James H. White

Directing

Born: 1872-03-01 in Nova Scotia, Canada

Died: 1944-01-01

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.

Acting

Life of an American Fireman

The Fire Chief

Jack and the Beanstalk

Farmer

Life of an American Fireman

The Fire Chief

Jack and the Beanstalk

Farmer

Director

Giant Coal Dumper

Director

Feeding the Doves

Director

Seminary Girls

Director

Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory

Director

Ella Lola, a la Trilby

Director

Turkish Dance, Ella Lola

Director

The Astor Tramp

Director

Feeding Sea Gulls

Director

A Morning Bath

Director

Arrest in Chinatown, San Francisco, Cal.

Director

Black Diamond Express

Director

Herald Square

Director

Watermelon Contest

Director

Shooting the Chutes

Director

Mess Call

Director

Edison Drawn by 'World' Artist

Director

Down the Old Potomac

Director

Lone Fisherman

Director

Police Patrol Wagon

Director

Buffalo Stockyards

Director

Loading baggage for Klondike, no. 6

Director

Horses loading for Klondike, no. 9

Director

First Avenue, Seattle, Washington, No. 8

Director

S.S. 'Queen' Leaving Dock

Director

S.S. 'Coptic' at Dock

Director

Fishing Smacks

Director

Fisherman's Wharf

Director

S.S. 'Williamette' Leaving for Klondike

Director

Stanford University, California

Director

Launch of Life Boat

Director

S.S. 'Coptic' Sailing Away

Director

S.S. 'Coptic' in the Harbor

Director

Buffalo Fire Department in Action

Director

Corner Madison and State Streets, Chicago

Director

Hotel Del Monte

Director

Lurline Baths

Director

Southern Pacific Overland Mail

Director

Hotel Vendome, San Jose, Cal.

Director

Sutro Baths, No. 2

Director

Sutro Baths, No. 1

Director

Cattle Driven to Slaughter

Director

Buffalo Police on Parade

Director

Armour's Electric Trolley

Director

Falls of Minnehaha

Director

Sheep Run, Chicago Stockyards

Director

Philadelphia Express, Jersey Central Railway

Director

Capsize of Lifeboat

Director

Cupid and Psyche

Director

Leander Sisters

Director

Free-for-All race at Charter Oak Park

Director

Lick Observatory, Mt. Hamilton, Cal.

Director

Surf at Monterey

Director

Fast mail, Northern Pacific Railroad

Director

Wash Day in Mexico

Director

Mount Taw R.R., No. 3

Director

Mount Tamalpais R.R., No. 1

Director

Union Iron Works

Director

Statue of Liberty

Director

Troops Embarking at San Francisco

Director

Cuban Ambush

Director

Close View of the 'Brooklyn,' Naval Parade

Director

Parade of Chinese

Director

South Spring Street, Los Angeles, Cal.

Director

Native Daughters

Director

Procession of Floats

Director

After Launching

Director

Launch of Japanese Man-of-War 'Chitosa'

Director

Launching, No. 2

Director

Freight Train

Director

Sunset Limited, Southern Pacific Ry.

Director

Reviewing the 'Texas' at Grant's Tomb

Director

The Fleet Steaming Up North River

Director

Observation Train Following Parade

Director

Going Through the Tunnel

Director

Mount Tamalpais R.R., No. 2

Director

Love and War

Director

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

Director

Fun in Camp

Director

U.S. Cruiser 'Olympia' Leading Naval Parade

Director

Trick Bears

Director

Tourists Going Round Yellowstone Park

Director

Admiral Dewey Receiving the Washington and New York Committees

Director

104th Street Curve, New York, Elevated Railway

Director

Three Acrobats

Director

Admiral Dewey Leading Land Parade

Director

Lower Falls, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone Park

Director

Pilot Boats in New York Harbor

Director

Admiral Dewey Landing at Gibraltar

Director

Capture of Trenches at Candaba

Director

Coaches Arriving at Mammoth Hot Springs

Director

Morning Colors on U.S. Cruiser 'Raleigh'

Director

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

Director

U.S. Cruiser 'Raleigh'

Director

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

Director

Advance of Kansas Volunteers at Caloocan

Director

Filipinos Retreat from Trenches

Director

Skirmish of Rough Riders

Director

Black Diamond Express, No. 1

Director

Admiral Dewey Leading Land Parade, No. 2

Director

Tenderloin at Night

Director

American Falls from Above, American Side

Director

Mounted Police Charge

Director

The Burning Stable

Director

The Morning Alarm

Director

Troop Ships for the Philippines

Director

The First Sleigh-Ride

Director

Return of Lifeboat

Director

Fifth Avenue, New York

Director

Red Cross Ambulance on Battlefield

Director

Breaking of the Crowd at Military Review at Longchamps

Director

Panorama of the Moving Boardwalk

Director

Charge of Boer Cavalry

Director

Panoramic View of the Champs Elysees

Director

Champs Elysees

Director

Naval Sham Battle at Newport

Director

Panorama of Eiffel Tower

Director

Scene in the Swiss Village at Paris Exposition

Director

Boers Bringing in British Prisoners

Director

Torpedo Boat 'Morris' Running

Director

Palace of Electricity

Director

Panoramic View of Newport

Director

Gun Drill by Naval Cadets at Newport Training School

Director

Esplanade des Invalides

Director

Swiss Village, No. 2

Director

Panorama of Place de l'Opéra

Director

Panoramic View of the Place de la Concorde

Director

Eiffel Tower from Trocadero Palace

Director

Exploding a Whitehead Torpedo

Director

Panorama of Gorge Railway

Director

Naval Apprentices at Sail Drill on Historic Ship 'Constellation'

Director

Battle of Mafeking

Director

Gymnasium Exercises and Drill at Newport Training School

Director

Discharging a Whitehead Torpedo

Director

English Lancers Charging

Director

Why Jones Discharged His Clerks

Director

Champs de Mars

Director

Why Mrs. Jones Got a Divorce

Director

Scene from the Elevator Ascending Eiffel Tower

Director

Panorama of the Paris Exposition, from the Seine

Director

Grandma and the Bad Boys

Director

President McKinley Reviewing the Troops at the Pan-American Exposition

Director

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

Director

A Wringing Good Joke

Director

Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance

Director

Capture of Boer Battery by British

Director

Watermelon Contest

Director

New Black Diamond Express

Director

A Storm at Sea

Director

The Bad Boy and the Gardener

Director

Passaic Falls, New Jersey

Director

Calf Branding

Director

Cattle Leaving the Corral

Director

S.S. 'Queen' Loading

Director

Indian Day School

Director

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

Director

Kanakas Diving for Money (Honolulu), No. 2

Director

Dewey Arch: Troops Passing Under Arch

Director

The Diving Horse

Director

Japanese Sampans

Director

Chicken Thieves

Director

Sunday Morning in Mexico

Director

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

Director

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

Director

Interrupted Lovers

Director

Shooting Captured Insurgents

Director

Poker at Dawson City

Director

Colonel Funston Swimming the Bagbag River

Director

Street Scene, San Diego

Director

Eagle Dance, Pueblo Indians

Director

McKinley and Hobart Parade at Canton, O.

Director

Bull Fight, no. 3

Director

Ostriches Running, No. 1

Director

Strange Adventure of New York Drummer

Director

Serpentine Dance - Annabelle

Director

His Mother's Thanksgiving

Director

The Police Force of New York City

Director

Shoot the Chutes Series

Director

Arabian Gun Twirler

Director

Boxing for Points

Director

A Morning Alarm

Director

Love in a Hammock

Director

Going to the Fire

Director

Las Viga Canal, Mexico City

Director

The Sea Lions' Home

Director

S.S. "Coptic" Lying To

Director

Dogs Playing in the Surf

Director

Train Hour in Durango, Mexico

Director

Cripple Creek Bar-Room Scene

Director

Irish Way of Discussing Politics

Director

Battery K Siege Guns

Director

Husking Bee

Director

Boat Wagon and Beach Cart

Director

Mexican Rurales Charge

Director

Dewey Parade, 10th Pennsylvania Volunteers

Director

Farmer Kissing the Lean Girl

Director

Butterfly Dances

Director

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

Director

Victorious Squadron Firing Salute

Director

Scene on Surf Ave., Coney Island

Director

Sea Beach Scene

Director

Lassoing a Steer

Director

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

Director

Fighting the Fire

Director

Little Egypt

Director

S.S. "Coptic" Running Against the Storm

Director

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

Director

Casey at the Bat

Director

Canton River Scene

Director

Hong Kong Wharf Scene

Director

Landing Wharf at Canton

Director

Shanghai Street Scene No. 2

Director

Tourists Starting for Canton

Director

Troops at Evacuation of Havana

Director

Annabelle Butterfly Dance

Director

Paris exposition films

Director

East Side Drive, No. 1

Director

Starting for the Fire

Director

American Falls, from Incline R.R.

Director

Cock Fight

Director

Rescue - Resuscitation

Director

Bicycle Trick Riding, No. 2

Director

Wand Dance, Pueblo Indians

Director

Rout of the Filipinos

Director

Panoramic View from the Moving Sidewalk at the Paris Exposition

Director

Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison

Director

Giant Coal Dumper

Director

Feeding the Doves

Director

Seminary Girls

Director

Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory

Director

Ella Lola, a la Trilby

Director

Turkish Dance, Ella Lola

Director

The Astor Tramp

Director

Feeding Sea Gulls

Director

A Morning Bath

Director

Arrest in Chinatown, San Francisco, Cal.

Director

Black Diamond Express

Director

Herald Square

Director

Watermelon Contest

Director

Shooting the Chutes

Director

Mess Call

Director

Edison Drawn by 'World' Artist

Director

Down the Old Potomac

Director

Lone Fisherman

Director

Police Patrol Wagon

Director

Buffalo Stockyards

Director

Loading baggage for Klondike, no. 6

Director

Horses loading for Klondike, no. 9

Director

First Avenue, Seattle, Washington, No. 8

Director

S.S. 'Queen' Leaving Dock

Director

S.S. 'Coptic' at Dock

Director

Fishing Smacks

Director

Fisherman's Wharf

Director

S.S. 'Williamette' Leaving for Klondike

Director

Stanford University, California

Director

Launch of Life Boat

Director

S.S. 'Coptic' Sailing Away

Director

S.S. 'Coptic' in the Harbor

Director

Buffalo Fire Department in Action

Director

Corner Madison and State Streets, Chicago

Director

Hotel Del Monte

Director

Lurline Baths

Director

Southern Pacific Overland Mail

Director

Hotel Vendome, San Jose, Cal.

Director

Sutro Baths, No. 2

Director

Sutro Baths, No. 1

Director

Cattle Driven to Slaughter

Director

Buffalo Police on Parade

Director

Armour's Electric Trolley

Director

Falls of Minnehaha

Director

Sheep Run, Chicago Stockyards

Director

Philadelphia Express, Jersey Central Railway

Director

Capsize of Lifeboat

Director

Cupid and Psyche

Director

Leander Sisters

Director

Free-for-All race at Charter Oak Park

Director

Lick Observatory, Mt. Hamilton, Cal.

Director

Surf at Monterey

Director

Fast mail, Northern Pacific Railroad

Director

Wash Day in Mexico

Director

Mount Taw R.R., No. 3

Director

Mount Tamalpais R.R., No. 1

Director

Union Iron Works

Director

Statue of Liberty

Director

Troops Embarking at San Francisco

Director

Cuban Ambush

Director

Close View of the 'Brooklyn,' Naval Parade

Director

Parade of Chinese

Director

South Spring Street, Los Angeles, Cal.

Director

Native Daughters

Director

Procession of Floats

Director

After Launching

Director

Launch of Japanese Man-of-War 'Chitosa'

Director

Launching, No. 2

Director

Freight Train

Director

Sunset Limited, Southern Pacific Ry.

Director

Reviewing the 'Texas' at Grant's Tomb

Director

The Fleet Steaming Up North River

Director

Observation Train Following Parade

Director

Going Through the Tunnel

Director

Mount Tamalpais R.R., No. 2

Director

Love and War

Director

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

Director

Fun in Camp

Director

U.S. Cruiser 'Olympia' Leading Naval Parade

Director

Trick Bears

Director

Tourists Going Round Yellowstone Park

Director

Admiral Dewey Receiving the Washington and New York Committees

Director

104th Street Curve, New York, Elevated Railway

Director

Three Acrobats

Director

Admiral Dewey Leading Land Parade

Director

Lower Falls, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone Park

Director

Pilot Boats in New York Harbor

Director

Admiral Dewey Landing at Gibraltar

Director

Capture of Trenches at Candaba

Director

Coaches Arriving at Mammoth Hot Springs

Director

Morning Colors on U.S. Cruiser 'Raleigh'

Director

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

Director

U.S. Cruiser 'Raleigh'

Director

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

Director

Advance of Kansas Volunteers at Caloocan

Director

Filipinos Retreat from Trenches

Director

Skirmish of Rough Riders

Director

Black Diamond Express, No. 1

Director

Admiral Dewey Leading Land Parade, No. 2

Director

Tenderloin at Night

Director

American Falls from Above, American Side

Director

Mounted Police Charge

Director

The Burning Stable

Director

The Morning Alarm

Director

Troop Ships for the Philippines

Director

The First Sleigh-Ride

Director

Return of Lifeboat

Director

Fifth Avenue, New York

Director

Red Cross Ambulance on Battlefield

Director

Breaking of the Crowd at Military Review at Longchamps

Director

Panorama of the Moving Boardwalk

Director

Charge of Boer Cavalry

Director

Panoramic View of the Champs Elysees

Director

Champs Elysees

Director

Naval Sham Battle at Newport

Director

Panorama of Eiffel Tower

Director

Scene in the Swiss Village at Paris Exposition

Director

Boers Bringing in British Prisoners

Director

Torpedo Boat 'Morris' Running

Director

Palace of Electricity

Director

Panoramic View of Newport

Director

Gun Drill by Naval Cadets at Newport Training School

Director

Esplanade des Invalides

Director

Swiss Village, No. 2

Director

Panorama of Place de l'Opéra

Director

Panoramic View of the Place de la Concorde

Director

Eiffel Tower from Trocadero Palace

Director

Exploding a Whitehead Torpedo

Director

Panorama of Gorge Railway

Director

Naval Apprentices at Sail Drill on Historic Ship 'Constellation'

Director

Battle of Mafeking

Director

Gymnasium Exercises and Drill at Newport Training School

Director

Discharging a Whitehead Torpedo

Director

English Lancers Charging

Director

Why Jones Discharged His Clerks

Director

Champs de Mars

Director

Why Mrs. Jones Got a Divorce

Director

Scene from the Elevator Ascending Eiffel Tower

Director

Panorama of the Paris Exposition, from the Seine

Director

Grandma and the Bad Boys

Director

President McKinley Reviewing the Troops at the Pan-American Exposition

Director

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

Director

A Wringing Good Joke

Director

Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance

Director

Capture of Boer Battery by British

Director

Watermelon Contest

Director

New Black Diamond Express

Director

A Storm at Sea

Director

The Bad Boy and the Gardener

Director

Passaic Falls, New Jersey

Director

Calf Branding

Director

Cattle Leaving the Corral

Director

S.S. 'Queen' Loading

Director

Indian Day School

Director

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

Director

Kanakas Diving for Money (Honolulu), No. 2

Director

Dewey Arch: Troops Passing Under Arch

Director

The Diving Horse

Director

Japanese Sampans

Director

Chicken Thieves

Director

Sunday Morning in Mexico

Director

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

Director

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

Director

Interrupted Lovers

Director

Shooting Captured Insurgents

Director

Poker at Dawson City

Director

Colonel Funston Swimming the Bagbag River

Director

Street Scene, San Diego

Director

Eagle Dance, Pueblo Indians

Director

McKinley and Hobart Parade at Canton, O.

Director

Bull Fight, no. 3

Director

Ostriches Running, No. 1

Director

Strange Adventure of New York Drummer

Director

Serpentine Dance - Annabelle

Director

His Mother's Thanksgiving

Director

The Police Force of New York City

Director

Shoot the Chutes Series

Director

Arabian Gun Twirler

Director

Boxing for Points

Director

A Morning Alarm

Director

Love in a Hammock

Director

Going to the Fire

Director

Las Viga Canal, Mexico City

Director

The Sea Lions' Home

Director

S.S. "Coptic" Lying To

Director

Dogs Playing in the Surf

Director

Train Hour in Durango, Mexico

Director

Cripple Creek Bar-Room Scene

Director

Irish Way of Discussing Politics

Director

Battery K Siege Guns

Director

Husking Bee

Director

Boat Wagon and Beach Cart

Director

Mexican Rurales Charge

Director

Dewey Parade, 10th Pennsylvania Volunteers

Director

Farmer Kissing the Lean Girl

Director

Butterfly Dances

Director

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

Director

Victorious Squadron Firing Salute

Director

Scene on Surf Ave., Coney Island

Director

Sea Beach Scene

Director

Lassoing a Steer

Director

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

Director

Fighting the Fire

Director

Little Egypt

Director

S.S. "Coptic" Running Against the Storm

Director

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

Director

Casey at the Bat

Director

Canton River Scene

Director

Hong Kong Wharf Scene

Director

Landing Wharf at Canton

Director

Shanghai Street Scene No. 2

Director

Tourists Starting for Canton

Director

Troops at Evacuation of Havana

Director

Annabelle Butterfly Dance

Director

Paris exposition films

Director

East Side Drive, No. 1

Director

Starting for the Fire

Director

American Falls, from Incline R.R.

Director

Cock Fight

Director

Rescue - Resuscitation

Director

Bicycle Trick Riding, No. 2

Director

Wand Dance, Pueblo Indians

Director

Rout of the Filipinos

Director

Panoramic View from the Moving Sidewalk at the Paris Exposition

Director

Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison

Director

Other Credits

Interrupted Lovers

Producer

Arabian Gun Twirler

Producer

Frankenstein

Director of Photography

Lone Fisherman

Producer

Exploding a Whitehead Torpedo

Producer

Launch of Surf Boat

Producer

S.S. "Coptic" Running Against the Storm

Producer

Panorama of the Moving Boardwalk

Producer

The Bad Boy and the Gardener

Producer

Black Diamond Express

Director of Photography

Feeding the Doves

Director of Photography

Lone Fisherman

Director of Photography

Overland Express Arriving at Helena, Mont.

Producer

Paris exposition films

Camera Operator

Paris exposition films

Producer

Bicycle Trick Riding, No. 2

Producer

Interrupted Lovers

Producer

Arabian Gun Twirler

Producer

Frankenstein

Director of Photography

Lone Fisherman

Producer

Exploding a Whitehead Torpedo

Producer

Launch of Surf Boat

Producer

S.S. "Coptic" Running Against the Storm

Producer

Panorama of the Moving Boardwalk

Producer

The Bad Boy and the Gardener

Producer

Black Diamond Express

Director of Photography

Feeding the Doves

Director of Photography

Lone Fisherman

Director of Photography

Overland Express Arriving at Helena, Mont.

Producer

Paris exposition films

Camera Operator

Paris exposition films

Producer

Bicycle Trick Riding, No. 2

Producer