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Early Motion Pictures, 1897-1920

Girls taking time checks, Westinghouse works / American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.

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

SUMMARY
Almost 200 women file by a device on the wall from which they take their time checks. A man runs half-way across the screen at the end of the film.

NOTES
Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 6May1904; H45400.

Original main title lacking.

Camera, G.W. "Billy" Bitzer.

Duration: 2:44 at 14.54 fps.

Materials listed originate from the paper print chosen best copy of two for digitization; for other holdings on this title, contact M/B/RS reference staff.

Biograph catalog no. 2887.

NCN046361; Girls taking time checks, 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: 7/18/94 from LC film lab; ref print; preservation; Paper Print Collection.

Received: 6/16/94 from LC film lab; dupe neg; preservation; Paper Print Collection.

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

SUBJECTS
Women electric industry workers--Pennsylvania--East Pittsburgh.
Time clocks--Pennsylvania--East Pittsburgh.
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company.
Factories--Pennsylvania--East Pittsburgh.
Manufactures--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 (149 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. ref print.
1 reel of 1 (149 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. dupe neg.
1 roll (149 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. paper pos.

CALL NUMBER
FEC 2545 (ref print)
FPE 8572 (dupe neg)
LC 2033b (paper pos)

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

DIGITAL ID
westhpp 2033 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/westhpp.2033

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