James H. White Movies

“Showing the entire height of this wonderful structure from the base of the dome and return, with the great Paris Exposition in the background,...

Possibly the sensation of the flight of a bird can be nearest realized by being on deck of one of the U.S. Government's fleet torpedo boats racing at...

This picture shows the Canadian troops departing from Quebec for the war in Transvaal. The scene opens with the soldiers clad in campaign uniform,...

Recreation of military maneuvers in the Philippines in the Spanish-American War.

Edison released this as part of their "Northern Pacific Rainway" and "Alaska and Yellowstone National Park" series.

A military procession.

Showing Committee of Arrangements visit to the Admiral on board the U.S. Cruiser Olympia.

Circus bears showing their tricks.

"On the way to San[ta] Monica, Cal., the train approaches, runs through and emerges from a tunnel. Train passes in opposite direction. Camera is at...

First comes the famous Marine Band of the 'Brooklyn,' with the mascot goat beside the bass drum. The 300 marines follow in rapid marching order, a...

Street scene of LA in 1898.

Seagulls flock around a moving ferryboat in San Francisco Bay in this 2-shot short film.

"Taken at San Francisco, Cal., at the Golden Jubilee. This picture shows a procession of the resident Chinese of San Francisco, carrying banners,...

In front of each bare headed woman is a flat rock, used as a wash board. Stream of water near by.

"Here was built the peerless battleship 'Oregon.' The scene is taken at lunch hour, and shows a great throng of employees leaving the shop."

From one angle, a line of soldiers are shown walking up the gangplank.

The 'Laughing Waters' of Longfellow's 'Hiawatha.' A beautiful view of this picturesque and celebrated waterfall.

Stationary camera on a railroad yard.

One of the sights of San Francisco. A 50-foot slide is used by the bathers, who toboggan down its slippery surface in all positions...

“Another view in which the figures show larger. A springboard furnishes the bathers with much amusement; also a toboggan slide.” (Edison...