James H. White Movies

“A clever characteristic dance called the 'Yellow Kid.' Very unique. Stage is in the Sutro Baths, San Francisco, Cal., and the audience is...

People walking around the campus. The view shows an immense arch in the background through which are seen coming groups of students, some walking,...

The film was photographed as if in the audience at a bull fight. No. 3 shows the collapse of the bull.

"The fashionable set is parading in the park, after church. The concourse is composed of all nationalities, including several groups of pretty...

Short clip of passing troops at the Dewey Arch.

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

Stationary camera on a railroad yard.

The camera shows a view of the American Falls and Goat Island.

Near the center of this scene we see the regimental surgeon directing the movements of the Ambulance Corps. Tenderly they pick up the unfortunates...

On Saturday morning, August 20, 1898, six grim battleships of Admiral Sampson's Squadron sailed into New York Harbor and up the Hudson to receive a...

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...

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

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

Magnificent action is displayed by this troop of Mexican cavalry. They approach at full speed, with drawn sabres, wheel rapidly, and charge in the...

It is train time. We look down the long platform, crowded with people, and see the famous N.P. Railway Overland Express approaching rapidly. In a...

Recreation of military maneuvers in the Philippines in the Spanish-American War.

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

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...

"It dashes up just in time to gather in the crowd of rowdies that are fighting. The policemen hustle the toughs off to the station house."

"A battalion of New York's famous mounted police at inspection. They approach at break-neck gallop." - from the Edison Catalog