James H. White Movies

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

“Mammy is washing her little pickaninny. She thrusts him, kicking and struggling, into a tub full of foaming suds.” (Edison film catalog)

Taken at Fingal, Cal., where the world-renowned 'Sunset Limited' trains pass each other.

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

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...

This twenty-five second film is from Edison's "Southern Pacific Company" series. What we see is a Japanese ship as it is floating into a harbor in...

This is a typical Irish argument in which a can of beer, clay pipes and two sons of Erin form the principal parts.

“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...

A crowd watches the Newark Fire Department respond to a call.

“This shows the Fire Department leaving headquarters for an early morning fire. The scene is remarkable for its natural effect. The opening of...

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

Children entering and exiting a schoolhouse.

The scene opens by showing the village girls driving home a herd of cows, and shows the native peasantry of Switzerland returning from their daily...

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

Showing Central Park in the background.

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...

San Diego Beach, Hotel del Coronado. A pug dog, several terriers and water spaniels and a great St. Bernard are dashing into the water, retrieving...

This picture was taken on the line of the Mt. Tamalpais Scene R.R., and whereas the previous views were taken ascending, this is a descending view,...

1897 version of Annabelle Moore performing a serpentine dance.

Reenactment of a South African battle.