James H. White Movies
- 1900
Red Cross Ambulance on Battlefield
Red Cross Ambulance on Battlefield2.51900HD
Near the center of this scene we see the regimental surgeon directing the movements of the Ambulance Corps. Tenderly they pick up the unfortunates...
- 1896
Irish Way of Discussing Politics
Irish Way of Discussing Politics31896HD
This is a typical Irish argument in which a can of beer, clay pipes and two sons of Erin form the principal parts.
- 1901
Love in a Hammock
Love in a Hammock4.51901HD
Shows two lovers in a hammock. Two bad boys appear. One of them climbs into a tree and scrambles out on an overhanging branch, directly over the...
- 1917
Down the Old Potomac
Down the Old Potomac61917HD
This fascinating 12-minute documentary from Edison's Conquest Pictures features a man in a small boat being pulled (from a horse on shore) down the...
- 1896
Mess Call
Mess Call4.91896HD
Members of the New York state militia enjoy some relaxing time during a meal break.
- 1898
S.S. "Coptic" Running Against the Storm
S.S. "Coptic" Running Against the Storm31898HD
"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."
- 1898
Street Scene, San Diego
Street Scene, San Diego31898HD
"A double-decked trolley car, crowded with passengers, approaches and passes the camera. Carriages, pedestrians and bicyclists add to the action of...
- 1898
Troops Embarking at San Francisco
Troops Embarking at San Francisco2.51898HD
From one angle, a line of soldiers are shown walking up the gangplank.
- 1897
Cupid and Psyche
Cupid and Psyche4.71897HD
“By the Leanders. The dress of one consists of a pair of wings and a bow and arrow; the other represents a fairy. Bathers in all stages of...
- 1897
Southern Pacific Overland Mail
Southern Pacific Overland Mail3.71897HD
Taken on the S.P. Railroad, near tunnel No. 9. The train comes rushing out of the tunnel and passes at full speed...
- 1910
His Mother's Thanksgiving
His Mother's Thanksgiving41910HD
This holiday-themed melodrama released by Edison Studios in 1910 concerns Robert, a young man who leaves his mother’s home in New England to...
- 1898
Victorious Squadron Firing Salute
Victorious Squadron Firing Salute21898HD
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...
- 1897
Arrest in Chinatown, San Francisco, Cal.
Arrest in Chinatown, San Francisco, Cal.31897HD
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...
- 1900
Why Jones Discharged His Clerks
Why Jones Discharged His Clerks41900HD
Two delinquent clerks are seated in a broker's office engaged in a game of cards. The boss suddenly appears walking through the corridor. The cards...
- 1899
Three Acrobats
Three Acrobats4.41899HD
The Buffoons are artists in their line. They tumble in and out of trick doors, disappear and reappear in unexpected places in most unexpected ways....
- 1899
Advance of Kansas Volunteers at Caloocan
Advance of Kansas Volunteers at Caloocan3.21899HD
Recreation of military maneuvers in the Philippines in the Spanish-American War.
- 1896
A Morning Alarm
A Morning Alarm71896HD
"This scene shows almost the entire Fire Department led by the Chief, responding to an alarm. The horses, said to be the finest of their kind in the...
- 1899
The Astor Tramp
The Astor Tramp3.51899HD
"A side splitting subject, showing the mistaken tramp's arrival at the Wm. Waldorf Astor mansion and being discovered comfortably asleep in bed, by...
- 1899
Casey at the Bat
Casey at the Bat3.51899HD
"The umpire makes a decision that Casey doesn't like, and an argument follows, during which Casey deftly trips him up, and continues the argument on...
- 1896
Scene on Surf Ave., Coney Island
Scene on Surf Ave., Coney Island71896HD
A short look at Surf Ave., Coney Island.