James H. White Movies
- 1898
Turkish Dance, Ella Lola
Turkish Dance, Ella Lola5.21898HD
In this movie, dancer Ella Lola performs a Turkish variation of a "Danse Du Ventre", the oriental belly dance. In her dance she shakes, twists and...
- 1897
S.S. 'Coptic' Sailing Away
S.S. 'Coptic' Sailing Away41897HD
“Shows the vessel after she has been fully turned and on her way across the Pacific. The boat shows large and clear with smoke coming from the...
- 1897
Black Diamond Express, No. 1
Black Diamond Express, No. 14.31897HD
- 1896
Mounted Police Charge
Mounted Police Charge3.41896HD
"A battalion of New York's famous mounted police at inspection. They approach at break-neck gallop." - from the Edison Catalog
- 1897
Police Patrol Wagon
Police Patrol Wagon2.51897HD
"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."
- 1897
Sheep Run, Chicago Stockyards
Sheep Run, Chicago Stockyards4.41897HD
"Shows a large flock of sheep being driven from the cars to the slaughter house."
- 1899
104th Street Curve, New York, Elevated Railway
104th Street Curve, New York, Elevated Railway4.71899HD
Taken from the front platform of a special train run backward over this celebrated S curve. Not only are the passing trains and crowded platforms of...
- 1898
Feeding Sea Gulls
Feeding Sea Gulls3.71898HD
Seagulls flock around a moving ferryboat in San Francisco Bay in this 2-shot short film.
- 1899
Admiral Dewey Receiving the Washington and New York Committees
Admiral Dewey Receiving the Washington and New York Committees31899HD
Showing Committee of Arrangements visit to the Admiral on board the U.S. Cruiser Olympia.
- 1898
Launch of Japanese Man-of-War 'Chitosa'
Launch of Japanese Man-of-War 'Chitosa'3.81898HD
The large war vessel slides slowly down the ways, stern first. Rowboats in the foreground rock violently in the swell. One boat upsets.
- 1899
Colonel Funston Swimming the Bagbag River
Colonel Funston Swimming the Bagbag River31899HD
He throws off his coat, takes the rope in his mouth, dives from the raft into the river, and under a hot fire swims to the opposite shore, which is...
- 1897
Sutro Baths, No. 2
Sutro Baths, No. 23.21897HD
“Another view in which the figures show larger. A springboard furnishes the bathers with much amusement; also a toboggan slide.” (Edison...
- 1899
Shoot the Chutes Series
Shoot the Chutes Series3.51899HD
Positively the most wonderful series of pictures ever secured by an animated picture camera. The first scene is taken from the pond of the chutes,...
- 1899
Skirmish of Rough Riders
Skirmish of Rough Riders2.31899HD
Shielded by a thick bit of timber at a turn of the road stands a company of mounted men, awaiting the order to advance...
- 1900
Champs Elysees
Champs Elysees41900HD
Near the main entrance. Hundreds of carriages and characteristic Parisian busses are passing.
- 1899
Admiral Dewey Leading Land Parade, No. 2
Admiral Dewey Leading Land Parade, No. 23.21899HD
Showing Central Park in the background.
- 1896
Watermelon Contest
Watermelon Contest31896HD
Two men have a contest to see which one can be the first to eat a large slice of watermelon.
- 1900
Watermelon Contest
Watermelon Contest41900HD
Four men each hold a large slice of watermelon, and have a race to see who can finish eating first. All four move quickly, but one man seems to be...
- 1896
Edison Drawn by 'World' Artist
Edison Drawn by 'World' Artist4.11896HD
Artist draws Thomas Edison.
- 1897
S.S. 'Coptic' in the Harbor
S.S. 'Coptic' in the Harbor2.81897HD
A ship in a harbor.