James H. White

Known for Directing

Details

Birthday: March 01, 1872

Deathday: January 01, 1944

Place of birth: Nova Scotia, Canada

Biography

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.

Actor

1903

Life of an American Fireman

1902

Jack and the Beanstalk

Director

2007

Butterfly Dances

1970

S.S. "Coptic" Lying To

1917

Down the Old Potomac

1910

His Mother's Thanksgiving

1910

The Police Force of New York City

1902

Panoramic View Near Mt. Golden on the Canadian Pacific R. R.

1901

President McKinley Reviewing the Troops at the Pan-American Exposition

1901

Opening of the Pan-American Exposition Showing Vice President Roosevelt Leading the Procession

1901

Love in a Hammock

1901

Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison

1900

Red Cross Ambulance on Battlefield

1900

Breaking of the Crowd at Military Review at Longchamps

1900

Panorama of the Moving Boardwalk

1900

Charge of Boer Cavalry

1900

Panoramic View of the Champs Elysees

1900

Champs Elysees

1900

Naval Sham Battle at Newport

1900

Panorama of Eiffel Tower

1900

Scene in the Swiss Village at Paris Exposition

1900

Boers Bringing in British Prisoners

1900

Torpedo Boat 'Morris' Running

1900

Palace of Electricity

1900

Panoramic View of Newport

1900

Gun Drill by Naval Cadets at Newport Training School

1900

Esplanade des Invalides

1900

Swiss Village, No. 2

1900

Panorama of Place de l'Opéra

1900

Panoramic View of the Place de la Concorde

1900

Eiffel Tower from Trocadero Palace

1900

Exploding a Whitehead Torpedo

1900

Panorama of Gorge Railway

1900

Naval Apprentices at Sail Drill on Historic Ship 'Constellation'

1900

Battle of Mafeking

1900

Gymnasium Exercises and Drill at Newport Training School

1900

Discharging a Whitehead Torpedo

1900

English Lancers Charging

1900

Why Jones Discharged His Clerks

1900

Champs de Mars

1900

Why Mrs. Jones Got a Divorce

1900

Scene from the Elevator Ascending Eiffel Tower

1900

Panorama of the Paris Exposition, from the Seine

1900

Grandma and the Bad Boys

1900

Capture of Boer Battery by British

1900

Watermelon Contest

1900

New Black Diamond Express

1900

A Storm at Sea

1900

Canton River Scene

1900

Hong Kong Wharf Scene

1900

Shanghai Street Scene No. 2

1900

Tourists Starting for Canton

1900

Paris exposition films

1900

Panoramic View from the Moving Sidewalk at the Paris Exposition

1899

The Astor Tramp

1899

Love and War

1899

Admiral Dewey Taking Leave of Washington Committee on the U.S. Cruiser 'Olympia'

1899

Fun in Camp

1899

U.S. Cruiser 'Olympia' Leading Naval Parade

1899

Trick Bears

1899

Tourists Going Round Yellowstone Park

1899

Admiral Dewey Receiving the Washington and New York Committees

1899

104th Street Curve, New York, Elevated Railway

1899

Three Acrobats

1899

Admiral Dewey Leading Land Parade

1899

Lower Falls, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone Park

1899

Pilot Boats in New York Harbor

1899

Admiral Dewey Landing at Gibraltar

1899

Capture of Trenches at Candaba

1899

Coaches Arriving at Mammoth Hot Springs

1899

Morning Colors on U.S. Cruiser 'Raleigh'

1899

2nd Special Service Battalion, Canadian Infantry, Parade and Embarkation

1899

U.S. Cruiser 'Raleigh'

1899

U.S. Infantry Supported by Rough Riders at El Caney

1899

Advance of Kansas Volunteers at Caloocan

1899

Filipinos Retreat from Trenches

1899

Skirmish of Rough Riders

1899

Admiral Dewey Leading Land Parade, No. 2

1899

Tenderloin at Night

1899

A Wringing Good Joke

1899

Dewey Arch: Troops Passing Under Arch

1899

The Diving Horse

1899

New Brooklyn to New York via Brooklyn Bridge, No. 1

1899

New Brooklyn to New York via Brooklyn Bridge, No. 2

1899

Poker at Dawson City

1899

Colonel Funston Swimming the Bagbag River

1899

Strange Adventure of New York Drummer

1899

Shoot the Chutes Series

1899

Arabian Gun Twirler

1899

Cripple Creek Bar-Room Scene

1899

Battery K Siege Guns

1899

Dewey Parade, 10th Pennsylvania Volunteers

1899

U.S. Troops and Red Cross in the Trenches Before Caloocan

1899

Casey at the Bat

1899

Troops at Evacuation of Havana

1899

Bicycle Trick Riding, No. 2

1899

Rout of the Filipinos

1898

Ella Lola, a la Trilby

1898

Turkish Dance, Ella Lola

1898

Feeding Sea Gulls

1898

Wash Day in Mexico

1898

Mount Taw R.R., No. 3

1898

Mount Tamalpais R.R., No. 1

1898

Union Iron Works

1898

Statue of Liberty

1898

Troops Embarking at San Francisco

1898

Cuban Ambush

1898

Close View of the 'Brooklyn,' Naval Parade

1898

Parade of Chinese

1898

South Spring Street, Los Angeles, Cal.

1898

Native Daughters

1898

Procession of Floats

1898

After Launching

1898

Launch of Japanese Man-of-War 'Chitosa'

1898

Launching, No. 2

1898

Freight Train

1898

Sunset Limited, Southern Pacific Ry.

1898

Reviewing the 'Texas' at Grant's Tomb

1898

The Fleet Steaming Up North River

1898

Observation Train Following Parade

1898

Going Through the Tunnel

1898

Mount Tamalpais R.R., No. 2

1898

Troop Ships for the Philippines

1898

Calf Branding

1898

Cattle Leaving the Corral

1898

Indian Day School

1898

Kanakas Diving for Money (Honolulu), No. 2

1898

Japanese Sampans

1898

Sunday Morning in Mexico

1898

Shooting Captured Insurgents

1898

Street Scene, San Diego

1898

Eagle Dance, Pueblo Indians

1898

Bull Fight, no. 3

1898

Ostriches Running, No. 1

1898

Las Viga Canal, Mexico City

1898

Dogs Playing in the Surf

1898

Train Hour in Durango, Mexico

1898

Mexican Rurales Charge

1898

Farmer Kissing the Lean Girl

1898

Victorious Squadron Firing Salute

1898

Lassoing a Steer

1898

California Limited, A.T. & S.F.R.R.

1898

Fighting the Fire

1898

S.S. "Coptic" Running Against the Storm

1898

Parade of Marines, U.S. Cruiser, 'Brooklyn'

1898

Landing Wharf at Canton

1898

Wand Dance, Pueblo Indians

1897

Giant Coal Dumper

1897

Seminary Girls

1897

Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory

1897

Arrest in Chinatown, San Francisco, Cal.

1897

Police Patrol Wagon

1897

Buffalo Stockyards

1897

Loading baggage for Klondike, no. 6

1897

Horses loading for Klondike, no. 9

1897

First Avenue, Seattle, Washington, No. 8

1897

S.S. 'Queen' Leaving Dock

1897

S.S. 'Coptic' at Dock

1897

Fishing Smacks

1897

Fisherman's Wharf

1897

S.S. 'Williamette' Leaving for Klondike

1897

Stanford University, California

1897

Launch of Life Boat

1897

S.S. 'Coptic' Sailing Away

1897

S.S. 'Coptic' in the Harbor

1897

Buffalo Fire Department in Action

1897

Corner Madison and State Streets, Chicago

1897

Hotel Del Monte

1897

Lurline Baths

1897

Southern Pacific Overland Mail

1897

Hotel Vendome, San Jose, Cal.

1897

Sutro Baths, No. 2

1897

Sutro Baths, No. 1

1897

Cattle Driven to Slaughter

1897

Buffalo Police on Parade

1897

Armour's Electric Trolley

1897

Falls of Minnehaha

1897

Sheep Run, Chicago Stockyards

1897

Philadelphia Express, Jersey Central Railway

1897

Capsize of Lifeboat

1897

Cupid and Psyche

1897

Leander Sisters

1897

Free-for-All race at Charter Oak Park

1897

Lick Observatory, Mt. Hamilton, Cal.

1897

Surf at Monterey

1897

Fast mail, Northern Pacific Railroad

1897

Black Diamond Express, No. 1

1897

The First Sleigh-Ride

1897

Return of Lifeboat

1897

Fifth Avenue, New York

1897

S.S. 'Queen' Loading

1897

Chicken Thieves

1897

Serpentine Dance - Annabelle

1897

Boxing for Points

1897

The Sea Lions' Home

1897

Husking Bee

1897

Boat Wagon and Beach Cart

1897

Rescue - Resuscitation

1896

Feeding the Doves

1896

A Morning Bath

1896

Black Diamond Express

1896

Herald Square

1896

Watermelon Contest

1896

Shooting the Chutes

1896

Mess Call

1896

Edison Drawn by 'World' Artist

1896

Lone Fisherman

1896

American Falls from Above, American Side

1896

Mounted Police Charge

1896

The Burning Stable

1896

The Morning Alarm

1896

Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance

1896

The Bad Boy and the Gardener

1896

Passaic Falls, New Jersey

1896

Interrupted Lovers

1896

McKinley and Hobart Parade at Canton, O.

1896

A Morning Alarm

1896

Going to the Fire

1896

Irish Way of Discussing Politics

1896

Scene on Surf Ave., Coney Island

1896

Sea Beach Scene

1896

Little Egypt

1896

East Side Drive, No. 1

1896

Starting for the Fire

1896

American Falls, from Incline R.R.

1896

Cock Fight

1894

Annabelle Butterfly Dance