James H. White Movies

This scene opens by showing a pretty cook mixing bread in the kitchen. Jones comes in unexpectedly from a trip and carries a dress suitcase. He...

"Shows steamer plunging head-on through the heavy seas. Huge waves break over the bow and wash the deck, almost carrying away the look-out."

A fellow in a wide-brimmed hat, with a willowy stick for a rod and a baited hook, sits down on a plank hanging over a bridge above a stream. He...

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

A documentary short from Edison Manufacturing Company.

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

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...

Shows canal running through the suburban village of Santa Anita. Men and women pole their flat-bottom boats along, loaded down with garden produce.

In [Admiral] Dewey land parade.

"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...

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

“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...

From Edison films catalog: Taken during the Klondike excitement. The streets are crowded with miners buying outfits and supplies. Mule trains,...

People spill drink on themselves, supposedly after a poker game during the Yukon Gold Rush.

Short clip of passing troops at the Dewey Arch.

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

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...

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

Eight mounted cowboys pursue an escaped steer, riding at furious speed. Fine exhibition of lasso throwing. Mexican International.

Chinese passengers make their way down the wharf. Two chair bearers are soliciting fares, but without any success.