James H. White Movies

The large war vessel slides slowly down the ways, stern first. Rowboats in the foreground rock violently in the swell. One boat upsets.

The busiest corner in Chicago. Cable cars and street traffic of all descriptions. Hundreds of shoppers. Fine perspective view looking north toward...

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

Interesting types of Mexicans watch the arrivals by the train. Sombreros, serapes and mantillas give the scene a very distinctive foreign appearance.

A documentary short from Edison Manufacturing Company.

A close view of an eighty-footer, schooner rigged, trim as a private yacht, skimming over the waters of the harbor, near Robins' Reef, which...

"A well-known character, in a dance that created considerable excitement when first introduced in America."

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...

A Thomas Edison film showing a torpedo being shot.

This picture ... centers about some guard ropes moving about, perhaps in the wind, perhaps as the platform the movie is taken from rolls about, while...

Filmed off the coast of Rhode Island, this Edison short takes place on the U.S. torpedo boat Morris as we see some men loading up a torpedo that is...

Branding calves in 1898.

The S.S. Australia departs from San Francisco Bay, carrying American soldiers to the Philippines.

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

Street scene of LA in 1898.

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

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

"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."

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