James H. White Movies
- 1900
New Black Diamond Express
New Black Diamond Express4.41900HD
A crew of railroad workmen are busy along the tracks of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. When the Black Diamond Express appears in the distance, they...
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- 1898
Calf Branding
Calf Branding3.31898HD
Branding calves in 1898.
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- 1896
Mounted Police Charge
Mounted Police Charge3.6361896HD
"A battalion of New York's famous mounted police at inspection. They approach at break-neck gallop." - from the Edison Catalog
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- 1898
Feeding Sea Gulls
Feeding Sea Gulls3.71898HD
Seagulls flock around a moving ferryboat in San Francisco Bay in this 2-shot short film.
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- 1900
Tourists Starting for Canton
Tourists Starting for Canton31900HD
Shows a party of English people in their chairs. This is the only safe way of getting about in Canton, as the streets are indescribably filthy.
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- 1896
East Side Drive, No. 1
East Side Drive, No. 101896HD
East Side Drive, No. 1 (1896) is a brief, silent actual-city documentary directed by James H. White for Edison. Filmed on New York City’s East...
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- 1897
Boxing for Points
Boxing for Points3.71897HD
Men on field. Boxing. Both wear numbers on back. Large round-hose swings. Several men apparently refereeing. One with striped pants. Possible at west...
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- 1897
Philadelphia Express, Jersey Central Railway
Philadelphia Express, Jersey Central Railway4.81897HD
Stationary camera on a railroad yard.
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- 1896
Edison Drawn by 'World' Artist
Edison Drawn by 'World' Artist4.0911896HD
Artist draws Thomas Edison.
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- 1898
Lassoing a Steer
Lassoing a Steer21898HD
Eight mounted cowboys pursue an escaped steer, riding at furious speed. Fine exhibition of lasso throwing. Mexican International.
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- 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.
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- 1900
Capture of Boer Battery by British
Capture of Boer Battery by British3.41900HD
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- 1900
Torpedo Boat 'Morris' Running
Torpedo Boat 'Morris' Running4.51900HD
A Thomas Edison film showing a torpedo being shot.
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- 1910
The Police Force of New York City
The Police Force of New York City61910HD
New York City police catch thieves and stop runaway horses.
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- 1898
Wand Dance, Pueblo Indians
Wand Dance, Pueblo Indians01898HD
A very short Edison actuality showing a circle dance by Pueblo Indians: some in feathered headdresses, others without, moving around a drummer, each...
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- 1898
Ella Lola, a la Trilby
Ella Lola, a la Trilby4.31898HD
A young, dark-haired woman performs a dance inspired by George du Maurier's character Trilby, in an early modern dance style reminiscent of Isadora...
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- 1897
Cupid and Psyche
Cupid and Psyche4.61897HD
“By the Leanders. The dress of one consists of a pair of wings and a bow and arrow; the other represents a fairy. Bathers in all stages of...
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- 1898
South Spring Street, Los Angeles, Cal.
South Spring Street, Los Angeles, Cal.3.51898HD
Street scene of LA in 1898.
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- 1900
A Storm at Sea
A Storm at Sea5.81900HD
While our photographers were crossing the Atlantic Ocean a most wonderful and sensational picture was secured, showing a storm at sea. The picture...
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- 1897
Surf at Monterey
Surf at Monterey31897HD
From Edison films catalog: The water breaks over the rocks, and is dashed into silvery spray, high into the air. Exceptionally fine water effects.
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