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Early Motion Pictures, 1897-1920

Assembling a generator, Westinghouse works / American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.

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CREATED/PUBLISHED
United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1904.

SUMMARY
A group of men work on various parts of a large generator, assembling the pieces. A crane carries a large piece of the generator over to the rest of the machine, and the men guide it down to assemble it. The crane brings two other pieces to the machine and lays them down where they belong.

NOTES
Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 10May1904; H45598.

Original main title lacking.

Camera, G.W. "Billy" Bitzer.

Duration: 3:18 at 15 fps.

For other holdings on this title, contact M/B/RS reference staff.

Biograph catalog no. 2896; code name (for telegraphic orders) Resurvey.

NCN045660; Assembling a generator, Westinghouse Works.

Filmed May 2, 1904, probably at the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co. in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Niver, K.R. Early motion pictures, 1985; AFI cat.: film beginnings, 1893-1910, 1995; Biograph photo catalog, v. 6 [MI]; Biograph Co. prod. records [MI].

Received: 2/3/93 from LC film lab; ref print; preservation; Paper Print Collection.

Received: 6/22/92 from LC film lab; dupe neg; preservation; Paper Print Collection.

Received: 5/19/04; paper pos; copyright deposit; Paper Print Collection.

SUBJECTS
Electric generators--Pennsylvania--East Pittsburgh.
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company.
Factories--Pennsylvania--East Pittsburgh.
Electric industry workers--Pennsylvania--East Pittsburgh.
Manufactures--Pennsylvania--East Pittsburgh.
Manufacturing processes--Pennsylvania--East Pittsburgh.
Silent films.
Actuality--Short.
Industrial--Short.

RELATED NAMES
Bitzer, G. W., 1872-1944, camera.
American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.
Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

MEDIUM
1 reel of 1 (186 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. ref print.
1 reel of 1 (186 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. dupe neg.
1 roll (186 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. paper pos.

CALL NUMBER
FEC 1623 (ref print)
FPE 7046 (dupe neg)
LC 1947 (paper pos)

REPOSITORY
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID
westhpp 1947 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/westhpp.1947

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