Coil winding machines, Westinghouse works Bitzer, G. W., 1872-1944 camera American Mutoscope and Biograph Company. Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) moving image motion picture two-dimensional moving image Industrial films. Actualities (Motion pictures) Silent films. Short films. Nonfiction films. xxu monographic United States American Mutoscope and Biograph Company 1904 19040426 eng

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1 film reel (41 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm. viewing print. 1 film reel of 1 (129 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. viewing print. 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 40 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm. dupe neg pic. 1 film reel of 1 (129 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. dupe neg pic. 1 roll of 1 (ca. 130 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm. paper pos. 1 roll of 1(ca. 130 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm. paper pos (copy 2) Numerous women stand in rows at winding machines, taking material from large spools behind them. A male supervisor walks down the aisle, checking the work of the women. American Mutoscope and Biograph Company. Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 6May1904; H45401. Original main title lacking. DLC Duration: 2:09 at 15 fps. Viewing copy (16 mm.) on reel with eight other titles. DLC Biograph production no. 2888. Paper print shelf number (LC 1984) 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 April 26, 1904, probably at the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co. 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. Manufacturing processes Pennsylvania East Pittsburgh Electric coils Pennsylvania East Pittsburgh Women electric industry workers Pennsylvania East Pittsburgh Factories Pennsylvania East Pittsburgh FLA 5896 (viewing print) FEC 2544 (viewing print) FRA 2944 (dupe neg pic) FZA 2322 (dupe neg pic) Box 0170C (paper pos) Box 5185A (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.1984 AVCMS (DLC) 45704 AVCMS (DLC) 1890202 96522217 hdl:loc.mbrsmi/westhpp.1984 aacr amim DLC 961023 20250606175302.9 11685567 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208)