Westinghouse Air Brake Co. Westinghouse Co. works (moulding scene) /
Bitzer, G. W., 1872-1944, camera.
American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.
Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
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Industrial films. lcgft
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Silent films. lcgft
Short films. lcgft
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United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company,
1904.
eng
Men working in teams carry buckets of molten material and pour the material into what appear to be molds lined up on the ground.
Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 23July1904; H48413.
Original main title lacking.
Camera, G.W. "Billy" Bitzer.
Duration: 3:32 at 15 fps.
Viewing print (16 mm.) on reel with ten other titles.
Viewing print and dupe neg pic (35 mm.) include a pullback and 1 ft. of black; this printing error has been edited out in production of a digital file.
Biograph production no. 2914.
Paper print shelf number (LC 2236) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
The Biograph Co. prod. records indicate that the film was shot May 10, 1904, at the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company. Comparison of this film with Westinghouse Air Brake Co. Westinghouse Co. works (casting scene), would suggest, however, that this film was filmed at the Westinghouse Air Brake Co.
Probably filmed on May 10, 1904, at the Westinghouse Air Brake Co. in Wilmerding, Pennsylvania.
Digital files are on the American Memory exhibit: Inside an American factory. See LC online catalog record no. 2002564464.
This film, along with 20 other short films, was selected for the National Film Registry under the title Westinghouse works.
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.
Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
Westinghouse Air Brake Company.
Manufacturing processes--Pennsylvania--Wilmerding.
Westinghouse air-brake.
Molding (Founding)--Pennsylvania--Wilmerding.
Foundry workers--Pennsylvania--Wilmerding.
Factories--Pennsylvania--Wilmerding.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Westinghouse Air Brake Co. Westinghouse Co. works (moulding scene)
Westinghouse works--Paper Print Collection. Compilation reel 2
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/westhpp.2236