James H. White Movies

The picture opens with a crowd of Swiss boys and girls dressed in native costumes, marching down the street in this very unique and picturesque...

Another Edison film of a ship departing.

Here is another view on the Bund, with The Garden on the left, with its high arched conservatory. As in the former scene, the peculiar wheelbarrows...

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...

This Edison short takes us to San Jose, CA where we visit the Hotel Vendome (just as the title suggests).

The stubborn resistance of the Boers is shown by the activity and persistency with which they fire the two large field pieces immediately in the...

This twenty-five second film is from Edison's "Southern Pacific Company" series. What we see is a Japanese ship as it is floating into a harbor in...

This is a great historical event. Our cameras were stationed in the center of the Esplanade looking toward the Main Approach to the Pan-American...

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

“One of the most interesting places in the vicinity of Niagara Falls is the Whirlpool Rapids, where the immense volume of water which passes...

On Saturday morning, August 20, 1898, six grim battleships of Admiral Sampson's Squadron...

Parade footage.

Shows steam fire engine in action. Men scale ladders and play streams of water on a burning building. Very realistic.

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

A very short Edison actuality showing a circle dance by Pueblo Indians: some in feathered headdresses, others without, moving around a drummer, each...

Here we present to the audience a subject taken near Mt. Golden, on which will thoroughly please all who are lovers of scenery. One minute you are...

A parade of soldiers.

Short clip of passing troops at the Dewey Arch.

"Grandpa sits nodding in his armchair in the kitchen, where a sout, jolly washerwoman is washing clothes. While the woman leaves the tub to talk to a...

This picture was taken on the line of the Mt. Tamalpais Scene R.R., and whereas the previous views were taken ascending, this is a descending view,...