James H. White Movies

In front of each bare headed woman is a flat rock, used as a wash board. Stream of water near by.

This Edison short delivers everything the title says. In 24-seconds we see a boat being lowered into the water led by Capt. Joseph Hodgson. The boat...

An early short with a self-explanatory title.

In the Chicago stockyards, the gates of a pen of long-horn cattle are open and the cattle are being herded out by several cowhands.

"On the way to San[ta] Monica, Cal., the train approaches, runs through and emerges from a tunnel. Train passes in opposite direction. Camera is at...

From one angle, a line of soldiers are shown walking up the gangplank.

Shows the wharf at San Francisco, Cal., with a large fleet of fishing boats at anchor.

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

Taken at the docks of the Pacific Steamship Co., San Francisco, Cal., which is operated in connection with the Southern Pacific Railroad Co...

Filmed in July 1900, on the Champs Elysées in Paris, France.

Reenactment of action in the Spanish-American War.

Up the road comes a detachment of infantry, firing, advancing, kneeling and firing, again and again...

You see a shot of three horse-drawn wagons on a dirt road with some mountains in the far background...

The 'Laughing Waters' of Longfellow's 'Hiawatha.' A beautiful view of this picturesque and celebrated waterfall.

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

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....

Another Edison film shot in San Francisco at the Fisherman's Wharf. Once again the camera is looking down on a group of men doing their jobs.

The wharf is crowded with live stock, and the huge derrick slowly drops the large box or sling into the bunch. Into this cradle a horse is led, and...

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

Street scene of LA in 1898.