About

Known credits:
225
Birthday:
1872-03-01
Place of birth:
Nova Scotia, Canada
Website:
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James H. White

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting
1903 Life of an American Fireman Actor The Fire Chief 59
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1902 Jack and the Beanstalk Actor Farmer 59
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Directing
2007 Butterfly Dances Directing Director N/A
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1917 Down the Old Potomac Directing Director 59
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1910 The Police Force of New York City Directing Director 59
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1910 His Mother's Thanksgiving Directing Director 58
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1903 Life of an American Fireman Directing Assistant Director 59
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1902 Panoramic View Near Mt. Golden on the Canadian Pacific R. R. Directing Director 59
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1901 President McKinley Reviewing the Troops at the Pan-American Exposition Directing Director 59
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1901 Opening of the Pan-American Exposition Showing Vice President Roosevelt Leading the Procession Directing Director 58
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1901 Love in a Hammock Directing Director 58
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1900 Grandma and the Bad Boys Directing Director 58
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1900 Panorama of Place de l'Opéra Directing Director 58
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1900 Panorama of the Paris Exposition, from the Seine Directing Director 59
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1900 Champs Elysees Directing Director 58
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1900 Eiffel Tower from Trocadero Palace Directing Director 58
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1900 Champs de Mars Directing Director 59
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1900 Scene from the Elevator Ascending Eiffel Tower Directing Director 59
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1900 A Storm at Sea Directing Director 59
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1900 Watermelon Contest Directing Director 58
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1900 New Black Diamond Express Directing Director 58
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1900 Panorama of Gorge Railway Directing Director 59
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1900 Panoramic View of Newport Directing Director 58
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1900 Panorama of the Moving Boardwalk Directing Director 59
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1900 Scene in the Swiss Village at Paris Exposition Directing Director 59
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1900 Breaking of the Crowd at Military Review at Longchamps Directing Director 59
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1900 Torpedo Boat 'Morris' Running Directing Director 59
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1900 Panoramic View of the Place de la Concorde Directing Director 58
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1900 Swiss Village, No. 2 Directing Director 59
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1900 Naval Sham Battle at Newport Directing Director 59
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1900 Discharging a Whitehead Torpedo Directing Director 59
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1900 Gymnasium Exercises and Drill at Newport Training School Directing Director 58
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1900 Esplanade des Invalides Directing Director 59
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1900 Charge of Boer Cavalry Directing Director 59
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1900 Naval Apprentices at Sail Drill on Historic Ship 'Constellation' Directing Director 59
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1900 Gun Drill by Naval Cadets at Newport Training School Directing Director 58
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1900 Exploding a Whitehead Torpedo Directing Director 58
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1900 Battle of Mafeking Directing Director 58
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1900 Panoramic View of the Champs Elysees Directing Director 58
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1900 Red Cross Ambulance on Battlefield Directing Director 58
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1900 Boers Bringing in British Prisoners Directing Director 59
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1900 Why Jones Discharged His Clerks Directing Director 58
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1900 Capture of Boer Battery by British Directing Director 58
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1900 Panorama of Eiffel Tower Directing Director 58
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1900 English Lancers Charging Directing Director 59
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1900 Why Mrs. Jones Got a Divorce Directing Director 58
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1900 Palace of Electricity Directing Director 59
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1899 Love and War Directing Director 58
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1899 U.S. Cruiser 'Olympia' Leading Naval Parade Directing Director 58
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1899 Tenderloin at Night Directing Director 58
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1899 The Astor Tramp Directing Director 58
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1899 2nd Special Service Battalion, Canadian Infantry: Parade Directing Director 58
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1899 Admiral Dewey Receiving the Washington and New York Committees Directing Director 58
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1899 Admiral Dewey Leading Land Parade Directing Director 58
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1899 Admiral Dewey Landing at Gibraltar Directing Director 58
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1899 Admiral Dewey Taking Leave of Washington Committee on the U.S. Cruiser 'Olympia' Directing Director 58
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1899 Dewey Arch: Troops Passing Under Arch Directing Director 58
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1899 The Diving Horse Directing Director 59
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1899 Battery K Siege Guns Directing Director 59
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1899 Trick Bears Directing Director 58
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1899 Shoot the Chutes Series Directing Director 59
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1899 New Brooklyn to New York via Brooklyn Bridge, No. 1 Directing Director 58
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1899 Colonel Funston Swimming the Bagbag River Directing Director 58
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1899 Capture of Trenches at Candaba Directing Director 58
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1899 U.S. Infantry Supported by Rough Riders at El Caney Directing Director 58
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1899 Filipinos Retreat from Trenches Directing Director 58
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1899 Advance of Kansas Volunteers at Caloocan Directing Director 58
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1899 U.S. Troops and Red Cross in the Trenches Before Caloocan Directing Director 58
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1899 Skirmish of Rough Riders Directing Director 58
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1899 Strange Adventure of New York Drummer Directing Director 58
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1899 104th Street Curve, New York, Elevated Railway Directing Director 58
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1899 New Brooklyn to New York via Brooklyn Bridge, No. 2 Directing Director 58
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1899 Admiral Dewey Leading Land Parade, No. 2 Directing Director 59
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1899 Fun in Camp Directing Director 58
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1899 Cripple Creek Bar-Room Scene Directing Director 58
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1899 Dewey Parade, 10th Pennsylvania Volunteers Directing Director 59
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1899 U.S. Cruiser 'Raleigh' Directing Director 58
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1899 Morning Colors on U.S. Cruiser 'Raleigh' Directing Director 58
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1899 Pilot Boats in New York Harbor Directing Director 58
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1899 Three Acrobats Directing Director 58
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1899 Arabian Gun Twirler Directing Director 58
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1899 Poker at Dawson City Directing Director 59
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1899 Lower Falls, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone Park Directing Director 58
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1899 Tourists Going Round Yellowstone Park Directing Director 58
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1899 Coaches Arriving at Mammoth Hot Springs Directing Director 58
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1899 A Wringing Good Joke Directing Director 58
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1899 Casey at the Bat Directing Director 58
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1898 Fighting the Fire Directing Director N/A
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1898 Parade of Marines, U.S. Cruiser, 'Brooklyn' Directing Director 58
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1898 Turkish Dance, Ella Lola Directing Director 58
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1898 The Fleet Steaming Up North River Directing Director 58
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1898 Statue of Liberty Directing Director 59
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1898 Reviewing the 'Texas' at Grant's Tomb Directing Director 58
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1898 Close View of the 'Brooklyn,' Naval Parade Directing Director 58
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1898 Observation Train Following Parade Directing Director 58
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1898 Farmer Kissing the Lean Girl Directing Director 59
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1898 Victorious Squadron Firing Salute Directing Director 59
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1898 Cuban Ambush Directing Director 58
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1898 Shooting Captured Insurgents Directing Director 58
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1898 Kanakas Diving for Money (Honolulu), No. 2 Directing Director 58
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1898 Troop Ships for the Philippines Directing Director 58
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1898 Troops Embarking at San Francisco Directing Director 58
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1898 Mount Taw R.R., No. 3 Directing Director 58
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1898 S.S. "Coptic" Running Against the Storm Directing Director 59
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1898 Freight Train Directing Director 58
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1898 Parade of Chinese Directing Director 58
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1898 After Launching Directing Director 58
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1898 Feeding Sea Gulls Directing Director 58
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1898 Launch of Japanese Man-of-War 'Chitosa' Directing Director 58
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1898 Mount Tamalpais R.R., No. 2 Directing Director 58
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1898 Procession of Floats Directing Director 58
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1898 Union Iron Works Directing Director 58
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1898 Native Daughters Directing Director 58
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1898 Launching, No. 2 Directing Director 58
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1898 Bull Fight, no. 3 Directing Director N/A
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1898 Mount Tamalpais R.R., No. 1 Directing Director 59
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1898 Lassoing a Steer Directing Director 59
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1898 California Limited, A.T. & S.F.R.R. Directing Director 59
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1898 Wash Day in Mexico Directing Director 58
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1898 Indian Day School Directing Director 58
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1898 Sunset Limited, Southern Pacific Ry. Directing Director 58
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1898 Cattle Leaving the Corral Directing Director 58
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1898 Calf Branding Directing Director 59
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1898 South Spring Street, Los Angeles, Cal. Directing Director 58
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1898 Going Through the Tunnel Directing Director 58
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1898 Chinese Procession Directing Director 59
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1898 Street Scene, San Diego Directing Director 58
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1898 Eagle Dance, Pueblo Indians Directing Director 58
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1898 Las Viga Canal, Mexico City Directing Director 59
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1898 Train Hour in Durango, Mexico Directing Director 59
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1898 Mexican Rurales Charge Directing Director 59
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1898 Ostriches Running, No. 1 Directing Director N/A
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1898 Dogs Playing in the Surf Directing Director N/A
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1898 Japanese Sampans Directing Director N/A
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1898 Sunday Morning in Mexico Directing Director N/A
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1898 Ella Lola, a la Trilby Directing Director 58
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1897 Fast mail, Northern Pacific Railroad Directing Director 59
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1897 S.S. 'Queen' Loading Directing Director 58
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1897 Boat Wagon and Beach Cart Directing Director 59
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1897 Loading baggage for Klondike, no. 6 Directing Director 59
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1897 S.S. 'Queen' Leaving Dock Directing Director 58
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1897 Surf at Monterey Directing Director 59
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1897 Stanford University, California Directing Director 59
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1897 Hotel Vendome, San Jose, Cal. Directing Director 58
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1897 Lurline Baths Directing Director 58
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1897 Fishing Smacks Directing Director 58
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1897 Buffalo Fire Department in Action Directing Director 58
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1897 Lick Observatory, Mt. Hamilton, Cal. Directing Director 59
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1897 S.S. 'Coptic' at Dock Directing Director 59
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1897 Launch of Life Boat Directing Director 58
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1897 S.S. 'Williamette' Leaving for Klondike Directing Director 59
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1897 Horses loading for Klondike, no. 9 Directing Director 59
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1897 Fisherman's Wharf Directing Director 59
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1897 Hotel Del Monte Directing Director 59
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1897 S.S. 'Coptic' in the Harbor Directing Director 59
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1897 Sutro Baths, No. 1 Directing Director 59
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1897 Southern Pacific Overland Mail Directing Director 59
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1897 First Avenue, Seattle, Washington, No. 8 Directing Director 59
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1897 The Sea Lions' Home Directing Director 59
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1897 Boxing for Points Directing Director 58
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1897 Return of Lifeboat Directing Director 58
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1897 S.S. 'Coptic' Sailing Away Directing Director 59
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1897 Capsize of Lifeboat Directing Director 59
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1897 Cupid and Psyche Directing Director 59
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1897 Arrest in Chinatown, San Francisco, Cal. Directing Director 58
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1897 Leander Sisters Directing Director 59
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1897 Sutro Baths, No. 2 Directing Director 59
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1897 Cattle Driven to Slaughter Directing Director 59
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1897 Free-for-All race at Charter Oak Park Directing Director 59
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1897 Armour's Electric Trolley Directing Director 58
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1897 Buffalo Police on Parade Directing Director 59
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1897 Falls of Minnehaha Directing Director 59
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1897 Philadelphia Express, Jersey Central Railway Directing Director 59
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1897 Corner Madison and State Streets, Chicago Directing Director 59
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1897 Buffalo Stockyards Directing Director 59
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1897 Sheep Run, Chicago Stockyards Directing Director 58
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1897 Giant Coal Dumper Directing Director 59
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1897 Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory Directing Director 58
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1897 Husking Bee Directing Director 59
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1897 Black Diamond Express, No. 1 Directing Director 58
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1897 Seminary Girls Directing Director 58
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1897 Fifth Avenue, New York Directing Director 58
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1897 Police Patrol Wagon Directing Director 59
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1897 Chicken Thieves Directing Director 58
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1897 The First Sleigh-Ride Directing Director 58
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1897 Serpentine Dance - Annabelle Directing Director 58
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1896 Going to the Fire Directing Director 58
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1896 The Morning Alarm Directing Director 58
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1896 American Falls from Above, American Side Directing Director 58
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1896 Black Diamond Express Directing Director 59
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1896 A Morning Alarm Directing Director 59
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1896 Mounted Police Charge Directing Director 58
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1896 The Burning Stable Directing Director 58
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1896 A Morning Bath Directing Director 58
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1896 Feeding the Doves Directing Director 58
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1896 Passaic Falls, New Jersey Directing Director 59
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1896 Shooting the Chutes Directing Director 58
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1896 Scene on Surf Ave., Coney Island Directing Director 59
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1896 Sea Beach Scene Directing Director 59
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1896 The Bad Boy and the Gardener Directing Director 59
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1896 Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance Directing Director 58
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1896 Herald Square Directing Director 59
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1896 Little Egypt Directing Director 59
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1896 Irish Way of Discussing Politics Directing Director 59
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1896 Edison Drawn by 'World' Artist Directing Director 58
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1896 McKinley and Hobart Parade at Canton, O. Directing Director N/A
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1896 Lone Fisherman Directing Director 58
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1896 Watermelon Contest Directing Director 58
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1896 Interrupted Lovers Directing Director 58
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1896 Mess Call Directing Director 59
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S.S. "Coptic" Lying To Directing Director N/A
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Production
1901 Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison Production Production Assistant 58
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1900 Exploding a Whitehead Torpedo Production Producer 58
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1900 Panorama of the Moving Boardwalk Production Producer 59
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1900 Overland Express Arriving at Helena, Mont. Production Producer 58
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1899 Arabian Gun Twirler Production Producer 58
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1898 S.S. "Coptic" Running Against the Storm Production Producer 59
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1897 Launch of Surf Boat Production Producer 59
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1896 The Bad Boy and the Gardener Production Producer 59
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1896 Interrupted Lovers Production Producer 58
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1896 Lone Fisherman Production Producer 58
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Camera
1910 Frankenstein Camera Director of Photography 59
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1896 Black Diamond Express Camera Director of Photography 59
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1896 Feeding the Doves Camera Director of Photography 58
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1896 Lone Fisherman Camera Director of Photography 58
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