James H. White Movies

  • 1897
    Buffalo Stockyards

    Buffalo Stockyards

    Buffalo Stockyards

    41897HD

    From Edison films catalog: A long line of horses, mules and ponies are led, driven and ridden into the yards, where they are sold and distributed.

    Buffalo Stockyards
  • 1897
    Buffalo Fire Department in Action

    Buffalo Fire Department in Action

    Buffalo Fire Department in Action

    51897HD

    Ten horse-drawn pieces of equipment of the Buffalo Fire Department pass by a stationary camera that looks down a broad avenue as they come toward...

    Buffalo Fire Department in Action
  • 1897
    Sutro Baths, No. 2

    Sutro Baths, No. 2

    Sutro Baths, No. 2

    4.61897HD

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

    Sutro Baths, No. 2
  • 1897
    Free-for-All race at Charter Oak Park

    Free-for-All race at Charter Oak Park

    Free-for-All race at Charter Oak Park

    4.31897HD

    Great horse racing on the famous Hartford track, showing start and finish of a 2.04 3/4 heat run by the fastest harness horse in the world, John R....

    Free-for-All race at Charter Oak Park
  • 1898
    Cuban Ambush

    Cuban Ambush

    Cuban Ambush

    4.41898HD

    From the upper windows of a ruined mill Cubans are firing at a scouting party of Spaniards, who return the volley. Fine smoke effects.

    Cuban Ambush
  • 1897
    Lurline Baths

    Lurline Baths

    Lurline Baths

    4.11897HD

    "The main feature is the toboggan slide. Some sit down while others lie down, either head or feet first."

    Lurline Baths
  • 1897
    Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory

    Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory

    Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory

    5.221897HD

    “This film is remarkable in several respects. In the first place, it is full life-size. Secondly, it is the only accurate recent portrait of...

    Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory
  • 1896
    Herald Square

    Herald Square

    Herald Square

    4.91896HD

    Formed by the junction of Broadway, Sixth Avenue and 35th Street. The picturesque low roofed Herald building is plainly shown; also the passing...

    Herald Square
  • 1897
    Arrest in Chinatown, San Francisco, Cal.

    Arrest in Chinatown, San Francisco, Cal.

    Arrest in Chinatown, San Francisco, Cal.

    3.71897HD

    The title tells us where we are; the vignette is in two parts, spliced together. On a busy sidewalk, a police officer holds the left arm and a suited...

    Arrest in Chinatown, San Francisco, Cal.
  • 1900
    Battle of Mafeking

    Battle of Mafeking

    Battle of Mafeking

    51900HD

    Reenactment of a South African battle.

    Battle of Mafeking
  • 1900
    Eiffel Tower from Trocadero Palace

    Eiffel Tower from Trocadero Palace

    Eiffel Tower from Trocadero Palace

    4.61900HD

    The single camera position is from the top of a building identified as the Trocadero Palace; The camera is pointed toward the Eiffel Tower. The film...

    Eiffel Tower from Trocadero Palace
  • 1898
    Las Viga Canal, Mexico City

    Las Viga Canal, Mexico City

    Las Viga Canal, Mexico City

    41898HD

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

    Las Viga Canal, Mexico City
  • 1897
    S.S. 'Queen' Loading

    S.S. 'Queen' Loading

    S.S. 'Queen' Loading

    3.71897HD

    Shows the S.S. "Queen" at Seattle with an immense crowd of miners crowding the decks of the boat and the docks, carrying aboard baggage, implements,...

    S.S. 'Queen' Loading
  • 1898
    Cattle Leaving the Corral

    Cattle Leaving the Corral

    Cattle Leaving the Corral

    4.51898HD

    An active outdoor film with cattle being driven from an outdoor corral by mounted cowboys.

    Cattle Leaving the Corral
  • 1900
    Boers Bringing in British Prisoners

    Boers Bringing in British Prisoners

    Boers Bringing in British Prisoners

    6.51900HD

    Here we have a mixed company of Gordon Highlanders, Irish Fusilliers and English Lancers, as a group of prisoners taken to the rear by a troop of...

    Boers Bringing in British Prisoners
  • 1899
    Admiral Dewey Receiving the Washington and New York Committees

    Admiral Dewey Receiving the Washington and New York Committees

    Admiral Dewey Receiving the Washington and New York Committees

    41899HD

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

    Admiral Dewey Receiving the Washington and New York Committees
  • 1899
    Dewey Parade, 10th Pennsylvania Volunteers

    Dewey Parade, 10th Pennsylvania Volunteers

    Dewey Parade, 10th Pennsylvania Volunteers

    6.51899HD

    In [Admiral] Dewey land parade.

    Dewey Parade, 10th Pennsylvania Volunteers
  • 1897
    First Avenue, Seattle, Washington, No. 8

    First Avenue, Seattle, Washington, No. 8

    First Avenue, Seattle, Washington, No. 8

    3.71897HD

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

    First Avenue, Seattle, Washington, No. 8
  • 1898
    Native Daughters

    Native Daughters

    Native Daughters

    3.71898HD

    The film opens showing the native daughters mounted on horses.

    Native Daughters
  • 1900
    Panoramic View of the Place de la Concorde

    Panoramic View of the Place de la Concorde

    Panoramic View of the Place de la Concorde

    6.21900HD

    Taken from an automobile. This picture was taken during the fashionable driving hour, making a complete circle of the Place de la Concorde, passing...

    Panoramic View of the Place de la Concorde