Steam whistle, Westinghouse works
Westinghouse works
Steam whistle, Westinghouse works
Westinghouse works--Paper Print Collection. Compilation reel 1
Bitzer, G. W.,
1872-1944
camera
American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.
Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
moving image
motion picture
Industrial films.
Actualities (Motion pictures)
Silent films.
Short films.
Nonfiction films.
xxu
monographic
United States
American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
1904
19040503
eng
1 film reel (15 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm. viewing print.
1 film reel of 1 (38 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. viewing print.
1 film reel of 1 (15 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm. dupe neg pic.
1 film reel of 1 (38 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. dupe neg pic.
1 roll of 1 (ca. 40 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm. paper pos.
1 roll of 1 (ca. 40 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm. paper pos (copy 2)
A closeup of the steam whistle blowing at the "Westinghouse works" complex of factories in Pennsylvania, probably at the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co.
American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.
Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 13May1904; H45952.
Original main title lacking. DLC
Duration: 0:38 at 16 fps.
Viewing print (16 mm.) on reel with eight other titles. DLC
Biograph production no. 2898.
Paper print shelf number (LC 2207) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed. DLC
Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian. DLC
Digital files are on the American Memory exhibit: Inside an American factory. See LC online catalog record no. 2002564464.
Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Niver, K.R. Early motion pictures, 1985, p. 358; AFI cat.: film beginnings, 1893-1910, 1995; Biograph photo catalog, v. 6 [MI]; Biograph Co. prod. records [MI]; the Internet movie database WWW site, viewed 10-23-2012; M/B/RS preliminary catalog card.
Camera, G.W. "Billy" Bitzer.
Filmed May 3, 1904, in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
This film, along with 20 other short films, was selected for the National Film Registry under the title Westinghouse works.
n-us-pa
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company.
Steam-whistles
Pennsylvania
East Pittsburgh
FLA 5896 (viewing print)
FEC 1519 (viewing print)
FRA 2940 (dupe neg pic)
FZA 2318 (dupe neg pic)
Box 0869N (paper pos)
Box 5674F (paper pos, copy 2)
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/westhpp.2207
Steam whistle, Westinghouse works
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Westinghouse works--Paper Print Collection. Compilation reel 1
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