James H. White Movies

  • 1896
    Sea Beach Scene

    Sea Beach Scene

    Sea Beach Scene

    71896HD

    Some men are playing a game on the beach, while some ladies with their backs to the cameras watch. A donkey cart ambles by.

    Sea Beach Scene
  • 1898
    Mexican Rurales Charge

    Mexican Rurales Charge

    Mexican Rurales Charge

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    Magnificent action is displayed by this troop of Mexican cavalry. They approach at full speed, with drawn sabres, wheel rapidly, and charge in the...

    Mexican Rurales Charge
  • 1900
    Panorama of Eiffel Tower

    Panorama of Eiffel Tower

    Panorama of Eiffel Tower

    5.61900HD

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

    Panorama of Eiffel Tower
  • 1900
    Esplanade des Invalides

    Esplanade des Invalides

    Esplanade des Invalides

    3.6671900HD

    Beginning with the camera pointing toward the Invalides entrance, with the tomb of Napoleon in the background. The camera is slowly revolved until it...

    Esplanade des Invalides
  • 1897
    Fast mail, Northern Pacific Railroad

    Fast mail, Northern Pacific Railroad

    Fast mail, Northern Pacific Railroad

    3.91897HD

    Here is a twelve car train dashing along at a high rate of speed. It is seen first in the distance and approaches and then passes by the camera...

    Fast mail, Northern Pacific Railroad
  • 1897
    Buffalo Police on Parade

    Buffalo Police on Parade

    Buffalo Police on Parade

    4.11897HD

    A street scene showing parade of the entire Buffalo Police Department, 16 men abreast, with military band.

    Buffalo Police on Parade
  • 1899
    Dewey Parade, 10th Pennsylvania Volunteers

    Dewey Parade, 10th Pennsylvania Volunteers

    Dewey Parade, 10th Pennsylvania Volunteers

    31899HD

    In [Admiral] Dewey land parade.

    Dewey Parade, 10th Pennsylvania Volunteers
  • 1898
    Kanakas Diving for Money (Honolulu), No. 2

    Kanakas Diving for Money (Honolulu), No. 2

    Kanakas Diving for Money (Honolulu), No. 2

    3.31898HD

    Despite the title, the most one can glean from this very short short is a bunch of guys having fun in a harbor.

    Kanakas Diving for Money (Honolulu), No. 2
  • 1899
    Skirmish of Rough Riders

    Skirmish of Rough Riders

    Skirmish of Rough Riders

    2.41899HD

    Shielded by a thick bit of timber at a turn of the road stands a company of mounted men, awaiting the order to advance...

    Skirmish of Rough Riders
  • 1896
    A Morning Alarm

    A Morning Alarm

    A Morning Alarm

    71896HD

    "This scene shows almost the entire Fire Department led by the Chief, responding to an alarm. The horses, said to be the finest of their kind in the...

    A Morning Alarm
  • 1898
    Bull Fight, no. 3

    Bull Fight, no. 3

    Bull Fight, no. 3

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    The film was photographed as if in the audience at a bull fight. No. 3 shows the collapse of the bull.

    Bull Fight, no. 3
  • 1899
    Colonel Funston Swimming the Bagbag River

    Colonel Funston Swimming the Bagbag River

    Colonel Funston Swimming the Bagbag River

    31899HD

    He throws off his coat, takes the rope in his mouth, dives from the raft into the river, and under a hot fire swims to the opposite shore, which is...

    Colonel Funston Swimming the Bagbag River
  • 1898
    Calf Branding

    Calf Branding

    Calf Branding

    3.31898HD

    Branding calves in 1898.

    Calf Branding
  • 1901
    Love in a Hammock

    Love in a Hammock

    Love in a Hammock

    4.3331901HD

    Shows two lovers in a hammock. Two bad boys appear. One of them climbs into a tree and scrambles out on an overhanging branch, directly over the...

    Love in a Hammock
  • 1900
    Exploding a Whitehead Torpedo

    Exploding a Whitehead Torpedo

    Exploding a Whitehead Torpedo

    5.21900HD

    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...

    Exploding a Whitehead Torpedo
  • 1900
    Red Cross Ambulance on Battlefield

    Red Cross Ambulance on Battlefield

    Red Cross Ambulance on Battlefield

    31900HD

    Near the center of this scene we see the regimental surgeon directing the movements of the Ambulance Corps. Tenderly they pick up the unfortunates...

    Red Cross Ambulance on Battlefield
  • 1900
    Panoramic View of the Champs Elysees

    Panoramic View of the Champs Elysees

    Panoramic View of the Champs Elysees

    4.41900HD

    Filmed in July 1900, on the Champs Elysées in Paris, France.

    Panoramic View of the Champs Elysees
  • 1899
    104th Street Curve, New York, Elevated Railway

    104th Street Curve, New York, Elevated Railway

    104th Street Curve, New York, Elevated Railway

    4.71899HD

    Taken from the front platform of a special train run backward over this celebrated S curve. Not only are the passing trains and crowded platforms of...

    104th Street Curve, New York, Elevated Railway
  • 1898
    Freight Train

    Freight Train

    Freight Train

    4.31898HD

    Another entry in Edison's "Southern Pacific Company Series", which pretty much had cameramen hanging around the train line just shooting anything...

    Freight Train
  • 1898
    Going Through the Tunnel

    Going Through the Tunnel

    Going Through the Tunnel

    4.81898HD

    "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...

    Going Through the Tunnel