James H. White
1900
Champs de Mars
Shows all the prominent buildings on this thoroughfare, ending with a close view of the ba…
Champs Elysees
Near the main entrance. Hundreds of carriages and characteristic Parisian busses are passi…
Charge of Boer Cavalry
In the distance is seen a number of grey objects rapidly approaching, which, upon drawing…
Discharging a Whitehead Torpedo
Filmed off the coast of Rhode Island, this Edison short takes place on the U.S. torpedo bo…
1900
Eiffel Tower from Trocadero Palace
The single camera position is from the top of a building identified as the Trocadero Palac…
English Lancers Charging
The stubborn resistance of the Boers is shown by the activity and persistency with which t…
Esplanade des Invalides
Beginning with the camera pointing toward the Invalides entrance, with the tomb of Napoleo…
Exploding a Whitehead Torpedo
The title pretty much tells you all there is to know about this Edison film. It runs a ver…
Grandma and the Bad Boys
Two bad boys enter the kitchen. One climbs to the kitchen table and takes down the old lam…
Gun Drill by Naval Cadets at Newport Training School
This picture shows the Cadets marching, countermarching and a great many interesting manoe…
Gymnasium Exercises and Drill at Newport Training School
This picture shows the young cadets going through their daily exercises and drill, and is…
Hong Kong Wharf Scene
Chinese passengers make their way down the wharf. Two chair bearers are soliciting fares,…
Naval Apprentices at Sail Drill on Historic Ship 'Constellation'
This picture opens with the young cadets climbing the rigging and going through the sail d…
Naval Sham Battle at Newport
Showing the attacking forces drawn up in line of battle. They immediately commence firing…
1900
New Black Diamond Express
A crew of railroad workmen are busy along the tracks of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. When t…
1900
Overland Express Arriving at Helena, Mont.
It is train time. We look down the long platform, crowded with people, and see the famous…
Palace of Electricity
A panoramic shot, making a full circle, at the 1900 Paris Exposition. It begins and ends l…
1900
Panorama of Eiffel Tower
“Showing the entire height of this wonderful structure from the base of the dome and retur…
Panorama of Gorge Railway
“One of the most interesting places in the vicinity of Niagara Falls is the Whirlpool Rapi…
1900
Panorama of Place de l'Opéra
James White, the Edison Company's main filmmaker at the time, realized a burst of creativi…
1900
Panorama of the Moving Boardwalk
An early short with a self-explanatory title.
Panorama of the Paris Exposition, from the Seine
This panoramic scene is taken from a Seine steamboat and gives a rapid view of the banks o…
Panoramic View of Newport
Possibly the sensation of the flight of a bird can be nearest realized by being on deck of…
Panoramic View of the Champs Elysees
Filmed in July 1900, on the Champs Elysées in Paris, France.
1900
Panoramic View of the Place de la Concorde
Taken from an automobile. This picture was taken during the fashionable driving hour, maki…
1900
Paris exposition films
White’s camera offers several 360-degree pans of views of the fairground, then amazes by t…
Red Cross Ambulance on Battlefield
Near the center of this scene we see the regimental surgeon directing the movements of the…
Scene from the Elevator Ascending Eiffel Tower
“A marvelously clear picture taken from the top of the elevator of the Eiffel Tower during…
Scene in the Swiss Village at Paris Exposition
The picture opens with a crowd of Swiss boys and girls dressed in native costumes, marchin…
1900
Shanghai Street Scene No. 2
Here is another view on the Bund, with The Garden on the left, with its high arched conser…
Swiss Village, No. 2
The scene opens by showing the village girls driving home a herd of cows, and shows the na…
Torpedo Boat 'Morris' Running
A Thomas Edison film showing a torpedo being shot.
Tourists Starting for Canton
Shows a party of English people in their chairs. This is the only safe way of getting abou…
1900
Watermelon Contest
Four men each hold a large slice of watermelon, and have a race to see who can finish eati…
Why Jones Discharged His Clerks
Two delinquent clerks are seated in a broker's office engaged in a game of cards. The boss…
Why Mrs. Jones Got a Divorce
This scene opens by showing a pretty cook mixing bread in the kitchen. Jones comes in unex…