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James H. White

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

Died: 1944-01-01

Known For: Directing

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.

Filmography

2007

Butterfly Dances ... (Director)

1917

Down the Old Potomac ... (Director)

1910

Frankenstein ... (Director of Photography)
His Mother's Thanksgiving ... (Director)
The Police Force of New York City ... (Director)

1903

Life of an American Fireman as The Fire Chief

1902

Jack and the Beanstalk as Farmer
Panoramic View Near Mt. Golden on the Canadian Pacific R. R. ... (Director)

1901

Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison ... (Director)
Love in a Hammock ... (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)

1900

Scene from the Elevator Ascending Eiffel Tower ... (Director)
Watermelon Contest ... (Director)
Panorama of Eiffel Tower ... (Director)
Panoramic View from the Moving Sidewalk at the Paris Exposition ... (Director)
A Storm at Sea ... (Director)
Champs Elysees ... (Director)
Naval Sham Battle at Newport ... (Director)
Paris exposition films ... (Director)
Swiss Village, No. 2 ... (Director)
Gymnasium Exercises and Drill at Newport Training School ... (Director)
Why Jones Discharged His Clerks ... (Director)
Grandma and the Bad Boys ... (Director)
New Black Diamond Express ... (Director)
Red Cross Ambulance on Battlefield ... (Director)
Palace of Electricity ... (Director)
Hong Kong Wharf Scene ... (Director)
Tourists Starting for Canton ... (Director)
Boers Bringing in British Prisoners ... (Director)
Esplanade des Invalides ... (Director)
Panoramic View of the Champs Elysees ... (Director)
Panorama of Gorge Railway ... (Director)
Champs de Mars ... (Director)
Exploding a Whitehead Torpedo ... (Director)
Panorama of Place de l'Opéra ... (Director)
Canton River Scene ... (Director)
Eiffel Tower from Trocadero Palace ... (Director)
Torpedo Boat 'Morris' Running ... (Director)
Discharging a Whitehead Torpedo ... (Director)
Panoramic View of the Place de la Concorde ... (Director)
Naval Apprentices at Sail Drill on Historic Ship 'Constellation' ... (Director)
Panoramic View of Newport ... (Director)
Breaking of the Crowd at Military Review at Longchamps ... (Director)
English Lancers Charging ... (Director)
Battle of Mafeking ... (Director)
Why Mrs. Jones Got a Divorce ... (Director)
Panorama of the Paris Exposition, from the Seine ... (Director)
Gun Drill by Naval Cadets at Newport Training School ... (Director)
Charge of Boer Cavalry ... (Director)
Capture of Boer Battery by British ... (Director)
Shanghai Street Scene No. 2 ... (Director)
Scene in the Swiss Village at Paris Exposition ... (Director)
Panorama of the Moving Boardwalk ... (Director)
Overland Express Arriving at Helena, Mont. ... (Producer)

1899

Three Acrobats ... (Director)
Casey at the Bat ... (Director)
New Brooklyn to New York via Brooklyn Bridge, No. 2 ... (Director)
Rout of the Filipinos ... (Director)
U.S. Cruiser 'Raleigh' ... (Director)
Arabian Gun Twirler ... (Producer)
Cripple Creek Bar-Room Scene ... (Director)
U.S. Cruiser 'Olympia' Leading Naval Parade ... (Director)
The Astor Tramp ... (Director)
Shoot the Chutes Series ... (Director)
Fun in Camp ... (Director)
Advance of Kansas Volunteers at Caloocan ... (Director)
Skirmish of Rough Riders ... (Director)
Love and War ... (Director)
Troops at Evacuation of Havana ... (Director)
2nd Special Service Battalion, Canadian Infantry, Parade and Embarkation ... (Director)
Trick Bears ... (Director)
Filipinos Retreat from Trenches ... (Director)
Tenderloin at Night ... (Director)
Pilot Boats in New York Harbor ... (Director)
Bicycle Trick Riding, No. 2 ... (Director)
Capture of Trenches at Candaba ... (Director)
Coaches Arriving at Mammoth Hot Springs ... (Director)
Colonel Funston Swimming the Bagbag River ... (Director)
Admiral Dewey Leading Land Parade, No. 2 ... (Director)
Dewey Parade, 10th Pennsylvania Volunteers ... (Director)
104th Street Curve, New York, Elevated Railway ... (Director)
Morning Colors on U.S. Cruiser 'Raleigh' ... (Director)
Poker at Dawson City ... (Director)
The Diving Horse ... (Director)
Admiral Dewey Leading Land Parade ... (Director)
U.S. Infantry Supported by Rough Riders at El Caney ... (Director)
Battery K Siege Guns ... (Director)
A Wringing Good Joke ... (Director)
Tourists Going Round Yellowstone Park ... (Director)
Admiral Dewey Receiving the Washington and New York Committees ... (Director)
U.S. Troops and Red Cross in the Trenches Before Caloocan ... (Director)
Admiral Dewey Landing at Gibraltar ... (Director)
New Brooklyn to New York via Brooklyn Bridge, No. 1 ... (Director)
Strange Adventure of New York Drummer ... (Director)
Admiral Dewey Taking Leave of Washington Committee on the U.S. Cruiser 'Olympia' ... (Director)
Lower Falls, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone Park ... (Director)
Dewey Arch: Troops Passing Under Arch ... (Director)

1898

Cuban Ambush ... (Director)
Calf Branding ... (Director)
Statue of Liberty ... (Director)
Ella Lola, a la Trilby ... (Director)
Shooting Captured Insurgents ... (Director)
Native Daughters ... (Director)
Going Through the Tunnel ... (Director)
Wash Day in Mexico ... (Director)
Train Hour in Durango, Mexico ... (Director)
Mexican Rurales Charge ... (Director)
Reviewing the 'Texas' at Grant's Tomb ... (Director)
Freight Train ... (Director)
Farmer Kissing the Lean Girl ... (Director)
Eagle Dance, Pueblo Indians ... (Director)
Turkish Dance, Ella Lola ... (Director)
Parade of Marines, U.S. Cruiser, 'Brooklyn' ... (Director)
Japanese Sampans ... (Director)
After Launching ... (Director)
California Limited, A.T. & S.F.R.R. ... (Director)
South Spring Street, Los Angeles, Cal. ... (Director)
Sunset Limited, Southern Pacific Ry. ... (Director)
Parade of Chinese ... (Director)
Bull Fight, no. 3 ... (Director)
Procession of Floats ... (Director)
Wand Dance, Pueblo Indians ... (Director)
Union Iron Works ... (Director)
Mount Tamalpais R.R., No. 1 ... (Director)
Troops Embarking at San Francisco ... (Director)
Indian Day School ... (Director)
Feeding Sea Gulls ... (Director)
Cattle Leaving the Corral ... (Director)
Street Scene, San Diego ... (Director)
Mount Taw R.R., No. 3 ... (Director)
Victorious Squadron Firing Salute ... (Director)
Mount Tamalpais R.R., No. 2 ... (Director)
Ostriches Running, No. 1 ... (Director)
Lassoing a Steer ... (Director)
Close View of the 'Brooklyn,' Naval Parade ... (Director)
Las Viga Canal, Mexico City ... (Director)
Observation Train Following Parade ... (Director)
Dogs Playing in the Surf ... (Director)
Sunday Morning in Mexico ... (Director)
Fighting the Fire ... (Director)
Troop Ships for the Philippines ... (Director)
Launching, No. 2 ... (Director)
S.S. "Coptic" Running Against the Storm ... (Producer)
The Fleet Steaming Up North River ... (Director)
Landing Wharf at Canton ... (Director)
Kanakas Diving for Money (Honolulu), No. 2 ... (Director)
Launch of Japanese Man-of-War 'Chitosa' ... (Director)

1897

Horses loading for Klondike, no. 9 ... (Director)
Pillow Fight ... (Director)
Buffalo Stockyards ... (Director)
Husking Bee ... (Director)
Seminary Girls ... (Director)
Fifth Avenue, New York ... (Director)
Leander Sisters ... (Director)
Lurline Baths ... (Director)
Fishing Smacks ... (Director)
Rescue - Resuscitation ... (Director)
Giant Coal Dumper ... (Director)
Launch of Life Boat ... (Director)
Serpentine Dance - Annabelle ... (Director)
Falls of Minnehaha ... (Director)
The Sea Lions' Home ... (Director)
Surf at Monterey ... (Director)
Corner Madison and State Streets, Chicago ... (Director)
Sheep Run, Chicago Stockyards ... (Director)
Cupid and Psyche ... (Director)
S.S. 'Queen' Loading ... (Director)
Lick Observatory, Mt. Hamilton, Cal. ... (Director)
Capsize of Lifeboat ... (Director)
First Avenue, Seattle, Washington, No. 8 ... (Director)
S.S. 'Coptic' in the Harbor ... (Director)
S.S. 'Coptic' at Dock ... (Director)
The First Sleigh-Ride ... (Director)
Sutro Baths, No. 1 ... (Director)
Loading baggage for Klondike, no. 6 ... (Director)
Southern Pacific Overland Mail ... (Director)
Buffalo Fire Department in Action ... (Director)
Hotel Del Monte ... (Director)
Armour's Electric Trolley ... (Director)
S.S. 'Coptic' Sailing Away ... (Director)
Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory ... (Director)
Boxing for Points ... (Director)
Return of Lifeboat ... (Director)
Hotel Vendome, San Jose, Cal. ... (Director)
Black Diamond Express, No. 1 ... (Director)
Sutro Baths, No. 2 ... (Director)
Fisherman's Wharf ... (Director)
Philadelphia Express, Jersey Central Railway ... (Director)
S.S. 'Queen' Leaving Dock ... (Director)
Stanford University, California ... (Director)
Boat Wagon and Beach Cart ... (Director)
Launch of Surf Boat ... (Producer)
Police Patrol Wagon ... (Director)
Cattle Driven to Slaughter ... (Director)
Racing at Sheepshead Bay ... (Director)
Fast mail, Northern Pacific Railroad ... (Director)
Buffalo Police on Parade ... (Director)
S.S. 'Williamette' Leaving for Klondike ... (Director)
Arrest in Chinatown, San Francisco, Cal. ... (Director)
Chicken Thieves ... (Director)
Free-for-All race at Charter Oak Park ... (Director)

1896

Interrupted Lovers ... (Producer)
Mess Call ... (Director)
Lone Fisherman ... (Director)
Watermelon Contest ... (Director)
Going to the Fire ... (Director)
The Morning Alarm ... (Director)
A Morning Bath ... (Director)
Shooting the Chutes ... (Director)
Herald Square ... (Director)
Sea Beach Scene ... (Director)
A Morning Alarm ... (Director)
Feeding the Doves ... (Director)
Scene on Surf Ave., Coney Island ... (Director)
The Burning Stable ... (Director)
Irish Way of Discussing Politics ... (Director)
Black Diamond Express ... (Director)
Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance ... (Director)
Edison Drawn by 'World' Artist ... (Director)
American Falls from Above, American Side ... (Director)
Starting for the Fire ... (Director)
Mounted Police Charge ... (Director)
Passaic Falls, New Jersey ... (Director)
Cock Fight ... (Director)
East Side Drive, No. 1 ... (Director)
The Bad Boy and the Gardener ... (Director)
Little Egypt ... (Director)
American Falls, from Incline R.R. ... (Director)
McKinley and Hobart Parade at Canton, O. ... (Director)

1894

Annabelle Butterfly Dance ... (Director)