Directing · b. 1872 · Nova Scotia, Canada

James H. White

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.

Directed
Butterfly Dances 2007 Down the Old Potomac 1917 His Mother's Thanksgiving 1910 The Police Force of New York City 1910 Panoramic View Near Mt. Golden on the Canadian Pacific R. R. 1902 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 1901 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 1900 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 1899 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 1898 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 1897 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 1896 Annabelle Butterfly Dance 1894
Cinematography
Frankenstein 1910 Black Diamond Express 1896 Feeding the Doves 1896 Lone Fisherman 1896
Acting
Life of an American Fireman The Fire Chief 1903 Jack and the Beanstalk Farmer 1902
Other Credits
Overland Express Arriving at Helena, Mont. Producer 1900 Launch of Surf Boat Producer 1897
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