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James Henry White was a Canadian film pioneer, who worked as a director, producer, and cinematographer. He also appeared as an actor in several films. He was employed by the Edison Manufacturing Company, and directed over 500 short films, both fictional and documentary.
Total trailers found: 230
01 January 1896
“The watchful father disturbs a dream of bliss, and the bucolic lover is taught a lesson. He made a great hit.
31 May 1897
“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 the great inventor.
20 July 1897
From Edison films catalog: A long line of horses, mules and ponies are led, driven and ridden into the yards, where they are sold and distributed.
20 August 1898
From the upper windows of a ruined mill Cubans are firing at a scouting party of Spaniards, who return the volley.
01 January 1896
Two men have a contest to see which one can be the first to eat a large slice of watermelon.
25 October 1897
A line is shot to the man clinging to the overturned boat. He fastens it to his body using all his fast failing strength.
20 October 1897
"The main feature is the toboggan slide. Some sit down while others lie down, either head or feet first.
23 May 1897
“A comic subject, clear, bright and characteristic. Shows four girls in their night dresses, engaged in an animated pillow fight.
31 March 1897
From Maguire & Baucus catalogue: A most amusing and life-like scene, in which a number of young ladies clad in their night robes, are seen engaged in a midnight frolic.
01 January 1896
A fellow in a wide-brimmed hat, with a willowy stick for a rod and a baited hook, sits down on a plank hanging over a bridge above a stream.
18 March 1910
Frankenstein, a young medical student, trying to create the perfect human being, instead creates a misshapen monster.
20 March 1899
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.
20 March 1898
The film opens showing the native daughters mounted on horses.
28 June 1900
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 pulling ahead of the others.
20 October 1897
Another Edison film shot in San Francisco at the Fisherman's Wharf. Once again the camera is looking down on a group of men doing their jobs.
24 May 1897
Shows a party of young people in front of a barn door, searching for the red ear, which is discovered, and the penalty exacted from one of the group who resists payment of the forfeit, thereby creating confusion and merriment.
20 March 1898
Another entry in Edison's "Southern Pacific Company Series", which pretty much had cameramen hanging around the train line just shooting anything they could.
01 January 1896
Members of the New York state militia enjoy some relaxing time during a meal break.
21 August 1900
“A marvelously clear picture taken from the top of the elevator of the Eiffel Tower during going up and coming down of the car.
20 October 1897
The wharf is crowded with live stock, and the huge derrick slowly drops the large box or sling into the bunch.
21 January 1903
Porter's sequential continuity editing links several shots to form a narrative of firemen responding to a house fire.
30 September 1897
“A clever characteristic dance called the 'Yellow Kid.' Very unique. Stage is in the Sutro Baths, San Francisco, Cal.
11 March 1896
Formed by the junction of Broadway, Sixth Avenue and 35th Street. The picturesque low roofed Herald building is plainly shown; also the passing crowds and group of idlers.
01 March 1896
"A well-known character, in a dance that created considerable excitement when first introduced in America.
20 October 1898
A short documentary capturing the officers and crew of the USS Brooklyn during a naval parade in Brooklyn, New York, on October 1, 1898, following the Spanish-American War.
15 June 1896
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 slides down the chute.
20 July 1897
The busiest corner in Chicago. Cable cars and street traffic of all descriptions. Hundreds of shoppers.
31 October 1896
A burning wagon is dragged from the barn by the firemen, and four horses are rescued from the flames by the stablemen.
30 September 1898
In this movie, dancer Ella Lola performs a Turkish variation of a "Danse Du Ventre", the oriental belly dance.
01 January 1894
Annabelle (Whitford) Moore performs one of her popular dances. For this performance, her costume has a pair of wings attached to her back, to suggest a butterfly.
20 May 1899
“This is a new negative showing the entire trip from Brooklyn to New York, in which the immense towers stand out clear and distinct against the sky.
20 October 1899
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 without the death of a single person in the battle.
01 June 1899
A reenacted short from 1899 produced by Thomas Edison’s company during the Philippine-American War.
23 October 1896
A woman and a young girl each carry containers of bird feed, and they toss occasional handfuls to the chickens and doves in the farmyard.
22 June 1898
Despite the title, the most one can glean from this very short short is a bunch of guys having fun in a harbor.
31 October 1900
White’s camera offers several 360-degree pans of views of the fairground, then amazes by tilting up and down the Eiffel Tower, and concludes with a stunning tracking shot to the highest point above Paris.
20 October 1897
Ten horse-drawn pieces of equipment of the Buffalo Fire Department pass by a stationary camera that looks down a broad avenue as they come toward it.
16 November 1901
This early docudrama shows Auburn Prison and recreates the electrocution of Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of President McKinley of the United States.
02 November 1896
"A battalion of New York's famous mounted police at inspection. They approach at break-neck gallop."g
22 November 1910
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 forge a career in the big city.
01 January 1900
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.
20 December 1910
New York City police catch thieves and stop runaway horses.
06 March 1917
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 Potomac river.
20 May 1898
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, the camera being placed on the front end of the train which follows another train consisting of two passengers coaches and an engine.
20 March 1898
Taken on the line of the Mt. Tamalpais scenic railroad, Marin county, California, from a flat car following the engine.
20 May 1899
“Showing a group of soldiers and Red Cross nurses being amused by a number of small children who are riding upon the backs of trick bears.
30 September 1897
“By the Leanders. The dress of one consists of a pair of wings and a bow and arrow; the other represents a fairy.
01 March 1898
This film shows the summit portion of the Mill Valley and Mount Tamalpais Scenic Railway, the Tamalpais Tavern resort, and part of the adjacent east peak of Mount Tamalpais.
20 July 1897
The 'Laughing Waters' of Longfellow's 'Hiawatha.' A beautiful view of this picturesque and celebrated waterfall.
20 October 1897
From F.Z. Maguire catalogue: The background of this picture is the Lick Observatory, Mount Hamilton, Cal.
01 December 1896
This picture was taken at one of the curves on the Lehigh Valley Railroad, along the beautiful Susquehanna River.
01 January 1900
A panoramic shot, making a full circle, at the 1900 Paris Exposition. It begins and ends looking at the front of the Palace of Electricity.
21 August 1900
Shows all the prominent buildings on this thoroughfare, ending with a close view of the base of the Eiffel Tower, with the Trocadero Palace in the background.
20 June 1899
Up the road comes a detachment of infantry, firing, advancing, kneeling and firing, again and again..
20 May 1899
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 great interest, but the view of uptown New York is an excellent one, showing acre upon acre of roofs, towers, steeples and towering apartment houses.
