James H. White Movies
- 1910
Frankenstein
Frankenstein61910HD
Frankenstein, a young medical student, trying to create the perfect human being, instead creates a misshapen monster. Made ill by what he has done,...
- 1903
Life of an American Fireman
Life of an American Fireman6.031903HD
Porter's sequential continuity editing links several shots to form a narrative of firemen responding to a house fire. They leave the station with...
- 1897
Corner Madison and State Streets, Chicago
Corner Madison and State Streets, Chicago4.41897HD
The busiest corner in Chicago. Cable cars and street traffic of all descriptions. Hundreds of shoppers. Fine perspective view looking north toward...
- 1898
Shooting Captured Insurgents
Shooting Captured Insurgents4.31898HD
“A file of Spanish soldiers line up the Cubans against a blank wall and fire a volley. The flash of rifles and drifting smoke make a very...
- 1900
Panorama of Eiffel Tower
Panorama of Eiffel Tower5.61900HD
“Showing the entire height of this wonderful structure from the base of the dome and return, with the great Paris Exposition in the background,...
- 1898
Troop Ships for the Philippines
Troop Ships for the Philippines3.41898HD
The S.S. Australia departs from San Francisco Bay, carrying American soldiers to the Philippines.
- 1897
Lick Observatory, Mt. Hamilton, Cal.
Lick Observatory, Mt. Hamilton, Cal.2.81897HD
From F.Z. Maguire catalogue: The background of this picture is the Lick Observatory, Mount Hamilton, Cal. This observatory, the gift of James Lick,...
- 1901
Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison
Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison4.21901HD
This early docudrama shows Auburn Prison and recreates the electrocution of Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of President McKinley of the United States.
- 1897
Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory
Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory5.11897HD
“This film is remarkable in several respects. In the first place, it is full life-size. Secondly, it is the only accurate recent portrait of...
- 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.
- 1896
Shooting the Chutes
Shooting the Chutes3.91896HD
The camera shows a water ride at Bergen Beach at Coney Island. A raised track filled with water forms a chute, and a small boat full of park visitors...
- 1896
Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance
Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance4.8951896HD
The dancer Fatima, well-known for her dancing shows at the World's Exhibition in 1893, performs for the camera. She opens her act by twirling around...
- 1897
Fifth Avenue, New York
Fifth Avenue, New York4.6361897HD
"The famous parade ground of Metropolitan fashion. Exquisitely gowned women, club men, actresses, millionaires pass by on their afternoon stroll." -...
- 1899
Admiral Dewey Leading Land Parade
Admiral Dewey Leading Land Parade2.71899HD
George Dewey was an admiral in the U.S. Navy who is best remembered for his victory at Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War, which he won...
- 1899
U.S. Cruiser 'Olympia' Leading Naval Parade
U.S. Cruiser 'Olympia' Leading Naval Parade41899HD
This picture ... centers about some guard ropes moving about, perhaps in the wind, perhaps as the platform the movie is taken from rolls about, while...
- 1899
Admiral Dewey Landing at Gibraltar
Admiral Dewey Landing at Gibraltar2.61899HD
George Dewey was an admiral in the U.S. Navy who is best remembered for his victory at Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War, which he won...
- 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
Why Mrs. Jones Got a Divorce
Why Mrs. Jones Got a Divorce5.8891900HD
This scene opens by showing a pretty cook mixing bread in the kitchen. Jones comes in unexpectedly from a trip and carries a dress suitcase. He...
- 1896
Mess Call
Mess Call4.91896HD
Members of the New York state militia enjoy some relaxing time during a meal break.
- 1900
Capture of Boer Battery by British
Capture of Boer Battery by British3.4291900HD