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Early Motion Pictures, 1897-1920

Casting a guide box, Westinghouse works / American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.

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Part 2 of 2

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

SUMMARY
A large bucket full of molten material is poured into a large container, possibly a mold, by a group of men using machinery. Some other men stoke the fire under the container. When finished pouring, the men lift the bucket up from the container and take it away on a crane. Two men put prods down repeatedly into the container, while others lay covers on top of it.

NOTES
Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 23July1904; H48415.

Original main title lacking.

Camera, G.W. "Billy" Bitzer.

Duration: 2:41 (part 1) and 2:55 (part 2) at 15 fps.

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Biograph catalog no. 2916; code name (for telegraphic orders) Retahila.

NCN045663; Casting a guide box, Westinghouse Works.

Filmed May 14, 1905, at the Westinghouse foundries in Trafford City, Pennsylvania, most likely part of the Westinghouse Machine Company.

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: 10/23/92 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: 7/23/04; paper pos; copyright deposit; Paper Print Collection.

SUBJECTS
Westinghouse Machine Company.
Founding.
Foundries--Pennsylvania--Trafford.
Foundry workers--Pennsylvania--Trafford.
Manufactures--Pennsylvania--Trafford.
Manufacturing processes--Pennsylvania--Trafford.
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 (315 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. ref print.
1 reel of 1 (315 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. dupe neg.
1 roll (315 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. paper pos.

CALL NUMBER
FEA 9020 (ref print)
FPE 6729 (dupe neg)
LC 1974 (paper pos)

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

DIGITAL ID
westhpp 1974s1 1974s2 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/westhpp.1974

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