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Early Motion Pictures, 1897-1920

Coil winding machines, Westinghouse works / American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.

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

SUMMARY
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.

NOTES
Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 6May1904; H45401.

Original main title lacking.

Camera, G.W. "Billy" Bitzer.

Duration: 2:09 at 15 fps.

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

Biograph catalog no. 2888.

NCN045704; Coil winding machines, Westinghouse Works.

Filmed April 26, 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: 3/10/93 from LC film lab; ref print; preservation; Paper Print Collection.

Received: 5/6/04; paper pos; copyright deposit; Paper Print Collection.

SUBJECTS
Electric coils--Pennsylvania--East Pittsburgh.
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company.
Factories--Pennsylvania--East Pittsburgh.
Women 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 (129 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. ref print.
1 roll (129 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. paper pos.

CALL NUMBER
FEC 2544 (ref print)
LC 1984 (paper pos)

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

DIGITAL ID
westhpp 1984 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/westhpp.1984

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