero Palace4.1821900HD
The single camera position is from the top of a building identified as the Trocadero Palace; The camera is pointed toward the Eiffel Tower. The film...
- 1897
Stanford University, California
Stanford University, California4.51897HD
People walking around the campus. The view shows an immense arch in the background through which are seen coming groups of students, some walking,...
- 1910
His Mother's Thanksgiving
His Mother's Thanksgiving4.51910HD
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...
- 1899
The Diving Horse
The Diving Horse3.31899HD
The only picture extant showing this wonderful performance of a horse diving from a staging 40 feet in height into the water. Scenes secured at the...
- 1897
Buffalo Police on Parade
Buffalo Police on Parade4.11897HD
A street scene showing parade of the entire Buffalo Police Department, 16 men abreast, with military band.
- 1898
Parade of Marines, U.S. Cruiser, 'Brooklyn'
Parade of Marines, U.S. Cruiser, 'Brooklyn'31898HD
A short documentary capturing the officers and crew of the USS Brooklyn during a naval parade in Brooklyn, New York, on October 1, 1898, following...
- 1897
Free-for-All race at Charter Oak Park
Free-for-All race at Charter Oak Park3.41897HD
Great horse racing on the famous Hartford track, showing start and finish of a 2.04 3/4 heat run by the fastest harness horse in the world, John R....
- 1899
Admiral Dewey Leading Land Parade
Admiral Dewey Leading Land Parade2.71899HD
George Dewey was an admiral in the U.S. Navy who is best remembered for his victory at Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War, which he won...
- 1900
Breaking of the Crowd at Military Review at Longchamps
Breaking of the Crowd at Military Review at Longchamps3.31900HD
This picture shows thousands of people leaving their seats in the grand stand and going across the parade grounds toward Paris. A very sharp and...
- 1900
Paris exposition films
Paris exposition films01900HD
White’s camera offers several 360-degree pans of views of the fairground, then amazes by tilting up and down the Eiffel Tower, and concludes...
- 1898
Shooting Captured Insurgents
Shooting Captured Insurgents4.31898HD
“A file of Spanish soldiers line up the Cubans against a blank wall and fire a volley. The flash of rifles and drifting smoke make a very...
- 1899
Cripple Creek Bar-Room Scene
Cripple Creek Bar-Room Scene4.11899HD
Rowdy patrons visit an Old West saloon.
- 1897
Return of Lifeboat
Return of Lifeboat4.11897HD
Along the seashore near San Francisco, a boat belonging to the Pacific Coast Life Saving Service can just be seen as it returns to shore. Several men...
- 1897
S.S. 'Williamette' Leaving for Klondike
S.S. 'Williamette' Leaving for Klondike2.51897HD
Another Edison film of a ship departing.
- 1897
S.S. 'Coptic' in the Harbor
S.S. 'Coptic' in the Harbor2.81897HD
A ship in a harbor.
- 1900
Watermelon Contest
Watermelon Contest3.91900HD
Four men each hold a large slice of watermelon, and have a race to see who can finish eating first. All four move quickly, but one man seems to be...
- 1899
Love and War
Love and War41899HD
A soldier is promoted for bravery, marries a Red Cross girl, and goes home to his parents.
- 1897
Buffalo Stockyards
Buffalo Stockyards3.51897HD
From Edison films catalog: A long line of horses, mules and ponies are led, driven and ridden into the yards, where they are sold and distributed.